title: When I recall the joyous days of childhood long gone by. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Boyle, E. J.

text: Chrysanthemums

text: Reminiscing

text: Prayer -- 1800-1899

text: Waltzes

text: Children praying

text: Summary:  The narrator recalls being with their sibling at their mother's knee, engaged in prayer.

text: Cover design by H.C. is adorned with a border of chrysanthemums.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover and first page of music:  The Bartlett Co., Ventura, Cal.

text: Drawing above caption title shows a mother watching her two children in prayer.

text: by E.J. Boyle.

title: The prayer we said together you and I

title: Now I lay me down to sleep, childish lips repeat. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


mmsType: Item

field: dateIssued

keyDate: yes

title: Minnie was an only daughter. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkFeist & Frankenthaler

sourceSystem: mms

type: personal

authority: naf

usage: primary

namePart: West, Paul

type: topic

authority: lctgm

text: Cupids

authority: lcsh

text: Women

text: Education

text: Courtship

type: temporal

type: content

text: Cover design by Paul West includes drawing of a woman with graduation cap whose hands are tied by Cupid.

text: Published as a supplement to The New York Sunday World, Dec. 5, 1899.

text: Summary:  The narrator is in love with Minnie and is engaged to her.

type: statement of responsibility

text: words and music by Leo Feist.

title: Pretty Minnie Clare

supplied: no

text: Sheet music

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collectionTitle: American popular songs.


title: Pretty pansies gathered fresh today. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899Chicago ; [etc.]Lyon & Healy

namePart: Owen, Anita

text: Pansies

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design inclues photograph portrait of a woman and drawings of a gathering of pansies.

text: Summary:  The narrator compares pansies to the one they adore.

text: by Anita Owen.

title: Pretty pansies

title: Do you remember that happy day in June. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Pride of the pier, eyes doing duty for two. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago ; [etc.]M. Witmark & Sons

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

namePart: Ford, Walter H.

namePart: Gilson, Lottie

text: Blind persons

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Waltzes

text: Pathos

text: Piers

text: Note on cover:  This little story was suggested after witnessing the occurrence in actual life.  The girl was one of five motherless children, and after her father's affliction, her one ambition in life was to "mother" her younger brothers and sisters, and then after housekeeping duties were done, lead her "daddy" by the hand to his favorite haunts -- the old docks and the more modern Recreation Piers of the East side.  Sitting by his side, looking up in his sightless eyes, while the band was playing, it was her plaintive "Ain't it nice, daddy?" that caused her devotion to be noticed by her elder companions in poverty, who christened her "The Pride of the Pier."

text: Summary on cover:  sung with great success by the little magnet, Lottie Gilson.  Cover includes photograph of Lottie Gilson.

text: words by Walter H. Ford ; music by John W. Bratton.

title: The pride of the Pier

title: Most ev'ry night, when the moon's at its height, a little girl goes to the pier. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Stars are lookin' sleepy I'm a sleepy too, Priscilla, listen, do! [first line of song]

originInfo: 1901, c1899ChicagoThe Albright Music Co.

namePart: Schleiffarth, George (d. 1921)

text: Winter

text: African Americans

text: Rivers -- United States -- 1800-1899

text: Sexual attraction

text: For soprano or tenor.

text: Summary:  Using ethnically stereotyped language, the (apparently African American) narrator professes his love for Priscilla.

text: Cover design includes drawing of house along a river with cotton growing.

text: Subtitle on cover and below caption title:  An Ethiopian serenade.

text: words by Arthur J. Lamb, music by Geo. Schleiffarth

title: Priscilla

title: Priscilla! be ma honey, I ain't got any money. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Then John began to pump the pump, pump, pump, pump, pump

originInfo: 1899[New York]Dillon Bros.

namePart: Dillon, John

namePart: Dillon, Harry

namePart: Heald, H. D.

text: Humorous songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover:  The Dillon Bros.' greatest hit.

text: Summary:  The narrator tells of John and his girlfriend Sal' who go through comic experiences involving pumping.

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

title: Pumping the pump, pump, pump

title: John told Sal' he loved her at the old town pump one day. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


field: copyrightDate

title: While the birds were homeward winging; close beside her mother's knee. [first line of song]

originInfo: 18991900New YorkHarry Tillman & Co.

namePart: Garrett, B. M.

namePart: Trevelyan, Arthur

text: Children

text: Mortality

text: Pathos

text: Mother and child

text: On cover:  Composed expressly for the Sunday World.  Printed as a supplement to the New York World, Sunday, January 7, 1900.

text: Subtitle below caption title:  Pathetic song and refrain.

text: Summary:  A mother watches as her child goes to sleep, asking the  mother to put the toys away; only the mother knows that the child is dying and that she will sleep forever.

text: Cover design includes line drawing of a mother, seated, watching her daughter put her doll away.

text: words by Arthur Trevelyan ; music by B.M. Garrett.

title: Put my little toys away

title: Mamma, kiss me, I'll be good and go to sleep. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I live in a country where folly is king, ev'ry heart above. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkWeber, Fields & Stromberg

namePart: Stromberg, John (1853-1902)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

namePart: Russell, Lillian (1861-1922)

text: Bohemianism

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Lillian Russell at Weber and Field's Broadway Music Hall.  Cover includes photograph by B.J. Falk, 1890, of Lillian Russell in costume, with a walking staff.

text: Summary:  There is no better land than Bohemia where men and women are happy.

