title: Two lovers were strolling in May, In May, in May, His glance full of joy and of love, She just as demure as a dove. [first line]

originInfo: 1892New York ; LondonM. Witmark & Sons ; E. Ascherberg & Co.

namePart: Titus, Lydia Yeamans (1866?-1929)

namePart: Stern, Edwin M.

text: Marriage

text: Courtship

text: Brides

text: Love songs

text: Novelty songs

text: Cover includes a portrait of Lydia Yeamans-Titus.

text: On the cover: Song Introduced with Great Success by Lydia Yeamans-Titus, the Peerless Artiste at all the Leading Theatres.

text: written and composed by Edwin M. Stern.

title: In May

text: Sheet music


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authority: lctgm

text: Marriage

authority: lcsh

text: Courtship

type: temporal

text: Brides

text: Love songs

text: Novelty songs

type: content

type: statement of responsibility

text: written and composed by Edwin A. Stern.

title: In May

supplied: no

text: Sheet music

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collectionTitle: American popular songs.


title: Jack so debonair, So handsome tall and fair, Always gazed far beyond, As tho' she were not there [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892ChicagoThe S. Brainards Sons Co.

namePart: Phelps, E. A.

namePart: Cawthorn, Joe

text: Courtship

text: Love songs

text: Cover includes a portrait of E. A. Phelps.

text: [music by] E.A. Phelps ; [words by Joe Cawthorn].

title: Jack and the sea

title: 'Twas at a garden party, Where Jack and I first met, She the seasons beauty, A dashing gay coquette, Broken hearts and conquests, She'd counted by the score, And happy careless laughing Jack, She thought would make one more [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Ev'ry pain was forgotten in that one sweet thought of home, Bravely love held the starting tear drops back; Only care for the dear ones, in the shadow of death, Greater men have not lived, than little Jack. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New York ; LondonT.B. Harms & Co. ; Francis, Day & Hunter

namePart: Oakland, F. W.

namePart: Janssen, B. H.

text: Courage

text: Child traffic fatalities

text: words and music by B.H. Janssen.

title: Jack Gorman

title: A little lad who cries his ware of papers on the street, Met death not very long ago, as few men death would meet; car that came the other way, struck him while passing by, A whirr of brakes, alas! too late [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Just as I am, without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidd'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. [first line]

originInfo: 1892BostonWhite-Smith Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Danks, H. P. (Hart Pease) (1834-1903)

type: name

nameType: personal

text: Jesus Christ

text: by H.P. Danks.

title: Just as I am

text: Sheet music


title: Rosy cheeked Kate was his sweetheart, Bare footed Tom was her beau, And when roaming the meadows together, Free as the breezes that blow; He was her hero so gallant, She was his lady fair, Children so joyously happy! [first line]

originInfo: 1892New YorkWillis Woodward & Co.

namePart: Sayers, Henry J.

namePart: Moore, Raymon

text: Marriage

text: Courtship

text: Love songs

text: Humorous songs

text: words and music by Henry J. Sayers.

title: Katie and Tom, or, Love's helping hand

title: "When I'm a man," said Tom, "daer Katie," Tell you what I'll do [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: There's a story sometimes heard of a boy who kept his word, When misfortune came to those he lov'd the best, He was told that far away fortune would be his some day, In the glorious land of promise called "the West." [first line]

originInfo: 1892New YorkM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Graham, Charles, composer

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Grief

text: Sadness

text: On the cover: Introduced and Sung with Immense Success by Miss Lydia Yeamans, the popular soprano.

text: On the cover: The worthy successor of "The Picture That is Turned Toward the Wall."

text: written and composed by Chas. Graham.

title: Keep a place on the table for Jack

title: Their loving hearts were yearning they longed for his returning, Altho' it seemed he never would come back, Still the future might be better, for he wrote in his letter, "Keep a place at the table for Jack." [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Side by side, like a crimson tide, in the days of long ago, On we dash'd and our sabres crash'd, till we conquered ev'ry foe; But one by one ere the fight was done, I saw my comrades fall, And I was the only one left to answer the Last Roll Call! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892Frank Harding

namePart: Osborne, Charles

namePart: Symons, Ernest J.

text: Soldiers

text: Courage

text: Grief -- 1800-1899

text: Patriotism

text: War casualities

text: The titles, "Last Roll Call" and "Life's Highway," are separate pieces but bound together as a single item.

type: admin

text: written and composed by Charlie Osborne ; arranged by Ernest J. Symons.

title: The last roll call (the survivor's story)

title: Fifty years ago last Friday, on a wild and stormy day, I was fighting for our colors, many thousand miles away; Tho' we were but one to twenty, still, we beat them - yes, they lost! [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: She's very shy and bashful, modest and so good, Says, "Now, don't you kiss me, for you know it's rude!" [first line of chorus]

namePart: McGlennon, Felix (1856-1943)

namePart: Baker, John S.

text: Family life

text: Man-woman relationships

text: written and composed by Felix McGlennon

title: Life's highway

title: In joy and in sorrow we thro' life From when our existence begins, When first in our cradles we smiling are seen, We all look as like as two pins. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The life of a rover is all very well, It's a very fair kind of a life in it's way; Where ever he likes for the time he may dwell, There's never one who can say to him nay. [first line]

originInfo: 1892New YorkG. Schirmer

namePart: De Koven, Reginald (1859-1920)

text: Home

text: by Reginald De Koven.

title: The life of a rover

title: The Fencing Master. The life of a rover.

text: Sheet music


title: Jupiter. Life is such a stupid bore.

originInfo: 1892CincinnatiThe John Church Co.

namePart: Edwards, Julian (1855-1910)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

text: Unrequited love

text: Sadness

text: [by Harry B. Smith and Julien Edwards].

title: Life is such a stupid bore

title: I am in such a torrent of trouble, Excuse these tears, Boo hoo, boo hoo, All my sorrows of yore seem double, [first line]

title: Jupiter. Life is such a stupid bore.

text: Sheet music


title: here are badges of honor more gaudy, There are costlier medals of fame, But the G. A. R. modest bronze button Of all has the loftiest claim. [first line]

namePart: Beirly, A.

namePart: Smith, Joshua

text: Patriotic music

text: On the cover: portraits of George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, and two unidentified generals.

text: words by Joshua Smith ; music by A. Beirly.

title: The litte bronze button

title: Then hail to the fame that has won it, All hail to the motto it bears; Thrice hail to the little bronze button, The Vet'ran in blue proudly wears. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Talk about your pretty girls, Girls that take your eye; You say you love them dearly, Then you heave a heavy sigh! [first line]

originInfo: 1892New YorkS.G. Christie

namePart: Pratt, W. A.

namePart: Irving, Ollie

namePart: Irving, Charles

text: Courtship

text: Love songs

text: Cover includes portraits of the Irving's: vocalists Ollie Irving and Charles Irving.

text: On the cover: The Greatest Hit Yet! As sung by the Irving's in every city in which they appear. Kittie Clancy. Song with waltz and refrain by W. A. Pratt.

text: by W.A. Pratt.

title: Little Kittie Clancy

title: Pretty Kitty Clancy, You are my fancy, You are an angel, The fairest in the land! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: See those lights of London town far ahead they're gleaming, Shining brightly o'er our way [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New YorkFrank Tousey's Publishing House

namePart: Hall, Albert

text: Grief

text: Pathos

text: Missing last page(s).

text: On the cover: The beautiful gem drawn from real life: London Paved with Gold.

text: words by Albert Hall ; music by Felix McGlennon.

title: London paved with gold

title: On the road to London town see a couple speeding, She with sunny golden hair and heart as pure as snow; He is scarcely older. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The most perplexing question, That agitates the mind, Is one we try to answer, Though difficult to find. [first line]

originInfo: 1892St. Louis, Mo. ; LondonC.I. Wynne & Co.; Francis, Day & Hunter

namePart: Skidmore, G. W. (George William) (1850-1917)

namePart: Hoffmann, August W. (August William)

text: Love

text: On the cover: Author of the popular songs "Your Pretty Eyes," "All for You," "Those Dear Old Days," "Don't Be An Old Maid," &c.

text: words by G.W. Skidmore ; music by August Wm. Hoffmann.

title: Love

text: Sheet music


title: When Love is kind cheerful and free Love's sure to find welcome from me. [first line]

originInfo: 1892BostonC.W. Thompson & Co.

namePart: Moore, Thomas

namePart: Werner, F.

text: Love

text: Novelty songs

text: On the cover: Sung by Mme. Nordica.

text: words by Thomas Moore ; arranged by F. Werner.

title: Love, go hang

text: Sheet music


title: The lion tamer. Love's rosy dream.

originInfo: 1892New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Goodwin, J. Cheever (John Cheever) (1850-1912)

text: Unrequited love

text: Love songs

text: On the cover: As performed by Francis Wilson and Company.

text: libretto by J. Cheever Goodwin ; music by Richard Stahl.

title: Love's rosy dream

title: Ah me! In vain I deftly juggle, In vain I strive and struggle, She spurns my suit and dead sea fruit, less bitter is than she [first line of choris]

title: Hast ever felt the passion tender, Hast ever dreamt love's rosy dream? Hast ever made complete surrender, To one thou dost an angel dream? [first line]

title: The lion tamer. Love's rosy dream.

text: Sheet music


title: Once there dwelt a little maiden, In the merry long ago; And the maid who's name was Marry Had a lamb as white as snow. [first line]

originInfo: 1892St. Louis, Mo.C.I. Wynne & Co.

namePart: Thornton, James (1861-1938)

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Novelty songs

text: words by James Thornton ; music by Andrew Mack.

title: The maiden and the lamb

title: Now Marry had a little lamb, who's christian name was Joe And evrywhere yjay Mary went the lamb was sure to go; It took all the lamb could earn to buy her jewelry, For my sweetheart is Mary and I am th elamb you see! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: That's so, you know, it's awfully nice though it's rather wrong! So ho! let's go And visit a French Cafe chantant! [first line of chorus]

namePart: Carr, Osmond

namePart: Bradfied, Louis

text: Novelty songs

text: Music

text: Societies, etc

text: Entertainment

text: Cover includes the depiction of a man in a hat and coat, regarding the likeness of a woman dancing in hat and dress on the outside of a Cafe.

text: On the cover: Supplement to the New York journal, Oct. 10, 1897.

text: music by Dr. Osmond Carr ; lyrics by Mr. Adrian Ross.

title: Milord Sir Smith

title: Milord Sir Smith of Leicester Square, He went abroad for a change of air; He long had wish'd for the happy chance To skip for a trip to the land of France! [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Novelty songs

text: Music

text: Societies, etc

text: Entertainment

title: Milord Sir Smith

text: Sheet music


title: You're mine, love, mine, love! Is it not really divine, love? I am all thine, Thou art all mine, mine, all mine! [first line of chorus]

text: Humorous songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: words and music by Harry Dacre.

title: Mine, all mine

title: Such a pair of love-sick people Never dreamt love's foolish dream, Life was made of gum and candy, Tutti frutti, jam and cream! [first line]

text: Sheet music

publisher: T.B. Harms & Co. ; Francis, Day & Hunter


title: The scent of roses in the air, The rustle of a silken fold, A light step crossing o'er the sward, A fair face crown'd with curls of gold. [first line]

originInfo: 1892Denver, Colo.The Stevenson Music Company

namePart: Houseley, S. F.