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by John Stromberg.

title: The Queen of Bohemia

title: For the land I love is Bohemia ia-ia. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: [c1899] /1900New YorkWeber, Fields & Stromberg ; M. Witmark & Sons

text: Bohemianism

title: The Queen of Bohemia

text: Sheet music


title: No one knows how much I love my Sally! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Sterling, Andrew B (b. 1874)

namePart: Howard, Joseph E. (Joseph Edgar) (1878-1961)

namePart: Emerson, Ida

namePart: Starmer

text: African American women

text: Sexual attraction

text: Summary:  The narrator idolizes his girl Sal, the "queen of Charcoal Alley."

text: Cover design by Starmer includes drawing of an African American woman in a big hat, fur stole, and a white dress.

text: words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Howard & Emerson.

title: The Queen of Charcoal Alley

title: Coons may sing, praises ring, all about the gals they love. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


text: Couples

text: African American women

text: Poodles

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design by W. Bemto [?] includes drawing of a well-dressed African American woman with a poodle walking with an African American man.

title: The Queen of Charcoal Alley

text: Sheet music


title: You are a rabbi's daughter and as such you must obey. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago ; [etc.]Chas. K. Harris

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

namePart: Clauder, Jos. (Joseph) (1853-1913)

text: Death

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Interfaith marriage

text: On cover:  The world's greatest song.

text: Summary:  A rabbi encourages his daughter to explain what troubles her; she confesses that she loves a non-Jew; the rabbi reminds her that she must not marry outside her faith; she promises to break the affair, but the next morning is found dead of a broken heart.

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

title: A Rabbi's daughter

title: A rabbi sat one ev'ning with bible on his knee. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


text: Death

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Interfaith marriage

text: Rabbis

text: On cover:  The world's greatest song.

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

title: A Rabbi's daughter

text: Sheet music


title: Rastus sho' must love me, else he wouldn't choose. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkRogers Bros. Music Publishing Co.

namePart: Arnold, George Waugh

namePart: Solomon, Frederic

text: African Americans

text: Cakewalk (Dance)

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover:  As sung by Mr. Gus Bruno Jr. and Miss Mayme Gehrue in the Aerial Magnolia Grove at the New York Theatre.

text: Below caption title:  Sung by Mayme Gehrue and Gus Bruno in The man in the moon.

text: Cover design printed in pink and light blue.

text: Cover includes photograph of man and woman, arms clasped.

text: Music includes 16 bars of piano music at end labeled "Cake walk."

text: Published as the supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser, August 13, 1899, page 5-8.

text: Summary:  Using ethnic stereotyped language and imagery, the narrator praises her boyfriend Rastus.

text: words by George Waugh Arnold ; music by Frederic Solomon.

title: Rastus surely loves me

title: Ise a lucky lady, um! Ise just as proud! [first line of song]

title: Man in the moon. Rastus surely loves me. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


text: African Americans

text: Cakewalk (Dance)

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design printed in orange and dark green.

title: Rastus surely loves me

text: Sheet music


title: Dan Dolan was the owner of an eighteen karat thirst. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkShapiro, Bernstein & Von Tilzer

namePart: Heelan, Will A.

namePart: Von Tilzer, Harry (1872-1946)

namePart: Huth, Maud

text: German Americans

text: Irish Americans

text: Humorous songs

text: Ethnic conflict

text: Cover design includes drawing of a beer saloon labeled "Wilhelm Katzenheimer's lager beer s[aloon]" with the owner kicking out an individual.

text: Cover design includes photograph of Maud Huth.

text: Summary:  Dan Dolan enters a German bar and speaks negatively about the Kaiser; the Germans in the bar give him a hard time and kick him out; the next day Dan Dolan vows to fight back when he enters the German bar; he does and fights winningly.

text: On cover at top center:  A rollicking Irish song.

text: words by Will A. Heelan, music by Harry Von Tilzer.

title: Rauss mit ihm

title: 'Rauss mit ihm, then something happened quick! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The rarin', tearin', sometimes swearin', the willin', drillin', made for killin' reg'lar army man. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Gill, Mason

namePart: Barr, H. A.

namePart: Williams, Hattie

text: Soldiers

text: Machismo

text: Masculinity

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Hatte [i.e. Hattie] Williams in Hoyt's A Day and a Night Co.  Cover includes a photograph of Hattie Williams with a facsimile of her signature.

text: Summary:  Describes the activities and social characteristics of a stereotypical army man.

text: words by H.A. Barr ; music by Mason Gill.

title: The Reg'lar Army man

title: He ain't no gold lace "Belvidere" to sparkle in the sun. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: San Toy. Rhoda and her pagoda. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1899Cincinnati ; Chicago; New York ; [etc.]The John Church Company

namePart: Monckton, Lionel (1861-1924)

text: Aristocracy (Social class)

text: Social classes

text: Chinese

text: Men

text: To 1899

text: Musicals

text: Collective cover page:  Selections from San Toy, the new Chinese musical comedy, book by Edward Morton, music by Sidney Jones.

text: Cover design includes drawing of two Asian men, one holding a banner emblazoned with title information, and the other holding a banner containing publisher information.

text: Summary:  Rhoda Rye dons a Chinese costume and sets up a pagoda in London from which to sell tea and Chinese goods; the people of London go to her shop for tea; a duke comes and flirts with her so Rhoda closes the pagoda, since he has become a Lady and is part of the upper class.

text: words by Adrian Ross ; music by Lionel Monckton.

title: Rhoda and her pagoda

title: Rhoda Rye was a London lass, taking and trim and tiny. [first line of song]

title: Rhoda, Rhoda ran a pagoda, selling tea and syrup and soda. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Brown, Chamberlain

text: Aristocracy (Social class)

text: Social classes

text: Chinese

text: Men

text: To 1899

text: Musicals

text: Cover contains signature of former owner at top right:  Chamberlain Brown.

title: Rhoda and her pagoda

text: Sheet music


title: Now my heart is lonely, I loved her only. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Rosenfeld, Monroe H.

namePart: Matthews, John A.

text: Death

text: Quarreling

text: Rivers -- 1800-1899

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Pathos

text: Subtitle on cover:  Beautiful pathetic song and chorus.

text: Summary:  The narrator had a quarrel with his girlfriend Jane, but when he tried to reconcile (later that day) he found she had died; the following day he received a note from the deceased girlfriend forgiving him; he visits her, still on her deathbed, seeing the dried teardrops on her cheeks, and knows that the angels smile down at her.

text: Dedication on cover page top center:  To my esteemed friend, Mr. John A. Matthews, Brooklyn, N.Y.

text: Cover design includes drawing in silhouette of a two trees by a river, with more forest in the distance.

text: words and music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld.

title: The river of peace

title: 'Twas at a nothern farmhouse not many months ago. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Rosie Carey, no other girl is so fair. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899San Francisco, Cal.Lee Johnson & Co.

namePart: Johnson, Lee, songwriter

namePart: Donigan, Johnnie

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Summary:  No other girl compares to Rosie Carey, the narrator's girlfriend.

text: Cover design includes a thumbnail photograph of Lee Johnson.

text: On cover:  A first night hit featured by Irene Franklin, Lydia Barry, Johnnie Carroll, Kelly & Violette, Walter Talbot, and other leading artists.

text: On cover:  Sung nightly by the famous contra-tenor Charles King of the Gypsy Quintette; cover includes photograph of Charles King with a facsimile of his signature.

text: words and music by Lee Johnson.

title: Rosie Carey

title: Down in the valley where daisies grow, lives Rosie Carey, my girl. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Rosey, Rosey, pretty Rosey. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18991900New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Sterling, Andrew B (b. 1874)

namePart: Beaumont Sisters

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Love

text: Waltzes

text: On cover:  Sung by the Beaumont Sisters in vaudeville.  Cover includes photograph of the Beaumont Sisters.

text: Published as a supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser, July 1, 1900.

text: Summary:  Two lovers leave each other, and are still entranced with one another though they are far apart.

text: words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Max Dreyfus.

title: Rosey, Rosey, just supposey

title: Down on the old iron pier, down by the suring sea. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: When you've been out with a party gay and made the welkin ring. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New York ; [etc.]Edward Schuberth & Co.

namePart: Englander, Ludwig (1853-1914)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Obsessive-compulsive disorder

text: At end of song are 16 bars of piano music labeled "dance."

text: On cover:  Mr. Geo. W. Lederer's leatest and greatest success as played at the New York Casino:  The Rounders, a vaudeville in three acts adapted from the French.

text: Summary:  In the style of a patter song, the narrator speaks attending a party, hearing a song which he then can't remove from his mind.

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by Ludwig Englander.

title: The Rounders' song

title: Hi, hi, tiddley iddley umty, umty ay. [first line of chorus]

title: Rounders. Rounders' song. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: I opened the leaves of a book last night. [first line of song]

originInfo: 18991901New YorkRichard A. Saalfield

namePart: Lonsdale, J. J.

namePart: Gabriel, Virginia (1825-1877)

namePart: Nash, Percival B.

namePart: Lonsdale, James (1777-1839 )

text: Dead persons

text: Love

text: Reminiscing

text: Sexual attraction

text: Summary:  The narrator opens a book from which a dried flower drops, reminding him of his former girlfriend, now dead; the incident makes him remember her qualities.

text: Published as the musical supplement to the New York Sunday Press. Sunday, December 1, 1901.

text: Cover design by Percival B. Nash includes drawing of a woman in profile wearing a headscarf.

text: words by J.J. Lonsdale ; music by Virginia Gabriel.

title: Ruby

text: Sheet music


title: The salt of the sea for me. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: [c1899] / 1907[New York]Sol. Bloom ; M. Witmark & Sons

text: Ocean

text: Sailors

text: Summary:  There is nothing better than a sailor's life at sea.

text: Version in C major (for high voice).

text: Subtitle on cover:  a ballad of the sea.

text: words and music by Arthur A. Penn.

title: The salt of the sea for me

title: Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave! [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Rounders. Same old story, nothing new. [uniform title]

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Topical songs

text: Fate and fatalism

type: ownership

text: Gift of the Columbia Broadcasting System Inc., [1974].

text: Includes 8 measures at end of song labeled "Dance."

text: On cover:  Mr. Geo. W. Lederer's latest and greatest success as played at the New York Casino.

text: Summary:  In the style of a patter song, the narrator offers philosophical reflections on life.

title: Same old story, nothing new

title: History and nature too repeat themselves they say. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Your marriages here are certainly queer, I do not see what's the attraction. [first line of song]

namePart: Greenbank, Harry

text: Marriage

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design includes drawing of two Asian men, one holding a banner emblazoned with title information, and the other holding a banner containing publisher information.

text: Includes 27 measures at end of vocal part labeled "dance."

text: Summary:  The narrator humorously comments on marriage customs and relationships between men and women.