namePart: Houseley, Henry

text: Love songs

text: Cover includes the portrait of an unidentified woman standing in a formal dress, her hand resting on a sofa.

text: On the cover: As sung with unprecedented success by Miss Clara B. Alvord, Miss Marie Neilson, Miss Mattie Miner, Mr. Jas. A. Libbey, Mr. Adams Owen, Mr. W. A. Pierce and all prominent vocalists.

text: words by S.F. Houseley ; music by Henry Houseley.

title: Mine always

title: And still I love you as of old, For mine you were and mine must be, Love was, and is, and shall be ours, For time and for eternity, For still I love you as of old [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The first was a tickler, "Stand perpendicular, now, be particular all ... One step to the side and a very long slide and glide across the ball [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New YorkM. Muetzler

namePart: Butterly, J. N.

text: Dance -- 1890-1899

text: Dance schools

text: Humorous songs

text: On the cover: Author of "O'Sweeney's Kilkenny Quartette, Etc."

text: words and music by J.N. Butterly.

title: Miss Dooley's dancing school

title: Evangeline Dooley she opened a school Where waltzers and twisters could spin ... the terms for to dance, it was cash in advance, And "further partic'lars within." [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Molly, Molly, always so jolly, Always laughing, chock full of glee, Living as happy as happy can be, Molly and I and the baby. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New YorkC.H. Ditson & Co.

namePart: Kennedy, Harry

namePart: Peasley, Lea

text: Novelty songs

text: Home

text: Young families

text: words and music by Harry Kennedy.

title: Molly and I and the baby

title: I've a neat little cottage and in it does dwell Molly and I and the baby, And I'm sure that for comfort no king can excel Molly and I and the baby. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Does he know we are waiting, mother dear? Does he know we are list'ning his step to hear? Does he know that his coming would give delight? Mother, dear mother, where's Father tonight? [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892Chicago, IllinoisNational Music Co.

namePart: Grimm, J. Elmer

namePart: Jackson, Geo. Russell

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Family life

text: Sadness

text: On the cover: As Sung by the Melville Sisters, in Sam. M. Young's new versions of "Ten Nights In A Bar-Room."

text: words by Geo. Russell Jackson ; music by J. Elmer Grimm.

title: Mother, dear Mother, where's Father tonight?

title: A mother sat in a cheerless room at night, and gazed thro' the window pane, She watched the throng in the gath'ring gloom, That passed along in the falling rain [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh give me back that dear old home, That home where my childhood's days sped by, And grant that I may once more see The hills that around it lie. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892ChicagoNational Music Co.

namePart: Farmer, Sadie

text: Ballads, American

text: Trees -- 1800-1899

text: Home

text: Houses

text: Country homes

text: Cover includes an illustration of a house among trees next to a country road.

text: music by H.W. Petrie ; words by Sadie Farmer.

title: My dear old home

title: Oh give me back my dear old home, That home where my childhood's days sped by, And grant that I may once more see The hills that around it lie. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee," Words that I can ne'er forget - I can hear that dear voice yet. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892Cincinnati ; New YorkThe Filmore Brothers Co.

namePart: Stults, R. M.

text: Hymns

text: Mothers

text: Home

text: written and composed by R.M. Stults.

title: My mother's favorite hymn (Rock of ages)

title: I had wandered far away from home and friends to me most dear, And with strangers cast into a foreign land; And my soul had been enraptured with the strains of music sweet - Melodies and harmony so grand. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: No mem'ry of my childhood days, As the fleeting years glide quickly by, Is half so sweet it seems to me, or dear, As mothers loving lullaby. [first line]

originInfo: 1892ChicagoThe S. Brainard's Sons Co.

namePart: Peloubet, W. S.

namePart: Northrup, Theo. H. (Theodore H.)

text: Family life

text: Mothers & children -- 1800-1899

text: Lullabies

text: words by W.S. Peloubet ; music by Theo. H. Northrup.

title: My mother's song

title: Mother's love, so warm and true, Can death and change defy; The sweetest thing I can recall, of all, Is mothers loving lullaby. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: My sweetheart's the man in the moon, I'm going to marry him soon, 'Twould fill me with bliss, just to give him one kiss, But I know that a dozen I would never miss, [first line of chorus]

namePart: Schmitt, Joe

namePart: Thornton, Bonnie

text: Moon

text: Love songs

text: Human beings

text: Effect of the moon on

text: Cover includes a portrait of Bonnie Thornton climbing a ladder and gazing at the moon.

text: On the cover: written for and sung by Bonnie Thornton at Tony Pastor's Theatre, New York.

text: words and music by James Thornton.

title: My sweetheart's the man in the moon

title: Ev'rybody has a sweetheart underneath the rose, Ev'rybody loves a body, so the old song goes, I've a sweetheart, you all know him just as well as me, Ev'ry ev'ning I can see him shortly after tea. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Moon

text: Love stories

text: Human beings

text: Effect of the moon on

text: words and music by James Thornton.

title: My sweetheart's the man in the moon

text: Sheet music


text: Moon

text: Love songs

text: Human beings

text: Effect of the moon on

text: words and music by James Thornton.

title: My sweetheart's the man in the moon

text: Sheet music


title: I was not the only one, Oh dear no! I was not the only one There were others just as bad, so why should I feel sad? [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New YorkN. Weinstein

namePart: Woodward, Matt

namePart: Jerome, William (1865-1932)

text: Singers

text: Humorous songs

text: Cover includes a portrait of vocalist, William Hoey, with cigarette and cane.

text: On the cover: Sung with Immense success by William Hoey in "A Parlor Match."

text: On the cover: Words written exclusively for Wm. Hoey by Matt. Woodmard.

text: words written by Matt. Woodward [and William Jerome].

title: Not the only one

title: A parlor match. Not the only one.

title: I always make the best of things, whatever may be tide, And as I jog along in life I keep the sunny side. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: How he's sorry that he spoke, Now he's sorry that he spoke [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892ChicagoWill Rossiter

namePart: Weinberg, Gus C.

text: Humorous songs

text: On the cover: One of the Great Successes.

text: words and music by Gus. C. Weinberg.

title: Now he's sorry that he spoke

title: A young man loved a maiden fair, Her pa did not love him, Because he did not go to church, He wasn't in the swim, But then they'd meet down at the gate, [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: O Adam, ring dem golden bells, Adam, ring dem bells! [first line]

originInfo: 1892ChicagoNational Music Company

namePart: Farrell, Billy

namePart: Craig, Billy

text: African Americans

text: Civil rights

text: words and music by Billy Craig.

title: O' Adam ring dem golden bells

title: O Adam, ring dem golden bells That ring so loud and clear; Seems like I hear dem golden bells agoing ev'ry where. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The Isle of Champagne. O fly sweet bird.

originInfo: 1892New YorkM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Harrison, Louis (1859-1936)

namePart: Furst, William (1852-1917)

namePart: Byrne, Charles Alfred (1848-1909)

text: On the cover: Selections from the Comedy Opera success, The Isle of Champagne.

text: music by William Furst ; words by Charles Alfred Byrne and Louis Harrison.

title: O fly sweet bird

title: Oh fly away, sweet bird, and take my message, Oh fly swift and sure bird of passage, They fear I am no more [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: O Missis O'Flarity, what did you mean by that, Look Missis O'Flarity, you sat down upon my hat, That was the hat my Father wore [first line of chorus]

namePart: Conroy and Fox

type: corporate

text: Humorous songs

text: Cover includes portrait of Conroy and Fox.

text: words and music by Conroy and Fox.

title: O, Mrs. O'Flarity, what did you mean by that

title: A week ago last Sunday night Pat Casey he got wed, Next morning ev'ry one was there they had an awful head, For Pat that night did spread himself with whiskey, beer, and wine; first time he got married and his bride was right in line. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: f I were to tell thee my most secret longing, What in life is sweetest, What think you it would be? [first line]

originInfo: 1892BostonWhite-Smith Music Publishing Co.

namePart: Ware, Clifton

namePart: White, D. L.

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

authority: tgm

text: Castles & palaces

text: Cover includes an illustration of a man and woman embracing through a castle window with a serene setting in the background.

text: [music] by D.L. White ; [words by Clifton Ware.]

title: Oh that I could be loved

text: Sheet music


title: O'er hill and dale, In rill and vale, all sing the gathering of grape and vine, We dance and sing, The harvest in, The harvest of the bubbling new made wine [first line]

text: Wine

title: O'er the hill and dale

text: Sheet music


title: The Isle of Champagne. Old King Mumm.

text: Wine

title: Old King Mumm

title: Old King Mumm could make things hum with the juice of champagne vine; He'd send for a quart, and have it brought with a genial friend to dine [first line]

title: The Isle of Champagne. Old King Mumm.

text: Sheet music


title: The old rocking chair, that stands in the attic, what fond recollections it brings to my mind, a form that I loved now passed from my vision; a dear, sainted mother who sat in that chair. [first line]

originInfo: 1892Brooklyn, N.Y.E.E. Newell

namePart: Jones, E. G.

namePart: Newell, E. E.

text: Death

text: Mothers

text: Furniture -- 1800-1899

text: Nostalgia

text: Home

text: words by E.G. Jones, M.D. ; music by E.E. Newell.

title: The old rocking chair (that stands in the attic)

title: The form that I loved now passed from my vision, a dear, sainted Mother, who sat in that chair. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: It dawns on my dreaming, that vision of gladness; Again I wander with thee! And life, with its weary and lingering sadness, is joy, is beauty to me! [first line]

namePart: Cooper, George (1840-1927)

namePart: Pratt, Charles E. (1841-1902)

text: Love songs

text: Cover includes illustration of a woman wearing a hat.

text: words by Geo. Cooper ; music arranged by Chas. E. Pratt.

title: One stolen glance

text: Sheet music


title: Only a four leafed clover, Search'd for meadows over, How it brings to me mem'ries of days that have long since passed, Visions of dark fring'd eyelids Thot's of a heart so true, Oh! that this four leafed clover might bring me back soon to you. [first line]

originInfo: 1892New Haven, Conn.C.M. Loomis' Sons

namePart: Kellogg, C. W.

text: Clover

text: Four-leaf clovers

text: Love songs

text: Cover includes illustration of a four leafed clover.

text: written and composed by C.W. Kellogg.

title: Only a four leafed clover

text: Sheet music


title: The Knickerbockers. Only in dreams.

originInfo: 1892New YorkG. Schirmer

namePart: De Koven, Reginald (1859-1920)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

text: Unrequited love

text: Love songs

text: Dreams

text: libretto by Harry B. Smith ; music by Reginald De Koven.

title: Only in dreams

title: Only in dreams, in dreams, love, I behold thee, When stars o'er me their silent vigil keep above, If in my arms, once more I could enfold thee, And tell thee of my true heart's deathless love! [first line]

title: The Knickerbockers. Only in dreams.

text: Sheet music


title: The Knickerbockers. Only in dreams.