text: words by Harry Greenbank & Adrian Ross ; music by Sidney Jones.

title: Samee gamee

title: Just the same whever you go, samee gamee, samee gamee. [first line of chorus]

title: San Toy. Samee gamee. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: I took a trip to San Francisco California state. [first line of song]

originInfo:
1899

      New York

    George L. Spaulding

namePart: Cohan, George M. (George Michael) (1878-1942)

namePart: Levey, Ethel, --d.1955

type: geographic

text: San Francisco (Calif.)

text: Fire

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  This is not a coon song.

text: Summary:  The narrator traveled to San Francisco where he met and fell in love with Sadie, for whom he feels a burning passion.

text: Cover design includes background simulatting flames of a fire.

text: On cover:  First night hit with Ethel Levey.  Cover includes photograph of Ethel Levey.

text: words and music by Geo. M. Cohan.

title: San Francisco Sadie

title: For she is warm, warm, warm, a highly cultured maid. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Say, Suz, do you think you would refuse! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18991900New YorkFeist & Frankenthaler

namePart: Thatcher, George

text: Bashfulness

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Dedication above caption title:  Affectionately dedicated to Abe Holzman ...

text: Published in the Sunday World Music Album, as a supplement to the New York World, Sunday, April 22, 1900.

text: Summary:  The narrator has rented a flat and looks forward (however shyly) to developing a relationship with Suz, who he has just been introduced to.

text: words and music by Geo. Thatcher.

title: Say, Suz! How 'bout you?

title: If I knew where I could find a nice convenient little flat, in a good neighborhood. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Underneath your window, Susie I am waitin'. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Stromberg, John (1853-1902)

namePart: Dailey, Peter F.

text: Courtship

text: African Americans

text: Clothing & dress

text: Serenading

text: African Americans

text: On cover:  Peter F. Dailey's latest success as sung at Weber & Field's Broaddway Music Hall.  Cover includes photograph of Peter F. Dailey.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped African American language, the narrator describes times after the Civil war when an African American would work hard farming cotton, then finish and serenade his girlfriend; today all African Americans are swells, and wear fine clothes, but this man still comes to his Sue and serenades her.

text: Cover design includes drawing of an African American man (i.e. blackface) wearing a straw hat and holding a cane while he speaks to a woman on the second floor of a private home.

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by John Stromberg.

title: Say you love me Sue

title: Down upon the Mississippi in de good ole days ob yore. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: In our little town the people flocked to church one Sunday night. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkW.B. Gray & Co.

namePart: Gray, William Benson

namePart: Cluxton, J. J.

text: Preachers

text: Divorced women

text: Pathos

text: On cover:  As sung by J.J. Cluxton of Geo. Thatcher's Minstrels.  Cover includes photograph of J.J. Cluxton.

text: Summary:  The congregations gathers to hear a sermon from the preacher about a woman who had been divorced by her husband in favor of another woman; but the first wife reveals that she opposed the second marriage, but the second wife was about to die, so she and the preacher encourage all to pray for her.

text: Author's note on cover:  A well known theatrical man was relating to a party of friends one evening some of the interesting experiences of his travels and referred to a sermon he had heard in a Southern church as the sweetest of all his recollection.  To the intense delight of every one present he beautifully described the church, its surroundings, the old gray haired preacher, the congregation, and the sermon.  So deeply did it all impress me that I have used the theme for the song and chorus, "The sermon Deacon Vandewater preached."

text: On cover:  A new composition by the originator and only successful writer of semi-religious songs.

text: words and music by Wm. B. Gray.

title: The sermon Deacon Vanderwater preached

title: He prayed for some poor mother, a father and a brother. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Tom loved his sweetheart dearly, he never loved before. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899Trenton, Mo. [etc.]Jos. L. Nichols

namePart: Yerrington, Edith

namePart: Range, Claude E.

text: Unrequited love

text: Waltzes

text: Desertion

text: Summary:  Nell loved Tom and Tom loved Nell.  But Tom never met with a success in his occupation, so Nell marries someone who has money; Nell didn't love the one she married, and after she had been hit, she left him for Tom.

text: On cover:  Sung by the talented prima donna Edith Yerrington.  Cover includes photograph of Edith Yerrington with a reproduction of her signature.

text: words and music by Claude E. Range.

title: She has only changed her name

title: She has only changed her name, no loving wife could be. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: She is a sensible girl, never forgets she's a lady. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago ; [etc.]Jos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Gilson, Lottie

text: Characters and characteristics

text: Women

text: United States

text: Waltzes

text: On cover:  Lottie Gilson's new waltz song "hit" introduced in Fritz in a mad house.  The season's greatest success as sung by the peerless Lottie Gilson as "Collie."  Cover includes photograph of Lottie Gilson.

text: Summary:  Describes a sensible woman, one who though lacking in the highest intelligence is filled with common sense and goodness.

text: words and music by Harry Dacre.

title: She is a sensible girl

title: In know a nice girl, without title or wealth, but she's not a bit worse for that. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, Mister Brown, he came to town, from lower Squeedunk Hollow. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago ; [etc.]M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Sloane, A. Baldwin (Alfred Baldwin) (1872-1926)

namePart: Skinner, Ralph M.

text: Humorous songs

text: Flirting

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Retribution

text: Cover design includes drawing of an elderly half-man, half-lobster with top hat, umbrella and bag looking at a woman well-dressed woman.

text: On cover:  A homarus Americanus recognition.

text: Summary:  In the style of a patter song, the narrator describes a naive man who has come to the city and becomes interested in a woman, but she tricks him since she is married.