text: Unrequited love

text: Love songs

text: Dreams

text: by Reginald De Koven.

title: Only in dreams

title: The Knickerbockers. Only in dreams.

text: Sheet music


title: I'll speak about the bravest men, that e're the world hath known, Their deeds of brav'ry day and night, to eve'ry nation shown, So, when you hear the fire alarm, a thought pray give to those, Who risk their lives at every fire, our heroes of the hose. [first line]

originInfo: 1892CincinnatiJ.C. Groene & Co.

namePart: Cook, Benjamin R.

namePart: Granger, Lillian

text: Courage

text: Fire fighters

text: On the cover: Composed for & sung by, Miss Lillian Granger.

text: On the cover: Words & music by Benj. R. Cook of the Original Bison City Quartette.

text: words and music by Benj. R. Cook.

title: Our city fire brigade

title: Ding, ding goes the bell, the "boys" are out again, To save a life, a child, or wife at night in storm or rain, Fear not the falling walls and fire, we know they're not afraid, God bless the noble felows in our city fire brigade. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The schools of our land are her ramparts of freedom, The bane of the bigot, the boast of the brave: The up with "Old Glory," and tell thy proud story, While over the school house that Banner shall wave. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892Mt. Vernon, Iowa ; ChicagoLozier Bros. ; The Chicago Music Co.

namePart: Lozier, John Hogarth

namePart: Lozier, Horace Gillette

text: Schools

text: Patriotism -- United States

text: Flags

text: American

text: Cover includes illustration of a schoolhouse with an American flag on top.

text: On the cover: Song and chorus for the patriotic sons and daughters of America.

text: words by John Hogarth Lozier ; music by Horace Lozier.

title: Over the school house that banner shall wave

title: Over the school house unfurl that old Banner, And let her bright colors illumen the air; 'Tis the Flag that our Sons of America honor, [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Little roguish bewitching young Peggy Cline, On next St. Patrick's day I'm to call her mine [first line of chorus]

namePart: Levi, Maurice

namePart: Kelly, John T.

text: Courtship

text: Flirting

text: Sexual attraction

text: composed by Maurice Levi.

title: Peggy Cline

title: Annie Rooney and her Joe, With little Mary Green, Down at Maggie Murphy's home, Last year each night was seen In that street a girl did dwell, For beauty the world could claim, The queen of all is Peggy Cline, That is the dear one's name. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: There's a neat little cottage that stands in a grove, Surrounded by tall shady trees; Residing within is a sweet country girl, Your affections I'm certain she'd please; Her eyes shine as bright as the stars in the night, With a smile and a heart true as steel [first line]

originInfo: 1892New YorkSpaulding & Kornder

namePart: Glenroy, William B.

text: Love songs

text: Novelty songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: [words and music by] Wm. B. Glenroy.

title: Polly O'Neil

title: She's a Queen, so serene, She's charmingly sweet and divine! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, she was a girl, very simple and mild, Her equal you never could find, She didn't know beans, she was just like a child, And one of the innocent kind. [first line]

originInfo: 1892London ; New YorkHopwood & Crew ; Novello, Ewer & Co.

namePart: Cooke, John

namePart: Bower, Frederick

text: Novelty songs

text: Larceny

text: On the cover: Sung with Immense success by Tony Pastor.

text: written by F. Bower ; composed by John Cooke.

title: The poor gal didn't know, you know

title: But the poor Gal didn't know, you know, She hadn't been in New York long, And yet she is twenty one years, if an hour, And she ought to know right from wrong. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Pretty Katie Daly, She's my fairy Queen, She's my darling, she's my idol Sunshine and my dream [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New YorkHitchcock Publishing House

text: Courtship

text: Love songs

text: words and music by Gussie L. Davis.

title: Pretty Katie Daly

title: In a quiet flat in Harlem, up on the second floor, Lives Pretty Katie Daly, she's the girl that I adore, Her parents know she loves me, and on me they have always smiled [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Say now, boys, you must have seen her! If so, you would know her again! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Jerome, Leona Fontainbleau

text: Love songs

text: Flirting

text: words and music by Leona Fontainebleau Jerome.

title: Pretty Mary Jane

title: Have you seen my little sweetheart? You know just who I mean, For we're seen walking ev'ry day, When the weather's all serene [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Just push! Don't shove! Just push dem clouds away! [first line of chorus]

namePart: Gaunt, Percy

text: Optimism

text: words and music by Percy Gaunt.

title: Push dem clouds away

title: If you want to git to Heaven on de nickel plated road, Just push dem clouds away! [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: You're leaving a heart that is faithful, That loves you, my boy, as no other; When dark is life's sea, You'll turn to me; Remember you have but one mother. [first line of chorus]

text: Death

text: Mothers and sons

text: Family

text: music by Edward Holst ; words by George Cooper.

title: Remember you have but one mother

title: er dear heart was leaving the old home, She knew they'd be parted for years; She folded him close to her bosom, And murmured these words thro' her tears. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Reuben, Reuben, I've a notion, If the men were sent away, Far beyond the stormy ocean, Female hearts would all be gay. [first line]

originInfo: 1892T.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Hoyt, Charles Hale (1859-1900)

text: Humorous songs

text: words by Chas. H. Hoyt ; music arr. by Percy Gaunt.

title: Reuben and Cynthia

text: Sheet music


title: I know my lads that smiles are sweet, I know what kisses are, I know how sighs and beaming eyes Will move the sternest tar [first line]

originInfo: 1892Milwaukee ; LeipzigWm. Rohlfing & Sons ; Fritz Schuberth Jr.

namePart: Nevin, George B. (George Balch) (1859-1933)

namePart: Oxenford, Edward

text: Sailing ships

text: Sailors

text: Sea songs

text: Cover includes illustration of seaweed and ships at sea.

text: words by E. Oxenford ; music by George B. Nevin.

title: The sailor's firmest friend = Des Seemann's truester Freund

text: Sheet music


title: When I was a young and handsome youth The girls all liked me well, I met a maid, not young forsooth, They said, "a wealthy belle." [first line]

originInfo: 1892New YorkJ. Van Loan & Co.

namePart: Raimond, Ralph

text: Marriage

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Novelty songs

text: words by Percy Heming ; music by Ralph Raimond

title: She had $100,000 in her name

text: Sheet music


title: You' know I'm but a simple country maid! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New YorkFrank Harding's Music House

namePart: Pendy, Jeffreys

namePart: Harding, Frank

text: Kissing

text: Flirting

text: Innocence (Psychology)

text: On cover and caption:  Sung by Miss Jeffreys Pendy.

text: words and music by Harry Dacre.

title: The simple country maid

title: I've always led a quiet life, before I came down here. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: ow I've got a daughter, and Birdie's her name. [first line]

originInfo: 1892Denver, Colo.Joseph Newman

namePart: Newman, Joe

text: Acting

text: Humorous songs

text: Cover includes a photograph presumably of Joseph Newman.

text: Rear cover contains advertisement and a list of songs by Joseph Newman.

text: words and music by Joe Newman.

title: Since Birdie commenced her Delsarte

text: Sheet music


title: Bye, oh bye, my baby darling. [first line]

originInfo: 1892Milwaukee, WisconsinChas. K. Harris & Co.

namePart: Phelps, E. A.

namePart: Frazer, J. A.

text: Lullabies

text: Waltzes

text: On cover:  Lullaby with waltz refrain.

text: Page 2 contains advertisements and excerpts of 4 songs published by Chas. K. Harris.

text: words by J.A. Frazer, Jr. ; music by E.A. Phelps.

title: Sleep my baby boy

title: Bye, baby, my darling, for mother is near. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Thy land's my land, I'd live in a cannibal island! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New York ; LondonT.B. Harms & Co. ; Francis, Day & Hunter

text: Courtship

text: Flirting

text: Contains pencil annotations in music.

text: Back cover contains advertisement and reproduction of song Love me little, love me long by Percy Gaunt and Little Johnny Dugan by Andrew Mack.

text: written and composed by Harry Dacre.

title: Sligo [or] Thy land's my land

title: Sligo [or] Thy land's my land

title: They were standing, talking in the pale moonlight. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Courtship

text: Flirting

text: Back cover contains advertisement and beginning of song Rose McShane by John P. Kelly.

text: written and composed by Harry Dacre.

title: Sligo [or] Thy land's my land

title: Sligo [or] Thy land's my land

text: Sheet music


title: There are people you can understand exactly what they mean. [first line]

originInfo: 1892New York ; LondonT.B. Harms & Co. ; H. Beresford

namePart: Le Brunn, George (1863-1905)

namePart: Morris, Alfred J.

text: Smiling

text: Deception

text: Humorous songs

text: On cover:  As sung by Vesta Tilley.

text: Page 5 contains texts for an additional 3 verses and chorus.

text: written by Alfred J. Morris ; composed by Geo. Le Brunn.

title: The smile

title: Such smiles as that you can't forget when once they have been seen. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Isle of Champagne. Spider and the fly. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1892New YorkM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Byrne, Charles Alfred (1848-1909)

namePart: Harrison, Louis (1859-1936)

namePart: Furst, William (1852-1917)

text: Seduction

text: Musicals

text: Rear cover contains an advertising list for M. Witmark & Sons:  Successful songs of two continents!! by the best American and English writers

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at lower right:  W. G. Metzerott & Co., F & 12th Sts., N.W., Washington D.C.

text: Collective cover;  Selections from the comedy opera success THe isle of champagne...as introduced by the Thomas Q. Seabrooke Opera Co.

type: ownership

text: Former owner's stamp on cover at lower center:  Property of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

text: music by William Furst ; words by Charles Alfred Byrne and Louis Harrison.

title: The spider and the fly

title: "Will you walk into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Strolling with Norah, stealing one little kiss. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892ChicagoNational Music Company

namePart: Keck, C. L.

text: Courtship

text: Betrothal

text: Sexual attraction

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom left and center:  J. H. Griffin, S. Main Ottawa Kas.

text: arranged by C.L. Keck.

title: Strolling with Norah

title: I have a sweetheart, Norah by name. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Such a nice girl, too, such a real nice girl. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New York ; LondonM. Witmark & Sons ; Chas. Sheard & Co.

namePart: Seldon, Arthur

namePart: Anderson, Hattie

text: Deception

text: Humorous songs

text: Flirting

text: Sexual attraction

text: Descriptive subtitle:  Comic song and chorus.

text: written and composed by Arthur Seldon.

title: Such a nice girl, too!

title: Among the gentle sex I've met a few I think of kindly. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Which of us have never yearned, for the days of youthful mirth. [first line]

originInfo: 1892New YorkHenry J. Wehman

text: Reminiscing

text: Ethics

text: Childhood

text: Original publisher [T.B. Harms] covered by paste-down stamp:  Henry J. Wehman, 130 Park Row, New York.

text: written and composed by Harry Dacre.

title: Sweet childhood's days

title: Sweet childhood's days! sweet childhood's days! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Tell me, do you love me? [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892BostonOliver Ditson Company

namePart: Stults, R. M.

namePart: Geo. H. Walker & Co.

text: Courtship

text: Cover includes lithograph of a man dressed in 18th century costume offering a flower to a woman.  Author of lithograph:  Geo. H. Walke & Co., Boston.

text: Dedication above caption title:  Dedicated to Miss Mirella.

text: Version for soprano or tenor in G major.

text: written and composed by R.M. Stults.

title: The sweetest story ever told, (tell me, do you love me)

title: h, answer me a question, love, I pray. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Courtship

text: Version for alto or baritone in E flat major.

text: written and composed by R.M. Stults.

title: sweetest story ever told, (tell me, do you love me)

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1920Boston ; ChicagoOliver Ditson Company ; Lyon & Healy, Inc.

text: Courtship

text: Cover illustration shows reproduction of a heart-shaped painting of a man with his arm around a woman's shoulders.

text: Gift of the Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

text: song by R.M. Stults.

title: The sweetest story ever told, 'tell me, do you love me?'

text: Sheet music


title: Yes! she's my Nellie, no fairer seen. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: c1894 [c1892]New York ; ChicagoWill Rossiter

namePart: Williams, Lottie

namePart: Rossiter, Will (1867-1954)

text: Betrothal

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  "Fair as the lily, fair as the rose" Sweet Nellie Bawn, the leading waltz song of America...having already passed the sixty thousand mark...now being sung by Lottie Williams.

text: According to Library of Congress Name Authorities, W. R. Williams was a pseudonym for Will Rossiter.

text: Cover includes two photographs of Lottie Williams.  Captions of photograph at upper right of cover:  The queen of ideal soubrettes, Lottie Williams.  Caption of photograph in center:  As Lottie Williams appears singing "Sweet Nellie Bawn."

text: words and music by W.R. Williams.

title: Sweet Nellie Bawn

title: Stroll through the meadows, cross o'er a stream. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: ove, love, why art thou going to leave me. [first line]

namePart: App, Will

text: Farewells

text: Cover illustration has a drawing of a man dressed in Swiss uniform holding a rifle over the back of his shoulders.

text: Duet for soprano and tenor with piano accompaniment.

text: words and music by Will App.

title: The Swiss lover's farewell

text: Sheet music


title: Ta-ra-ra-boum-de-ay, ta-ra-ra-boum-de-ay, ta-ra-ra-boum-de-ay, ta-ra-ra-boum-de-ay. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New YorkFrank Tousey's Publishing House

namePart: Rosenberg, G. M.

namePart: Tousey, Frank

namePart: McGlennon, Felix (1856-1943)

text: Cancans

text: Humorous songs

text: Flirting

text: On cover:  Frank Tousey's popular music no. 208.  The absurdity of the hour...written by England's foremost and most favorite composer Felix McGlennon for the eminent Tony Pastor.

text: Page 5 includes text for 7 verses.

text: written by Felix McGlennon.

title: Ta ra ra boum de-ay!

title: A very simple maidn I, so goody-good, and very sly. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: When yet but a boy I was anxious to roam, and my passion could not be controlled. [first line]

namePart: Godwin, Will

namePart: Atkins, Norton (1862-1902)

text: Homecoming

text: words by Norton Atkins and Will Godwin ; music by Will Godwin.

title: There's a silver lining to ev'ry cloud

title: At home, sweet home! Back in the dear old home! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I once met a beautiful Spaniard! [first line]

text: Women

type: geographic

text: Spain

text: Humorous songs

text: Flirting

text: Back cover contains an advertisement and first page of song That's where she left him! (c1894) by Percy Gaunt.

text: written and composed by Harry Dacre.

title: Ting-a-ling ting-tay

title: But she only answer'd "Ting a ling," to all that I could say. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: Women

text: Spain

text: Humorous songs

text: Flirting

text: Back cover contains an advertisement for and reproduction of the first page of the song Rose McShane by John P. Kelly.

text: written and composed by Harry Dacre.

title: Ting-a-ling ting-tay

text: Sheet music


title: Tip your hat to Nellie, don't you see her passing by! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892Brooklyn, N.Y.Chas. W. Held

namePart: Edwards, Geo. C.

text: Betrothal

text: Flirting

text: Courtesy

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Everybody's favorite.

text: Cover illustration shows a simple drawing of a man tipping his hat to a lady carrying a parasol.

text: words and music by Geo. C. Edwards.

title: Tip your hat to Nellie

title: There's a winsome little maid in sweetest charms arrayed. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Tired lassie, go to sleep. [first line]

originInfo: 1892New YorkWillis Woodward & Co.

namePart: Whitcombe, Henry

namePart: Ross, J.

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Dealer's stamp on cover:  Howley, Haviland & Co, successors to Geo. T. Worth & Co., music publishers, 4 East 20th Street, New York.

text: On cover:  A lullaby, introducing "Sweet and low."

text: Dedication on cover:  To Miss Kittie F. Conlon.

text: words by J. Ross ; music by Henry Whitcombe.

title: Tired lassie, go to sleep

title: Sleep and rest, sleep and rest, father will come to thee soon. [first line of chorus]

title: Tired lassie, go to sleep. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh speak one word of love to me. [first line]

originInfo: 1892ChicagoEdward A. Saalfeld

namePart: Saalfield, Richard A.

namePart: Denton, Percy

namePart: Schleiffarth, George (d. 1921)

text: Love

text: Waltzes

text: Affirmations

text: Cover illustration shows silhouette of a woman and other semi-abstract designs.

text: words and music by Percy Denton.

title: Tis all I ask of you

text: Sheet music


title: hat's the way to Bylo-town, to Bylo-town. [first line]

originInfo: 1892ChicagoNational Music Co.

namePart: White, Otis R.

namePart: Jenkins, H. D.

namePart: Matson, Cora A.

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Under caption title:  Words by Cora A. Matson, used by permission of "Good Housekeeping."

text: Cover illustration shows a mother putting her infant to sleep in a crib.  Illustration by H. D. Jenkins.

text: Descriptive title on cover:  Cradle song.

text: by Otis R. White.

title: To Bylo-town

text: Sheet music


title: When you're giving folks advice, or you're telling stories nice. [first line]

originInfo: c1893 [c1892]New York ; LondonT.B. Harms & Co. ; Francis, Day & Hunter

namePart: Le Brunn, George (1863-1905)

namePart: Norton, Richard

text: Humorous songs

text: Conduct of life

text: Rear cover contains an advertisement for and first page of song In the bright moonlight by Andrew Mack.

text: words by Richard Norton ; music by George L Brunn.

title: Twiggy voo

title: Twiggy voo! my boys! Twiggy voo! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: My love was out in the garden. [first line]

originInfo: 1892BostonH.B. Stevens Company

namePart: Delbruck, Alfred

namePart: Probyn, May

namePart: Barnabee, Henry Clay (1833-1917)

text: Courtship

text: On cover:  As sung by H. C. Barnabee of the Bostonians.

text: Rear cover contains an advertisement for new songs published by H. B. Stevens Company, 26 West Street, Boston.

text: Cover illustration contains a decorative border.

text: words by May Probyn ; music by Alfred Delbruck.

title: Under the almond tree

text: Sheet music


title: Choose me your valentine, next let us marry. [first line]

originInfo: 1892Elmira, N.Y.Elmire Telegram

namePart: Dickson, Etta

namePart: Herrick, Robert (1591-1674)

text: Valentine’s Day

text: Love songs

text: Truthfulness and falsehood

text: As published in the Elmira telegram, Sunday, February 11, 1894.

text: Copyright 1892 by the New York Musical Echo Co.

text: words by Robert Herrick ; music by Etta Dickson.

title: A valentine song

text: Sheet music


title: When called on to sing, you should never jump up and say, "Yes, I'll try it, I think." [first line]

originInfo: 1892CincinnatiThe John Church Co.

namePart: Edwards, Julian (1855-1910)

namePart: Smith, Harry S.

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Collective title page on cover:  Selections from the new comic opera Jupiter as performed by the Digby Bell Opera Co.  Below caption title:  From Jupiter, a comic opera by Harry B. Smith and Julian Edwards.

text: Cover illustration shows a man wearing a robe adorned with images of parrots with a staff or umbrella in his raised right hand, at the end of which is a small eagle.

text: Page 4 contains directions for what the performer should be doing during an extended interlude.

text: [by Harry B. Smith and Julian Edwards].

title: A very old gag

title: A very old gag, but it went. [alternative title]

title: Jupiter. Very old gag. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Friendship is an empty sound. [first line]

originInfo: 1892New York ; LondonFrank Tousey's Publishing House

namePart: McGlennon, Felix (1856-1943)

namePart: Robie, J.

namePart: Tousey, Frank

text: Love

text: Friendship

text: Cover contains stamp of former owner at top center:  J. Robie.

text: On cover:  Frank Tousey's popular music no. 234.

text: by Felix McGlennon.

title: When your cash and friends are gone

title: Friends may be faithless, comrades false to you. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: While strolling thro' a garden on a lovely summer's eve. [first line]

originInfo: 1892New YorkM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Mack, W. Andrew

namePart: Harrison, Lee

namePart: Le Mack, Thomas

text: Flowers

text: Weddings

text: Musicals

text: Contains 8 bars at end of song labeled dance.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right:  Geo. H. Foss, pianos, organs, sheet music and musical merchandise, 268 Washington St., Portland, Or.

text: Dedication above caption title:  Dedicated to my friend, Lee Harrison, esq.

text: On cover:  Greatest hit since "Marriage Bells."  Introduced in "Aunt Bridget's Baby" Co., song and chorus with dance ad lib...Schottische caprice.

text: words by Thos. Le Mack ; music by W. Andrew Mack.

title: The wedding of the lily and the rose

title: Aunt Bridget's baby. Weedding of the lily and the rose. [uniform title]

title: The tulip kiss'd the violet, the daffodil the pink. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I know a cunning little man, as high as this he'll measure. [first line]

namePart: Ellis, Chas. T.

text: Toys -- 1890-1899

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Shorts (Clothing)

text: Children

text: United States

text: Cover illustration is a drawing of a man [presumably Chas. T. Ellis] standing, holding and admiring a boy's short pants, a toy trumpet and doll; near his feet are a top, a ball, and a toy animal.  Behind him are a chair with an unidentified piece of clothing, and a bed on which a young boy and girl are sleeping.

text: On cover:  Bedford Avenue Theatre one week, commencing Monday Dec. 12, [1892]. "What I found in baby's pocket!" as sung by the celebrated comedian Chas. T. Ellis in Herbert Hall Winslow's comedy-drama Count Casper!

text: [words and music by Chas. T. Ellis].

title: What I found in baby's pocket!

title: A fishhook and a pencil small, a jackknife very handy. [first line of chorus]

title: Count Casper. What I found in baby's pocket! [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: When you see a poor man talking to a lamppost late at night. [first line]

originInfo: 1892New York ; LondonM. Witmark & Sons ; Anglo American Musical Agency

text: Marriage

text: Alcoholism

text: Humorous songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Back cover contains initial measures of 6 songs published by M. Witmark & Sons and labeled "Latest English successes."

text: words by Tom Conley ; music by Felix McGlennon.

title: What's the cause of it?