text: words by R.M. Skinner ; music by A.B. Sloane.

title: She knew a lobster when she saw one

title: For she knew a lobster when she saw one, although she'd never been to cooking school. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: She still believes in you no matter what they say. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899ChicagoVictor Kremer Co.

namePart: Rosenfeld, Monroe H.

namePart: Kremer, Victor

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Waltzes

text: Belief and doubt

text: Summary:  Jack tries to console Ned, who is depressed because he has not heard from his girlfriend Bessie, who is far away.  Jack urges Ned to trust her; in a moment of surprise, Bessie appears, confirming that she has been true to Ned.

text: Cover design includes photograph by Victor Kremer showing a woman with her arm outstretched to a man (and a man behind her), while the man to whom she is reaching sits in a chair looking at her.

text: Cover printed in grey and purple ink.

text: words and music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld.

title: She still believes in you

title: I am lonely, Jack, and thinking of my sweetheart far away. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Depression (Mental state)

text: Waltzes

text: Belief and doubt

text: Cover printed in grey and gold ink.

text: Cover design includes photograph (copyright by Victor Kremer) showing the denoument of the song:  a woman has her hands around a man, while another man looks on, smiling.

text: words and music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld.

title: She still believes in you

text: Sheet music


title: She was a rosebud in bloom when last I met her. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Simonds, Teddy

namePart: Tenley, Elmer

text: Gardens

text: Roses

text: Life cycle, Human

text: Temptation

text: Broken homes

text: Published as the musical supplement to the New York Sunday Press, Sunday, Nov. 18, 1900.

text: Summary:  The narrator compares life to the life stages of flowers, then compares them to a woman he knew who had come upon hard times; she had gone astray, fell in with one who led her to temptation, while her family awaits her return.

text: Cover design includes reproduction [?] of a drawing by Moss Humphrey [?] showing a woman walking down stone steps in a garden, surrounded by flora.

text: words by Elmer Tenley ; music by Teddy Simonds.

title: She was a rosebud

title: I was thinking how life's nature does resemble that of flow'rs. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: She was happy till she met you, and the fault is all your own. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Graham, Charles, composer

namePart: Brill, Lottie

namePart: Weston, Willie

text: Reconciliation

text: Mothers and daughters

text: Runaway wives

text: Marital conflict

text: Dedication on cover at top center:  To our friends Miss Lottie Brill & Master Willie Weston.

text: Cover design includes photograph by Schloss of two women looking stoically at each other while a man looks away dejectedly.

text: Summary:  A wife leaves her husband and goes to her mother; the husband tries to reconcile but the mother faults him for the daughter's unhappiness.

text: words and music by Chas. Graham and Monroe H. Rosenfeld.

title: She was happy till she met you

title: 'Twas a bright and sunny day, when a young wife went away. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: A happy home I gave the girl who was my loving wife. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkF.A. Mills

namePart: Long, Charles V.

namePart: Browning, W. E.

text: Death

text: Temptation

text: Desertion

text: Runaway wives

text: On cover:  A great ballad. Sung with great success by [includes a list of 17 individual or group performers].

text: Summary:  An abandoned husband recalls the happy times with his wife and how she left him and their child for the temptations of another man; the good times with the other man were short lived for he turned her away and she fell into a life of vice, eventually dying; nevertheless, the first husband will always love her.

text: words by W.E. Browning ; music by Chas. V. Long.

title: She was once my wife

text: Sheet music


title: When the evening shadows lengthen, and the day begins to close. [first line of song]

namePart: Blenner, Carle J. (1864-1952)

text: Work

text: United States

text: Reminiscing

text: Desire

text: Cover design includes reproduction of the painting "La toilette" by Carl J. Blenner.

text: Summary:  The narrator reminisces about a the girl he left in Georgia; now he's trying to make a living in a big city, but he knows his girl will wait for him.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right:  Puntenny & Eutsler pianos, Columbus, Ohio.

text: words by Will D. Cobb ; music by Gus. Edwards.

title: She's a daughter of the Sunny South

title: She's a daughter of teh sunny south with eyes of southern gray. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: She's my sweetheart from Savannah where the sweet magnolia grows. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Johnson, Lee, songwriter

namePart: Hayden, Ola

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Love

text: Reminiscing

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Summary:  The narrator recalls his love for a girl from Savannah, but he had to leave her; subsequently she married another man; despite that, the narrator still loves her.

text: Cover design includes photograph of Ola Hayden.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  Exton Music Co., 331 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, [California].

text: On cover:  [sung] by Ola Hayden, Kelly & Violette, Manning and Weston, Barry...Charles King, etc.

text: words and music by Lee Johnson.

title: She's my sweetheart from Savannah

title: I've a sweetheart far away in Savannah. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: The only girl in town for me, lives just across the way. [first line of song]

namePart: Reno, John

text: Carriages & coaches

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Boston terrier

text: Cover design includes drawing of a woman in a carriage led by a horse, with a dog by her side.

text: Summary:  The narrator describes Kitty Clancy whom he met one year ago and who is now his girlfriend.

text: words by Will D. Cobb ; music by John Reno.

title: She's the belle of hay New York

title: Pretty Kitty Clancy evry one can tell. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: While on Broadway one afternoon, a yaller gal was walking. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago ; [etc.]Chas. K. Harris

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

text: African Americans

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Everybody is singing this great o. o. o. song.