title: Liquor is the cause of it, don't you know. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Then oh lad; yo ho lad, stormy winds will blow lad. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892Nashville, Tenn.H.A. French

namePart: Doak, E. L.

namePart: Fischer, Gustave

namePart: Dixie Quartette

text: Mothers and sons

text: Sea songs

text: Dedication on cover:  Dedicate to Dixie Quartette.

text: On cover:  Descriptive baritone song.

text: written by Gustave Fischer.

title: When I am far away lad

title: In boyhood's day I lived down in a village by the sea. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Ring out for glory, tell them the story. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New York ; LondonFrank Harding's Music Store ; R. Maynard

namePart: Thornton, James (1861-1938)

namePart: Rosenberg, G. M.

text: African Americans

text: Marriage

text: Back cover contains advertisement for song The broken home by Will H. Fox.

text: Dedication above caption title:  Dedicate to Marion and Post.

text: written and composed by James Thornton.

title: When the days grow longer

title: I'm a going for to marry Missa Angelina Brown. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: In the country once a farmer killed a chicken with an axe just by striking him a single little blow. [first line]

originInfo: 1892New York ; Broooklyn, N.Y.M. Witmark & Sons ; Spaulding & Kornder

namePart: Mayo, Harry

namePart: Glenroy, William B.

text: Humorous songs

text: Flirting

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  Dave Wise, sheet music, pianos, organs and musical instruments...1322 Market St., S. F.

text: Inscription of former owner on cover at top:  From Horatio, July 1893.

text: Texts of 2 additional verses printed on page 5.

text: On cover:  Sung by all leading artists...comic song and chorus.

text: words by Harry mayo ; music by Wm. B. Glenroy.

title: Where the chicken got the axe

title: And I got it where the chicken got the axe. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Where shall I find him? [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New YorkN. Weinstein & Co.

namePart: Woodward, Matt

namePart: Rice, Fannie

text: Love

text: Waltzes

text: Desire

text: Cover includes a photograph of Fannie Rich and a reproduction of her signature.

text: On cover:  As sung with great success by Fannie Rice.

text: Back cover contains an advertise with first page of music for the song Don't mind my darling by Paul Steinmark.

text: Texts of 3 additional verses on page 5.

text: written and composed by Matt Woodward.

title: Where shall I find him?

title: When I was young I used to read of men who were so brave. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Trip to Chinatown. Widow. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1892New York ; LondonT.B. Harms & Co. ; Francis, Day & Hunter

namePart: Hoyt, Charles Hale (1859-1900)

namePart: Gaunt, Percy

text: Widows -- 1800-1899

text: Humorous songs

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: Collective cover:  Songs from Hoyt's A trip to Chinatown [with list of songs].

text: Back cover is an advertisement and reproduction of the first page of the song But yesterday by B.H. Janssen.

text: [words by Chas. H. Hoyt] ; music by Percy Gaunt.

title: The widow

title: But when you come to tell her how you love her. [first line of chorus]

title: Do you know her, have you met her? [first line]

text: Sheet music


field: copyrightDate

title: Let us quaff and gaily laugh and drain this goblet divine. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892San Francisco[San Francisco News Letter]

namePart: Hall, George E. P.

namePart: O'Connell, Daniel (1849-1899)

text: Cupids

text: Owls

text: Wine

text: Wine bottles

text: Drinking songs

text: Cover illustrations has a small owl perched on a branch at upper left and at lower right, a small cupid with two bottles of wine.

text: Dedication on cover near center:  Dedicated to Miss E. L. K.

text: On cover:  Published with the San Francisco News Letters, Saturday, July 30, 1892.

text: music by George E.P. Hall ; words by Daniel O'Connell.

title: The wine of Bohemia

title: Here all the woes of life disdaining. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Yes, I got it.

originInfo: 1892ChicagoWill Rossiter

namePart: Rossiter, Will (1867-1954)

namePart: Beach, Lillie

text: Cover includes a photograph of Lillie Beach sitting on a chair.

text: On cover:  Miss Lillie Beach, now singing, with phenomenal success.

text: Cover only; lacking the music.

title: Yes, I got it.

text: Sheet music


title: You gave me your love and took my name. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1892New York ; LondonM. Witmark & Sons ; Chas. Sheard & Co.

namePart: Belle, Minnie (fl. 1892)

namePart: Marion, David

text: Death

text: Marriage

text: Love songs

text: Cover illlustration contains a floral pattern with ribbons.

text: On cover:  As sung by Julius P. Witmark of Hoyt's Trip to Chinatown Co.

text: Page 2 contains a list of songs published by M. Witmark & Sons entitled:  Beautiful home songs byt eh best producers.

text: Full cover title reads:  You gave me your love, bless you my darling wife.

text: words by David Marion ; music by Minnie Belle.

title: You gave me your love

title: An old-fashioned couple were seated alone by the quaint fireside. [first line]

title: I love you, my darling wife. [alternative title]

text: Sheet music


text: Death

text: Marriage

text: Love songs

text: Copy somewhat mutilated.  Unidentified hand has penciled in guitar chords indications in chorus.

text: On page 2 is an advertisement for songs published by M. Witmark & Sons entitled:  Songs sure to be whistled everywhere.

title: You gave me your love

text: Sheet music


title: Sinbad. Adieu, said Marjorie.

originInfo: 1893New York ; LondonM. Witmark & Sons ; Chas. Sheard & Co.

namePart: Norman, Harry

namePart: Mackin, Dennis

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Farewells

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  As sung by Mr. Henry Horman in the successful spectacular extravaganza Sinbad.

text: words and music by Dennis Mackin.

title: Adieu, said Marjorie

title: Adieu! Adieu! Adieu! Adieu! said Marjorie. [first line of chorus]

title: Marjorie loved a soldier, he was brave and true. [first line]

title: Sinbad. Adieu, said Marjorie.

text: Sheet music


title: After long years, after long years! [first line]

originInfo: 1893New YorkWillis Woodward & Co.

namePart: Yaeger, Harry W.

text: Reminiscing

text: On cover:  To my friend Harry W. Yaeger.

text: Cover includes decorative border with flowers.

text: words and music by Julian Jordan.

title: After long years

text: Sheet music


title: After the fair is over, just watch the rents come down. [first line of chorus]

originInfo:
1893

      Chicago ; New York

    Will Rossiter

namePart: Eldridge, Press

namePart: Bonnell, Otto

text: Chicago (Ill.)

nameType: conference

text: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

text: Humorous songs

text: Note at bottom of first page of music:  If desired this song can be sung to the tuen of "After the ball."

text: On cover:  Press Eldridge's national "success."

text: Cover includes photograph of Press Eldridge in blackface.

text: written by Press Eldridge.

title: After the fair

title: little maiden climbed an old man's knee. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: hy do I love thee so sweetheart? [first line]

originInfo: 1893ChicagoNational Music Company

namePart: Lanyon, W. Herbert

namePart: Jones, Florence A.

text: Couples

text: Love songs

text: Cover contains lithograph of a man and woman standing in a bucolic wood.

text: words by Florence A. Jones ; music by W. Herbert Lanyon.

title: All the world to me

text: Sheet music


title: I'm happy as the little bird that sings in yonder tree. [first line]

originInfo: c1892 [c1893]New York ; LondonT.B. Harms & Co. ; Francis, Day & Hunter

namePart: Janssen, B. H.

text: Mothers and sons

text: Honesty

text: [words and music] by B.H. Janssen.

title: Always be a man my boy

title: Always be a man, my boy, honest, brave, and true! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: We have been always together, nothing our souls can part. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893Lincoln, Neb.Geo. A. Crancer and Co.

namePart: Nowlin, G. N.

namePart: Nelson, Geo. H.

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Cover contains a photograph portrait presumably of G. H. Nowlin.

text: words and music by G.N. Nowlin.

title: Always together

title: appy, o! happy were the hours of childhood. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Then haiol to our flag, and hail to the Union, which safely the storms of a century defied. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893New YorkNorth Side Music Co.

namePart: Egge, Edward G.

text: Eagles

text: Flags

text: United States

text: Patriotic music

text: Under caption title:  National anthem.

text: Cover includes images of the American flag and an eagle.

text: written and composed by Edward G. Egge.

title: American am I

title: American am I, and glory in my country. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The poets sing in their waveflowing rhymes. [first line]

namePart: Schuette, H. George

text: Eagles

text: Flags

text: American

text: Waltzes

text: Cover includes a drawing of woman holding a standing American flag mounted on pole in her right hand behind which is an eagle lifting a shield containing the stars and stripes.  In the background is the outline of the continental United States.

text: music by Ed. Holst ; words by H. Geo. Schuette.

title: The American girl

title: Her eyes may be black, he eyes may be blue, she is ever winsome, lovely and true. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The pines, across a forest stream, where angling was my only aim. [first line]

originInfo: 1891Cambridge, Mass.Cupon Music Publishing Company

namePart: Pettee, Bennett G.

namePart: Nutting, Will

text: Fishing

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: words by Bennett G. Pettee ; music by Will Nutting.

title: Angling

title: Blue eyes exclaimed, "oh! ain't that fine?" But brown eyes hold my vision fast. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: O sweetheart, do you remember in the sunset's rosy glow. [first line]

originInfo: 1893ChicagoMeyer & Brother

namePart: Kline, Gustave H.

namePart: May, Marion

namePart: Gardner, Charles A.

text: Flowers

text: Apples

text: Love songs

text: Cover includes color drawing of apple blossoms with a black and white portrait of a man dressed in lederhosen (possibly the composer).

text: Cover reads:  Chas. A. Gardner's song.

text: words by Marion May ; music composed by Gustave H. Kline.

title: Apple blossoms

title: Apple blossoms, apple blossoms falling soft 'round you and me. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Myles Aroon. Art of making love. [uniform title]

originInfo: c1895 [c1893]New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

text: Love

text: Musicals

text: Songs, Irish

text: On cover:  Andrew Mack's songs as sung by him ina  grand production of the beautiful Irish play "Myles Aroon."

text: Pages 6-8 contain song texts to Maggie My Own, Dooley's Wedding, Mack's Swing Song, Sweet Molly O'Moore, I'm Proud I'm Irish, and An Irish Lad's Wooing.

text: Dance music follows song.

text: [words and music by] Andrew Mack.

title: [The art of making love]

title: Come, my little one, I will show to you the art of making love. [first line]

title: Gracefully, tenderly, you take your sweetheart's hand. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: c1895 [c1893]New York ; LondonT.B. Harms & Co. ; Francis, Day & Hunter

text: Love

text: Musicals

text: Songs, Irish

text: On cover:  Andrew Mack's songs as sung in Myles Aroon.

text: Cover printed in red and green contains photograph portrait and full-length images of Andrew Mack.

text: Includes dance music after vocal chorus.

text: [words and music by] Andrew Mack.

title: The art of making love

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1893New York ; LondonT.B. Harms & Co. ; Francis, Day & Hunter

text: Love

text: Musicals

text: Songs, Irish

text: Dance music follows vocal chorus.

text: Collective cover page.

text: [words and music] by Andrew Mack.