text: On cover:  Introduced and sung with great success by the world famous singing artist Josephine Sabel.  Cover includes photograph of Josephine Sabel.

text: Summary:  Using ethnically stereotyped language, the narrator describes an African American man meeting Tilda, his girl friend; when they go walking he dresses up and praises her; they love each other so much they got married and lived happily.

text: words and music by Theo. H. Northrup.

title: She's the only lady friend I know

title: She's the only lady friend I know - o-o-o-o. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Sing me a song of the sunny South, one with a sweet refrain. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago; [etc.]M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Casey, James W.

namePart: Norton, George A.

text: Singing

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Soldiers

text: Southern States

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by the phenomenal baritone Will Thompson of Primrose & Dockstader's Minstrels.  Also sung with great success by the phenomenal soprano Lorraine Armour.  Cover includes photograph of Lorraine Armour.

text: Subtitle on cover:  Pathetic descriptive ballad.

text: Summary:  As he lays dying in battle [presumably during the Civil War], a soldier asks to hear a typical song from the Southern United States; as his comrades sing, he passes away; as they lay him in his grave, they still remember the song they sang.

text: words by George A. Norton ; music by James W. Casey.

title: Sing me a song of the South

title: A well fought battle ended, a vict'ry nobly earned. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


text: Singing

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Soldiers

text: Southern States

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by the phenomenal baritone Will Thompson of Primrose & Dockstader's Minstrels. Sung with tremendous success by the "great Nina."  Cover includes photograph of the "great Nina."

text: Summary:  As he lays dying in battle [presumably the Civil War], a soldier asks to hear a typical song from the Southern United States; as his comrades sing, he passes away; as they lay him in his grave, they still remember the song they sang.

title: Sing me a song of the South

title: well fought battle ended, a vict'ry nobly earned. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


text: Singing

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Soldiers

text: Southern States

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by the phenomenal baritone Will Thompson of Primrose & Dockstader's Minstrels.  Cover includes photograph of Will Thompson.

title: Sing me a song of the South

text: Sheet music


title: Trip to Chinatown. Singer and the song. [uniform title]

namePart: Cobb, K. A., Mrs.

namePart: Philbrick, William H.

text: Concerts

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Remorse

text: On cover:  Successfully sung by Mr. W.H. Philbrick of "A trip to Chinatown" Co.  Cover includes photograph of William H. Philbrick.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top and on p. 3 in left and bottom margins:  Mrs. K. A. Cobb.

text: Subtitle on cover:  An imprint stamped for life on memory's page.

text: Summary:  While attending a concert, the narrator sees a dishelved woman who stands up to sing "Weep No More My Lady"; not only does he recognize the song, but the woman was his fiancée until they quarreled; he now feels remorse.

text: words by Will D. Cobb ; music by Gus. Edwards.

title: The singer and the song

title: "Weep no more my lady" 'twas a song of a bygone day. [first line of chorus]

title: I was sitting at a table, ina  concert hall one night. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: I was sitting at a table, in a concert hall one night. [first line of song]

originInfo: [c1899] /1908New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co. ; Herbert H. Taylor, Inc.

text: Concerts

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Remorse

text: Cover includes photograph of William H. Philbrick.

title: The singer and the song

text: Sheet music


text: Concerts

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Remorse

text: On first page of music: Professional copy.

title: The singer and the song

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1908, c1899New YorkHerbert H. Taylor, Inc. ; Howlley, Haviland & Co.

text: Concerts

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Remorse

text: words by Will D. Cobb, music by Gus Edwards.

title: The singer and the song

text: Sheet music


title: Singing Girl. Siren of the ballet. [uniform title]

namePart: Herbert, Victor (1859-1924)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

text: Ballet dancers

text: Humorous songs

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Schottisches

text: Sexual attraction

text: Mistaken identity

text: Contains 3 dance sequences to be played prior to chorus, Dance I, Dance II, and Dance III, the last a Schottische.

text: Collective cover page:  Vocal selections from The singing girl, a comic opera in 3 acts, book by Stanislaus Stangé, lyrics by Harry B. Smith, music by Victor Herbert, as produced by the Alice Nielsen Opera Co. at the Casino, New York.

text: Summary:  The narrator sees a beautiful dancer at the ballet, goes to meet her after the performance with a bouquet of flowers but discovers she is actually a grandmother of over 60 years old.

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by Victor Herbert.

title: The siren of the ballet

title: In the ballet I saw her one rapturous night, Terpsichore, goddess of dancing. [first line of song]

title: Oh, my blooming blushing faire with your grace and garments airy. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: San Toy. Six little wives. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1899Cincinnati ; Chicago; New York ; [etc.]The John Church Company

namePart: Greenbank, Harry

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Wives

text: Collective cover page:  Selections from San Toy, the new Chinese musical comedy, book by Edward Morton, music by Sidney Jones.

text: Summary:  In the style of a patter song, the character Yen How introduces his six wives.

text: Cover design includes drawing of two Asian men, one holding a banner emblazoned with title information, and the other holding a banner containing publisher information.

text: by Sidney Jones.

title: Six little wives

title: Oh, my name is Yen How, I'm a Mandarin great. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Won't you wait and let me take your photograph? [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkFeist & Frankenthaler

namePart: Williams & Walker (Comedy team)

type: corporate

text: African American women

text: African American photographers

text: Humorous songs

text: Cover design [by Rank Parker?] includes drawing of an African American woman in a long dress and hat carrying a camera.