title: The art of making love

title: Gravefully, tenderly, you take your sweetheart's hand. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: O 'twas sweet of old, when our love we told. [first line]

originInfo: 1893New York ; LondonEdward Schuberth & Co. ; J.B. Cramer & Co.

namePart: Bingham, Clifton (1859-1913)

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Love songs

text: Songs, Irish

text: Version in E minor.

text: words by Clifton Bingham ; music by H. Trotère.

title: Asthore

title: But the waves still are singing to the shore as they sang in the happy days of your. first line of chorus

text: Sheet music


title: You came to me, you came to me, and all the yearning is at rest. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893New York ; Bradford, EnglandHiman & Reichenbach ; Helmich & Nichols

namePart: Curtiss, Geo. W.

namePart: Ray, Elsie

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Desire

text: Cover includes a photograph of Elsie Ray.  Caption reads:  sung with great success by "Elsie Ray."

text: words and music by Geo. W. Curtiss.

title: At last you came to me

title: When all was sadness round about me when days were full of grief and woe. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: When my dear May I brought home as my wife. [first line]

originInfo: c1894 [c1893]New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

text: Infants

text: Male impersonators

text: Infants

text: Death

text: Cover contains five photographs of Vesta Tilley dressed as a man in different outfits.

text: On cover:  Vesta Tilley's great songs.

text: [E.W. Rogers].

title: Baby

title: Baby, baby, close your pretty blue eyes. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Within a cosy cottage, a dear old couple dwell. [first line]

namePart: Wheeler, J. W. (James W.)

text: Reminiscing

text: Relationship addiction

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Julius P. Witmark of Hoyt's A Trip to Chinatown Co.

text: Cover includes a photograph portrait of Julius P. Witmark.

text: Cover printed in blue.

text: written and composed by J.W. Wheeler.

title: Back among the old folks once again

title: Back among the old folks once again. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: Reminiscing

text: Relationship addiction

text: Cover includes portrait photograph of Julius P. Witmark.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Julius P. Witmark of Hoyt's Trip to Chinatown Co.

text: Cover printed in red ink.

text: written and composed by J.W. Wheeler.

title: Back among the old folks once again

text: Sheet music


title: I'm back to the old, old home again, no more my steps shall roam. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893ChicagoThompson Music Co.

namePart: Carson, Harry F.

namePart: Beutler, John G.

text: Reminiscing

text: Waltzes

text: Each page of music contains advertisement for John G. Beutler of 1014 W. Madison Street, Chicago.

text: written by Arthur J. Lamb ; composed by Harry F. Carson.

title: Back to the old, old, home

title: I see the dear old place again, the folks I loved of yore. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: This was nice as you'll agree, something to make your heart warm. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893ChicagoShafter Howard

namePart: Howard, Shafter

namePart: Henry, Frederick

text: Courtship

text: Social dancing

text: 19th century

text: Love songs

text: On cover:  the latest success.

text: words by Frederick Henry ; music by Shafter Howard.

title: Before the ball

title: On a winters night, as the stars shone bright.[first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Two beggars the lame one leading the blind. [first line]

originInfo: 1893New York ; LondonM. Witmark & Sons ; Chas. Sheard & Co.

namePart: Solomon, Fred.

namePart: Harndin, Herb

text: Beggars

text: Keepsakes

text: Helping behavior

text: On cover:  descriptive song.

text: words by Herb. Harndon ; music by Fred. Solomon.

title: The beggar's keepsake

text: Sheet music


title: High in the old grey belfry tow'r the mighty bell is tolling. [first line]

originInfo: 1893New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Brand, Vivian

text: Bells

text: Life cycle, Human

text: On cover:  bass song.

text: From the CBS Collection.

text: On cover:  bass song.

text: words and music by Vivian Brand.

title: The belfry tower

text: Sheet music


title: There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream. [first line]

originInfo: 1893New York ; LondonBoosey & Co.

namePart: Scott-Gatty, Alfred (1847-1918)

namePart: Brema, Marie

text: Reminiscing

text: Aging

text: Songs, Irish

text: On cover:  Irish melody.  Sung by Miss Marie Brema.

text: Stamp of seller on cover:  G. Schirmer, 8 East 43rd St., New York.

text: words by Thomas Moore ; music arranged by Alfred Scott Gatty.

title: Bendemeer's stream

text: Sheet music


title: In de mornin, to de big Worlds show! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893ChicagoThe S. Brainard's Sons Co.

namePart: Taylor, H. S.

namePart: Herbert, J. B. (John Bunyan) (b. 1852)

text: African Americans

text: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

text: Cover contains decorative border and illustration of a black man portrayed as an ethnic stereotype.

text: words by H.S. Taylor ; music by J.B. Herbert.

title: Blacktown and the fair

title: Hit seems to me hits mighty plain, dese Blacktown folks is plum insane. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Where within a land-locked harbor, sailors find securest rest. [first line]

originInfo: 1893New YorkW.C. Parker

namePart: Gray, Frank F.

namePart: Parker, W. C. -- (W. Coleman)

text: Harbors

text: Aging

text: Paste-over of publisher on cover:  W. C. Parker, 47 W. 28th St.

text: Paste-over on top of cover:  To the Bartons on the Heights with the compliments of the composer.

text: On cover:  charming home song.

text: written and composed by Frank F. Gray.

title: By Bayville's waters

text: Sheet music


title: Woolen stocking. Callahan's gang. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1893New York ; ChicagoWm. A. Pond & Co. ; Chicago Music Company

namePart: Harrigan, Edward (1844-1911)

text: Coal miners

text: Includes dance music on last page of music.

text: On cover:  as sung in Edward Harrigan's new play entitled The woolen stocking.

text: words by Edward Harrigan ; music by Dave Braham.

title: Callahan's gang

title: Ev'ry morning to the river working all day long. [first line]

title: Hard coal, soft coal, charcoal and coke; we dump it in the car before they make it smoke. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I got a heap of trouble now, here of late. [first line]

originInfo: c1894 [c1893]ChicagoWill Rossiter

namePart: Miller, Harry S.

namePart: Mackay, Julie

text: African Americans

text: Male friendship

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover includes photograph of Julie Mackey.

text: Page [5] includes texts of 7 additional verses and choruses.

text: Note on page [5]:  Harry S. Miller's latest Negro absurdity.

text: On cover:  Now sung with great success by America's phenomenal contralto Julie Mackey.

text: words and music by Harry S. Miller.

title: Can't lose me, Charlie

title: Ey yer can't lose me, Charlie, deed yer can't lose me, Charlie. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1893ChicagoWill Rossiter

namePart: Conroy and Fox

text: African Americans

text: Male friendship

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover:  Harry S. Miller's big "hit"...as now being sung by Julie Mackey, Conroy and Fox, Donnelly and Girard, Lillian Harper, Vernona Jarbeau, Lillie Beach, and many others.

text: Cover contains stamp of dealer:  Kornder, 437 Fulton St., B'klyn [New York].

text: Cover contains full-length photograph of Conroy and Fox dressed in top hats, shaking hands.

text: On page [5]:  Harry S. Miller's latest Negro absurdity.

text: Page [5] contains texts for 6 additional verses and choruses.

text: [words and music by] Harry S. Miller.

title: Can't lose me, Charlie

text: Sheet music


title: Tuxedo. Can't yer koon jine. [uniform title]

text: African Americans

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Chorus arranged for four part chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, bass).

text: On cover:  The latest sensation!  Introduced in "Tuxedo."  Ethiopian eccentricity!

text: [words] by Edward Marble ; music arranged by Adam Itzel, Jr.

title: Can't-yer-koon-jine?

title: Can't yer koon jine? [alternative title]

title: Cant yer koon jine baby. [first line of chorus]

title: My ole man's a railroad man he has to shovel dirt. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: That's my darling Carrie, the girl I mean to marry. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893New York ; LondonSpaulding & Gray ; Howard & Co.

namePart: Wood, Clayton E.

namePart: Spaulding, George L. (1864-1921)

namePart: Gray, William Benson

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Attachment behavior

text: Cover includes photograph of Charles B. Ward.

text: On cover:  sung by Chas. B. Ward with Primrose & West's Minstrels.

text: words and music by Wm. B. Gray and G.L. Spaulding.

title: Carrie (that's my darling Carrie)

title: Come boys and listen, don't turn away, Whilte I tell of a belle so neat and gay. [first line]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Preston, George

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Attachment behavior

text: Cover includes photograph of George Preston.

text: On cover:  Sung by George Preston with Lew Dockstader's Minstrels.

title: Carrie (that's my darling Carrie)

title: Come boys and listen, don't turn away, While I tell of a belle so neat and gay. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Sic him Jimmy, bite him Jimmy, Casey'd yell all day. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

text: Humorous songs

text: Cats and dogs

text: Cover contains drawings of a white dog and a black cat.

text: words and music by Joseph Hart.

title: Casey's dog and Tacey's cat

title: Casey had a dog nam'd Jim, he was an ugly pup. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Cash! cash!! cash!!! Now get a move on there. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893ChicagoNational Music Company

namePart: Carson, Harry F.

namePart: Sutherland, Rosie

text: Flirting

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover and caption title page:  Sung by Rosie Sutherland in Hanlon's Superba Company.

text: words by Arthur J. Lamb ; music by Harry F. Carson.

title: Cash!

title: 'Twas in a leading dry-goods store, I loved as I'd ne'ever loved before. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Dar was ole Mister Johnson, he had trouble of his own. [first line]

originInfo: 1893Chicago ; New YorkWill Rossiter

namePart: Bonnell, Otto

text: Cats

text: African Americans

text: Cover contains a drawing of a cat, grinning with his tongue hanging out, his left arm in a slight, and his left eye bandaged.

text: On cover:  The song that beats "McGinty."

text: Page [5] contains texts of 9 additional verses and 1 addition text for the chorus.

text: Signature of former owner on cover:  Mrs. E. W. Glere [?].

text: words and music by Harry S. Miller.

title: The cat came back

title: But the cat came back, couldn't stay no longer. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Mocs, Joseph

namePart: Rossiter, Will (1867-1954)

text: Cats

text: African Americans

text: Cover contains drawing of a cat in sitting position, grinning with a tongue sticking through its teeth, its left arm in a sling, and its left eye bandaged.

text: Cover contains stamp of former owner:  Joseph Mocs, 338 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.

text: Page [5] contains texts of 9 additional verses and 1 additional chorus.

text: words and music by Harry S. Miller.

title: The cat came back

text: Sheet music


title: hile strolling down the street last eve, I watched the children play. [first line]

originInfo: 1893ChicagoF.J. Tierney

namePart: Tierney, F. J.

text: Reminiscing

text: Waltzes

text: Infants

text: Chorus is a quodlibet of 3 nursery rhymes, scored for four-part chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, bass); bass part serves as accompaniment.

text: Cover contains a collage of numerous photographs of caucasian and African American babies.

text: [by F.J. Tierney].

title: Childhood

title: Green gravel, green gravel. [first line of chorus - alto part]

title: London Bridge is falling down. [first line of chorus - soprano part]

title: Water, water wild flow'r. [first line of chorus - tenor part]

text: Sheet music


title: I'll sing to you about a man whose name you'll find his hist'ry. [first line]

namePart: Bryant, Francis J.

namePart: Columbus, Christopher

text: Columbus, Christopher

text: Cover has drawing of Columbus on the bow of a ship, raised sword in hand, comanding his sailors, two of which have swords.  A woman sitting over the side of the ship has her head buried in her hands in a gesture of weeping.

text: On cover:  The hit of the day!  Sung by leading comedians.  Christofo Columbo (Christopher Columbus) a historical subject written up to suit the times.

text: written [and composed] by Francis Bryant.

title: Christofo Columbo (Chirstopher Columbus)

title: He knew the earth was round, ho! That land it could be found, ho! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Sleep, sleep, sleep, my baby, sleep. [first line of chrous]

originInfo: 1893BostonWhite-Smith Music Publishing Co.

namePart: Rexford, Eben E. (Eben Eugene) (1848-1916)

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Collective cover containing a list of songs by Kate Vannah.

text: Cover contains stamp of dealer:  J. B. Brown Music Co., 642 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal.

text: Cover includes a photograph of Kate Vannah.

text: [music] by Kate Vannah ; [words by Eben E. Rexford].

title: Cradle song

title: Oh, lullaby, my baby, The bee has gone to sleep. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: It's all wrong! all a mistake, they don't know what they say. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893New YorkFrank Tousey's Publishing House

namePart: Graham, Charles, composer

namePart: Rosenfeld, Monroe H.

text: Columbus, Christopher

text: Humorous songs

text: On cover:  The latest comedy of the hour.

text: Score contains many performance markings written in pencil.

text: by Chas. Graham.

title: Columbus was an Irishman

title: Four hundred years ago they say, Columbus landed here. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: It's old and shattered and almost apart yet its pieces I ever will keep. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893CincinnatiIlsen & Co.

namePart: Schmalz, J.

namePart: Hawley, Walter

text: Reminiscing

text: Pessimism

text: On cover:  waltz song and chorus.

text: words by Walter Hawley ; music by J. Schmalz.

title: The crib in which I used to sleep

title: As I sat beside the dear old place gazing on the scenes of wealth. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Close your eyes, my "Honey," and we'll ride away. [first line]

originInfo: 1893BostonThe B.F. Wood Music Co.

namePart: H. G. W. (H. G. Wheeler)

namePart: Wheeler, J. W. (James W.)

text: African Americans

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Version in A major.

text: words by H.G. Wheeler ; music by J.W. Wheeler.

title: The darkies' cradle song

text: Sheet music


title: Nw sunlight floods the land While the dawn is glowing fair. [first line]

namePart: Marras, Mowbray

namePart: Nikita, Louise

text: Youth

text: Sunrises & sunsets

text: Love

text: Waltzes

text: Sun

text: Rising and setting

text: Cover contains photographs of Louise Nikita.

text: Cover contains a monochrome drawing of a sunrise between two mountains over a plain with rocks, trees, and a fence.

text: [music] by Luigi Arditi ; [words by Mowbray Marras].

title: Day dawn

title: L'alba. [alternative title]

text: Sheet music


title: hen shadows fall over all, closing the day in glory. [first line]

originInfo: c1893, c1925New YorkHarms Incorporated

namePart: Mahoney, J. F.

namePart: Shilkret, Nathaniel (1889-1982)

namePart: Tobani, Theo. M. (Theodore Moses) (1855-1933)

text: Flowers

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Reminiscing

text: Hearts

text: Cover has a drawing of flowers with a heart in the background.

text: words by J.F. Mahoney ; music by Theo. M. Tobani and Nat. Shilkret.

title: Days of hearts and flowers

title: Dreamy days and dreamy ways, days of hearts and flowers long, long, ago. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Ddear Irish homestead, I think of thee! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893New York ; LondonT.B. Harms & Co. ; Francis, Day & Hunter

namePart: Kelly, John T.

text: Reminiscing

text: Songs, Irish

text: words and music by John T. Kelly.

title: The dear Irish homestead

title: As my mem'ry awakens to scenes long ago, how I love to recall them again. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: You're jesting, oh, you're guying me. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893BostonMiles & Thompson

namePart: Harvard Glee Club

namePart: Ware, Richard Darwin (1869-1931)

namePart: Thompson, Lewis Sabin (1868-1908)

text: Debutantes

text: Flirting

text: Cover contains drawing of a young women in a sitting chair.

text: Cover contains signature of former owner:  Charlotte C. Eliot.

text: Cover contains stamp of dealer:  Briggs and Briggs, 3 Harvard Row, Cambridge, Mass.

text: On cover:  as sung byt he Harvard Glee Club.

text: words by Richard Darwin Ware ; music by Lewis S. Thompson.

title: The debutante

title: When damsels debutantes become, on reaching sweet sixteen. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Mollie Newell. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1893New York ; LondonFrank Harding ; Francis, Day and Hunter

namePart: Loraine, William (b. 1869)

namePart: Titus, Lydia Yeamans (1866?-1929)

namePart: Marks, Edward B. (Edward Bennett) (1865-1945)

text: May-December romances

text: Men's dreams

text: Cover includes a small photograph of the head of Lydia Yeamans-Titus.

text: Dedication above caption title:  Dedicated to and sung by Lydia Yeamans Titus.

text: On cover:  The latest furore...Sung with great success by Lydia Yeaman-Titus.

text: written by Ed. Marks ; composed by Wm. Loraine.

title: December and May, or, Mollie Newell

title: An old gray-haired bach'lor stood watching one day. [first line]

title: Mollie Newell, don't be cruel, my little jewel be. [first line of chorus]

title: December and May, or, Mollie Newell

text: Sheet music


title: Mollie Newell. [alternative title]

text: May-December romances

text: Men's dreams

text: Cover includes a photograph of Lydia Yeaman Titus.

text: On cover:  The latest furore... Sung with great success by Lydia Yeaman-Titus.

title: December and May, or, Mollie Newell

title: December and May, or, Mollie Newell

text: Sheet music


title: Mollie Newell. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1893New YorkFrank Harding's Music House

text: May-December romances

text: Men's dreams

text: Cover contains photograph of William Loraine.

text: On cover:  The beautiful song and story.

text: composed by William Loraine ; written by Ed. B. Marks.

title: December and May, or, Mollie Newell

title: December and May, or, Mollie Newell

text: Sheet music


title: December and May

text: May-December romances

text: Men's dreams

text: written by Edward B. Marks ; music by William Loraine

title: December and May

text: Sheet music


title: Temptation has succeeded well, two living hearts are sad. [first line]

namePart: Whitney, Annie

namePart: Moreland, Chas.

namePart: Bonnell, Otto

text: Divorce

text: Waltzes

text: Cover includes full-length photograph of Annie Whitney, seated on an elegant couch, in a gown.

text: On cover:  Now being produced by America's descript vocalist Annie Whitney, written for her by Charles Moreland.

text: written by Charles Moreland.

title: Divorced

title: Divorced, Now Forever. [alternative title]

title: Divorced, now forever, no more they're seen together. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Yes do do my huckelberry do be careful what you do do. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893New York ; LondonM. Witmark & Sons ; Chas. Sheard & Co.

namePart: Trautman, Ed. C.

namePart: Dillon, John

namePart: Dillon, Harry

text: Humorous songs

text: Page [5] contains texts of 3 additional verses and choruses.

text: On cover:  Harry and John Dillon's comic novelty.

text: words by Harry Dillon ; music by John Dillon.

title: Do, do, my huckleberry do

title: A father to his only son said "Boy take my advice." [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Yes, do, do, my huckleberry do be careful what you do, do. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Conor, Harry

text: Humorous songs

text: On cover:  Sung with tremendous success by Harry Conor in "A trip to Chinatown."  Harry and John Dillons' comic novelty.

text: Page 2 contains texts for 3 additional verses and choruses.

title: Do, do, my huckleberry do

title: A father to his only son said "Boy, take my advice." [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Do you know the Ha Ha's who live over the way. [first line]

originInfo: 1893New YorkWm. A. Pond & Co.

namePart: Randall, Horace

text: Humorous songs

text: Family

text: Collective title page:  Choice vocal music.

text: [words and music by Horace] Randall.

title: Do you know the ha ha's

text: Sheet music


title: Since first I copped a tidy lump o' swag. [first line]

originInfo: 1893New York ; LondonFrancis, Day and Hunter

text: Horse racing

text: Cover contains a photograph of Gus Elen, seated, holding music in his hand.  Cover also includes drawings of two men, a jockey dressed in riding clothes with the words "Down the road" and the other dressed as a horse groomer with the words "It's a great big shame."

text: NYPL copy lacking pages 3 and 4.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Gus Elen.

text: words and music by Fred. Gilbert.

title: Down the road

title: Down the road away went Polly, with a step so jolly. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Princess Bonnie. Dreaming of love. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1893[New York]Willard Spenser

namePart: Spenser, Willard

text: Love

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Elation

text: Cover contains stamp of dealer:  A & S. Nordheimer...London, Ontario.

text: Cover has title enveloped in decorative banner with two cherubs.

text: Chorus arranged for soloist and four part chorus (sopranos, altos, tenors, basses).

text: words and music by Willard Spenser.

title: Dreaming of love

title: "I love you," Ah! let my dream come true. [first line of chorus]

title: Love, love, love, dreaming of love so true. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: An owl once lived in a hollow tree, too hoot. [first line]

originInfo: 1893New YorkHamilton S. Gordon

namePart: Barnabee, Henry Clay (1833-1917)

namePart: Raymond, E. Marcy

text: Owls

text: Song contains passages where singer is supposed to imitate the sound of owls.

text: On cover:  dedicated to and sung by H. C. Barnabee.  Words taken from the "San Francisco News Letter."

text: music by E. Marcy Raymond.

title: The early owl

text: Sheet music


title: My daughter Kate's in love with a "Markee." [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893ChicagoNational Music Company

namePart: Clyde, Harry C.

namePart: Haines, C. B.

namePart: Northrup, Theo. H. (Theodore H.)

text: Humorous songs

text: Parental rejection

text: On cover:  comic song and chorus.

text: words by H.C. Clyde ; music by C.B. Haines.

title: The elegant French markee

title: Have you seen the funny man tey call "Markee." [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: ou ask me eyes I love the best, if black, or blue, or gray? [first line]

namePart: Janssen, B. H.

text: Eyes

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Cover contains a blue-eyed woman's portrait in a circular frame with black hair, with a rose in her hair.  Decorative border contains flowers.

text: Two copies of pages 3 and 4.

text: words and music by B.H. Janssen.

title: The eyes that I love the best

title: Sad and brighgt are the loving eyes. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: You ask me eyes I love the best, if black, or blue, or gray? [first line]

originInfo: 1893New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: O'Rourke, Eugene

text: Eyes

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: On cover:  New songs as sung by Eugene O'Rourke in "The Wicklow Postman."

text: Cover includes a full-length photograph of Eugene O'Rourke in costume, leaning against a table.

text: [words and music by B.H. Janssen].

title: The eyes that I love the best

title: Sad and bright are the loving eyes up at the windowpane. [first line of chorus]

title: Wicklow postman. Eyes that I love the best. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Never be to hasty, for sometime you may be wrong. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893ChicagoF.J. Tierney & Co.