text: Summary:  Using ethnic stereotyped language, the narrator humorously describes an African American woman who is laid off from photographic work and starts photographing on her own.

text: On cover:  Composed expressly for the New York Sunday World.

text: The Sunday World's Album of ten great original songs. Part 5; Published as a supplement to the New York World. Sunday, Oct. 1, 1899.

text: words and music by Williams and Walker.

title: Snap-shot Sal

title: Sal Van Astor Gould was up to date in ev'ry little caper. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: You've heard of maidens pretty, both up-to-date and witty. [first line of song]

namePart: Gilson, Lottie

text: Upper class women

text: Single women

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: Cover design includes drawing of a seated woman holding an open book.  Cover includes thumbnail photograph of Dave Reed.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  March song.

text: Summary:  There are many different types of women but the one who is ahead of them all in intelligence, style, cleverness, etc. is the society girl.

text: On cover:  Introduced with tremendous success by the peerless Lottie Gilson.

text: words and music by Dave Reed Jr.

title: The society girl

title: She is the girl of swell society, as neat as a pearl. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Come back from o'er the sea, a fond heart still is waiting. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899Washington D.C.A. Nelson Adams

namePart: Adams, A. Nelson

namePart: Boxton, Charles (1860-1927)

namePart: Carmelo y Bauermann

authority: tgm

text: Dreaming

text: Soldiers

text: United States

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design lithographed by Carmelo y Bauermann includes a scene at a military encampment, with a soldier sleeping in a sleeping bag; a woman appears in the clouds above with her arms reaching down toward him.

text: Cover includes drawn portrai of A. Nelson Adams.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right and on p. 2 to left of title:  Oliver y Trill, Carriedo, No. 10, Manila.

text: Dedication on cover at top:  Respectfully dedicated to Major Chas. Boxton, 1st Reg't Cal. U.S. Inft'y.

text: Lithographed folded sheet.

text: Summary:  Far from home in Manila, Philippines, a soldier was sleeping and dreaming of the girlfriend who asked him to come home; when he awoke, he realized it was a dream but was glad that someone remembered him.

text: words and music by A. Nelson Adams.

title: The soldier's dream

title: Afar from the hearthstone of kindred and lov'd ones. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: There's a dear little home in a country so green, where the girl of my heart waits for me. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New York ; ChicagoThe S. Brainard's Sons Co.

namePart: Freeman, Harry

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Immigrants

text: Irish

type: citation/reference

text: Cover design includes drawings of 3-leaf clovers.

text: Summary:  The narrator left his land of green [i.e. Ireland] and his true love; some day he'll return to her.

text: words and music by Harry Freeman.

title: Some day I'll go back

title: Some day I'll go back to the country I love. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: We said "good bye" oh, sad the hour! [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899Jersey City, NJT.B. Kelley

namePart: Kelley, T. B.

namePart: Heck, Phil

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Love

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Dedication on cover at top center:  To Mr. Phil Heck, Jersey City, N.J.

text: Summary:  The narrator faces separation from the woman he loves, but he will always love her in his heart.

text: Cover design includes photograph of an unidentified woman with a hat..

text: words and music by T.B. Kelley.

title: Some day our paths will cross again

title: Someday our paths will cross again. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: There was a time when all was sunshine. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899Boston, Mass.The Vivian Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Gardner, William Henry (1865-1932)

namePart: Vaughn, Dorothy

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Love

text: Lacking cover.

text: Summary:  The narrator recalls a previous time when he was in love with someone, but that time is now passed; he hopes his former love remembers him; someday he will hear "love's whisper" and know happiness again.

text: words by Wm. H. Gardner ;  music by Dorothy Vaughn.

title: Sometime

title: Sometime your eyes will fill with tears. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The world is rich in melody, all nature bright with song. [first line of song]

originInfo: 18991900Philadelphia, PAJ.W. Pepper

namePart: Sig. Giannini

namePart: McKee, James R.

text: Songs

text: Reminiscing

text: Mothers and sons

text: Clothing & dress

text: United States

text: Summary:  The narrator recalls the song "Nearer my God to thee" as a defining lesson taught by his mother.

text: On cover:  Star music album no. 25; supplement of the St. Louis Star, Sunday Feb. 25, 1900.

text: Cover design includes a seated man and woman dressed in 17th century costume; the man looks over the womans' shoulder as she looks at sheet music.

text: words by James R. McKee ; music by Signor F. Giannini.

title: A song of long ago

title: The sweetest song to mem'ry known, sing it soft and low. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Singing Girl. Song of the Danube. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1899New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

text: Danube River

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Cover reads:  Vocal selections from The singing girl, a comic opera in 3 acts ... as produced by the Alice Nielsen Opera Co. at the Casino, New York.

text: On cover:  Sung by Miss Alice Nielsen.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top right:  Gray [Ray?], 1900.

text: Summary:  Greta, the singing girl, sings to the Danube, the river she loves, and asks for a message concerning love.