namePart: Tierney, F. J.

namePart: Chesney, Mate

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Unrequited love

text: Reminiscing

text: Cover contains a photograph of Mate Chesney with a reproduction of her signature.

text: On cover:  Written for and sung with great success by Miss Mate Chesney the beautiful [illegible] Californian [illegible].

text: words and music by F.J. Tierney.

title: The faded letter

title: I found yesterday an old faded letter, I received many long years ago. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: When the shadows of evening had settled around, that dear old house in the vale. [first line]

originInfo: 1893ChicagoThe Tournjee Music Publishing Co.

namePart: Armstrong, Paul B.

namePart: Edwardy, Gerome

text: Fairy Tales

text: Storytelling

text: Grandmothers

text: Cover contains stamp of dealer:  A. A. Tayler & Co., Everything Musical, 919 9 Street, Tacoma, Wn.

text: Cover contains full-length photograph of Gerome Edwardy carrying a hat in her right hand; her signature is reproduced.

text: On cover:  The immensely popular ballad.

text: words by Clara Scott ; music by Paul B. Armstrong.

title: Fairy tales : a reminiscent song of childhood

title: There was Cinderella and Little Tom Thumb and Hop o' my Thumb so sly. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: While the wedding bells were ringing, while the bride and groom were there. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893PhiladelphiaM.D. Swisher

namePart: Windom, Wm. H.

namePart: Utica Tribune

namePart: Bradley, James

text: Weddings

text: Adultery

text: Waltzes

text: Note under caption title:  Descriptive waltz song.

text: Introduction begins with a musical quotation from Mendelssohn's wedding march.

text: On cover:  Dedicated to The Utica Tribune.

text: Summary:  Hearing wedding bells at a church, a mother with her child asks for entrance. She's told the wedding is only for the rich but is eventually admitted. She then interrupts the ceremony saying that she is the true wife of the bridgegroom, and that her baby has just died.  The bride-to-be's parents thank her for saving their daughter and promise to take care of her for the rest of her life.  The bridgegroom kills himself and is buried next to his child.

text: On cover:  Sung by James Bradley.  Cover includes a photograph of James Bradley.

text: Publisher's device on cover partially covered with stamp of Edward B. Marks.

text: words by Wm. H. Windom ; music by Gussie L. Davis.

title: The fatal wedding

title: The wedding bells were ringing on a moonlight winter's night. [first line]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1893New YorkSpaulding & Gray

namePart: Carr, Geo.

text: Weddings

text: Adultery

text: Waltzes

text: On cover: Sung by Geo. Carr, the eminent basso.  Cover includes photograph of George Carr.

text: Cover contains paste-over of dealer:  Long's Music Shop, 358 D Street, San Bernardino, Calif.

text: On cover:  Dedicated to the Utica Tribune.

text: Under caption title:  Descriptive waltz song.

title: The fatal wedding

text: Sheet music


title: While the wedding bells were ringing, while the bride and groom where there. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Howard, Harry J.

namePart: Bennett, Mary G.

namePart: Halstead, D.

text: Weddings

text: Adultery

text: Waltzes

text: Cover contains inscriptions by former owners:  Marry G. Bennett, 1127 So. Adams St., Glendale, Calif.; and D. Halstead.

text: On cover:  Sung by Harry J. Howard with Al. G. Field's Minstrels.  Cover contains photograph of Harry J. Howard.

title: The fatal wedding

text: Sheet music


text: Weddings

text: Adultery

text: Waltzes

text: Below caption title:  Descriptive waltz song.

title: The fatal wedding

text: Sheet music


originInfo: c1893, c1921New YorkEdward B. Marks Music Corporation

namePart: Krouse, H. Sylvester

text: Weddings

text: Adultery

text: Waltzes

text: Collective cover with title:  Old time favorites.

text: Gift of the Columbia Broadcasting System.

text: [words by W. H. Windom ; music by Gussie L. Davis].

title: The fatal wedding

text: Sheet music


title: This is the wheel, love, stately and real, love. [first line]

originInfo: 1893ChicagoValisi & Giorgi

namePart: Valisi, G.

namePart: Clyde, Harry C.

text: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

text: Ferris wheels

text: Cover contains drawing of a ferris wheel at the World's Fair of 1893, surrounded by crowds of people.

text: For piano; words printed above piano part.

text: [words by Harry C. Clyde ; Music by G. Valisi].

title: The ferris wheel souvenir

title: Ferris wheel waltz. [alternative title]

text: Sheet music


title: She gets there, she gets there, she's always bound to get there. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Friday, Will. H., Jr.

text: Adultery

text: Humorous songs

text: words and music by Wm. H. Friday.

title: Get's there every time

title: Now I will ask you all to wait. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: How sweet those happy dreams of old, when we were girls and boys! [first line]

originInfo: 1893New YorkWillis Woodward & Co.

namePart: Florence, Herbert

text: Unrequited love

text: Reminiscing

text: Waltzes

text: Cover contains drawing of a group of flowers.

text: Cover contains stamp of dealer:  Howley Haviland & Co., successors to Geo. T. Worth & Co., Music Publishers, 4 East 20th Street, New York.

text: Cover includes dedication:  To "our girls."

text: by Herbert Florence.

title: The girl I loved at school

title: Bright those eyes of hazel brown, those teeth so pearly fair! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Think of your broken promise, think of my weary pain. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Heinzman, Otto M.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Attachment behavior

text: by Otto M. Heinzman.

title: Give me your love again

title: Oh, love do you remember still the day when first we met. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Good-bye sweet dream good-bye! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893New YorkN. Weinstein & Co.

namePart: Cliffe, Shorn

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Unrequited love

text: Dreams

text: Cover contains photograph of unidentified woman with her eyes closed.

text: words by Shorn Cliffe ; music by Eduard Holst.

title: Good bye, sweet dream, good bye : ballad

title: 'Twas at the gentle twilight hour I laid me down to rest. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight, sweetheart! [first line]

originInfo: 1893ChicagoEdward A. Saalfeld

namePart: Saalfield, Richard A.

namePart: Stanton, Frank Lebby (1857-1927)

namePart: Northrup, Theo. H. (Theodore H.)

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Love

text: On cover:  for mezzo soprano or baritone - in A flat.

text: poem by Frank L. Stanton ; music by Theo. H. Northrup.

title: Good night sweetheart : ballad

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, sweet are vacations, they bring variations, so thought Johnny Hopkins a clerk. [first line]

originInfo: c1894 [c1893]New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Le Brun, Charles (1619-1690)

namePart: Pink, Wal

text: Adultery

text: Humorous songs

text: Cover includes 5 photographs of Vesta Tilley in 5 different outfits and poses dressed as a man.

text: NYPL copy lacking pages 5-6.

text: On cover:  Vesta Tilley's great songs - collective title page.

text: [words by Wal Pink ; composed by Geo. Le Brunn].

title: Half past nine

title: I'll be there, love, at half past nine. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Love is, as anyone can tell, a very funny thing. [first line]

originInfo: 1893New YorkGeo. T. Worth & Co.

namePart: Holmes, Julian

text: Love

text: On cover:  serio comic song.

text: words and music by Julian Holmes.

title: Have you ever been in love?

title: Have you ever been in love? [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I can't forget the days gone by, they seem to me dreamland. [first line]

text: Friendship

text: Deception

text: Rear cover contains advertisements for 13 songs including brief summaries of each.

text: written and composed by Paul Dresser.

title: He didn't seem glad to see me

title: He didn't seem glad to see me, as oft he had before. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: He thinks he is, but is he? [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893New YorkFrank Harding

namePart: Bratton, John W. (John Walter) (1867-1947)

namePart: Harding, Frank

text: Humorous songs

text: Self-deception

text: On cover:  comic song and chorus sung by all leading comedians.

text: words and music by J.W. Bratton.

title: He thought he was in heaven

title: A man falls in love with a pretty little girl, and he thinks he is in heaven with the angels. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The sin of omission. [alternative title]

namePart: Downe, S.

namePart: Valcke, Jennie

namePart: Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth Munson (1838-1912)

text: Kindness

text: Guilt

text: Dedication on cover:  respectfully inscribed to Miss Jennie Valcke.

text: Signature of former owner on cover:  Mrs. S. Downe.

text: Stamp of dealer on cover:  Southern California Music Co., 332-334 S. Broadway, Los Angeles.

text: Words from "On the road home" by Margaret E. Sangster.

text: music by H.W. Petrie.

title: Heart aches (the sin of omission)

title: It isn't the thing you do, dear, it's the thing you leave undone. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: A heart that is broken, will some day find peace on a bright happy shore, all its anguish will cease. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893Norfolk, Va.Sidney J. Anderson

namePart: Willoughby, Leo

namePart: Anderson, Sidney J.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Loss (Psychology)

text: Chorus arranged for four-part chorus.

text: words by Leo Willoughby ; music by Sidney J. Anderson.

title: A heart that is broken

title: A heart that is broken, can never forget. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Would I could but read your heart, and see what's written there. [first line]

originInfo: 1893Milwaukee, Wis.Joseph Flanner

namePart: Pemberton Hincks, Louise

namePart: Flanner, Joseph

namePart: Behning, Albert

namePart: Harris, Chas. K. (Charles Kassell) (1864-1930)

text: Love

text: Belief and doubt

text: Cover contains stamp of dealer:  The D. C. Joslyn Music Col, dealers in pianos, organs and musical instruments [818 Riverside, Spokane, Washington].

text: Cover includes full-length photograph of Mrs. Louise Pemberton Hincks in The fencing master.

text: NYPL copy:  Text of unidentified song written in between staves of pages 2-3 of song.

text: On cover:  Dedicated to Albert Behning, Esq. of the Behning Piano Company.

text: words and music by Chas. K. Harris.

title: Hearts

title: Hidden stories, hidden treasures, has thy heart concealed. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


namePart: McNeil, Marie

namePart: Knoll, Anton H. (b. 1855)

text: Love

text: Belief and doubt

text: Bottom of cover contains faint stamp of dealer:  Fitzgerald the Music Dealer, 121 and 128 North Spring Rd. [?], Los Angeles, Ca.

text: Cover includes photographs of A. H. Knoll and Marie McNeil, with words:  Played with great success by the world's famous cornet duettists and soloists, Knoll and McNeil

text: On cover:  Dedicated to Albert Behning Esq. of the Behning Piano Company.

text: words and music by Chas. K. Harris.

title: Hearts

title: Hidden stories, hidden treasures, has they heart concealed. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Woge rauscht unsre Füsse küsst. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1893New YorkRichter & Hopf

namePart: Philipp, Adolf (1864-1936)

namePart: Von Wegern, Carl

text: Homesickness

text: Musicals

text: From the musical Der Corner-Grocer aus der Avenue A.

text: Lacking cover.

text: Text von Adolph Philipp ; Musik von C. von Wegern.

title: Heimathlied

title: Corner-Grocer aus der Avenue A. Heimathlied. [uniform title]

title: Wenn wir auch von der Heimath fern, gedenken ihrer wir doch gern. [first line]

text: Sheet music