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by Victor Herbert.

title: The song of the Danube

title: Changeful as we in its varied emotions. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: What makes a man a soldier or a poet? [first line of song]

text: Noses

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Summary:  The thing that makes a man succeed in life is his ambitious nose.

text: On cover:  Vocal selections from Cyrano de Bergerac, a comic opera in 3 acts as produced by Francis Wilson and Comapny at the Knickerbocker Theatre New York.

title: Song of the nose

title: Cyrano de Bergerac. Song of the nose. [uniform title]

title: It's the influence of an ambitious nose. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Wal, I reckons dat I knows a lot o' ladies. [first line of song]

namePart: Marks, Alfred C.

namePart: Trevelyan, Arthur

text: African Americans

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language supposedly of an African American, the narrator speaks fondly of his girlfriend Sophie.

text: Lacking cover.

text: words byArthur Trevelyan ; music by Alfred C. Marks.

title: Sophie

title: Sophie ain't got no new love, Sophie am always true, love. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Spend your money while you live dis advice to you ah give. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Wayburn, Ned

text: African American women

text: Money

text: African Americans

text: Cover design includes drawing of an elegantly dressed African American woman; 3 inset drawing show various activities of the woman.

text: Summary:  Describes the African American woman Creole Sarah, who is so "hot" in spending her money that she sits on ice; her philosophy is that one should spend and enjoy money while one is alive; the 2nd verse describes an interaction with two African American men, one of whom is trying to sell a life insurance policy.

text: Cover includes photograph of Ned Wayburn.

text: words and music by Ned Wayburn.

title: Spend your money while you live, or I spect to be a long time dead

title: A wench named "Creole Sarah" is the envy of her race. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Lilac trees a blooming in the corner, by the gate, Mammy in the little cabin door. [first line of song]

namePart: Udall, Lyn

namePart: Kennett, Karl

namePart: Shattuck, Truly (1876-1954)

text: Dogs

text: African Americans

text: Segregation

text: Mothers and sons

text: African Americans -- Children -- 1890-1899

text: Children

text: Death

text: Pathos

text: Cover design includes drawing of a group of 5 white children playing, accompanied with a dog; in the middle ground is a wooden fence surrounding a house; at the gate of the fence is an African American child with a pointed hat and dog, with an expressing of surprise; the two dogs look longingly at one another; in the background is a house with an African American woman looking after her child.

text: Subtitle on cover:  Pathetic ballad & refrain.

text: Lacking page 4, containing the chorus.

text: On cover at top center:  Sung with great success by Truly Shattuck.  Cover includes thumbnail photograph of Truly Shattuck.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language, an African American child cries as he sees white children playing in front of his house, knowing that he can't play with them; his mother tries to console him by reminding him not to mind; eventually the African American child dies, while the mother must still console herself with her words to her child.

text: words by Karl Kennett ; music by Lyn Udall.

title: Stay in your own backyard

text: Sheet music


title: Now honey, yo' stay in yo' own back yard. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Dresser, Louise (1878-1965)

text: Dogs

text: African Americans

text: Segregation

text: Mothers and sons

text: Children

text: Death

text: Pathos

text: Former owner has penciled in instructions on page containing the chorus.

text: On cover: Sung with great success by Louise Dresser.  Cover includes thumbnail photograph of Louise Dresser.

title: Stay in your own backyard

text: Sheet music


text: Dogs

text: African Americans

text: Segregation

text: Mothers and sons

text: Children

text: Death

text: Pathos

text: On cover:  Pickaninny ballad.

title: Stay in your own backyard

text: Sheet music


text: Dogs

text: African Americans

text: Segregation

text: Mothers and sons

text: Children

text: Death

text: Pathos

text: On cover:  Negro ballad.

title: Stay in your own backyard

text: Sheet music


title: Last of the Rohans. Story of the rose. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1899New York ; ChicagoHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Alice

text: Roses

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Cover design includes 6 thumbnail photographs of Andrew Mack in costume, in various poses.

text: Inscription of former owner not visible (due to trimming) except for date:  May 3, 1900.

text: On cover:  Andrew Mack's songs as sung by him in his new play, The last of the Rohans by Ramsay Morris, management of Rich & Harris.

text: Summary:  A love song that uses the metaphor of a rose.

text: words by "Alice" ;  music by Andrew Mack.

title: The story of the rose

title: A youth one day in a garden fair a rose found wither'd and dying. [first line of song]

title: Heart of my heart, I love you, life would be naught without you. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Heart of my heart, I love you. [alternative title]

originInfo: 189919261932[New York]Howley, Haviland & Co.; Edward B. Marks Music Co.

text: Roses

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Cover include list of 4 songs in series, each accompanied by small drawing:  Shine on harvest moon, Ta-ra-ra boom-de-ay, Give my regards to Broadway, and The story of the rose.

text: On cover:  Jerry Vogel presents Memory lane melodies.

title: The story of the rose

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 18991926[New York]Howley, Haviland & Co.; Edward B. Marks Music Co.

text: Roses

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

title: The story of the rose

text: Sheet music


originInfo: [c1899] / 1932[New York]Howley, Haviland & Co.; Edward B. Marks Music Co.

text: Roses

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: On cover:  The Edward B. Marks series of unforgettable songs of America.

text: Cover design is of a needlework stitching pattern.

title: The story of the rose

text: Sheet music


title: Only the story of Jesus; how we was nailed to the tree. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899Los Angeles, Cal.H. Buffum

namePart: Buffum, Herbert (1879-1939)

type: name

nameType: personal

text: Jesus Christ

text: Cover design includes photograph of Herbert Buffum seated, with the caption:  In Jesus' name, Herbert Buffum, the boy preacher.

text: Quotation from Isaiah on cover at top center and above caption title:  He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, Isaiah 53:3.

text: Summary:  a song about Jesus.

text: words and music by Herbert Buffum.

title: The story that won my heart, or, My Saviour

title: I heard of one so lovely and so far. [first line of song]

title: story that won my heart, or, My Saviour

text: Sheet music


title: Where sweet camelias blossom, and the honeysuckles cling. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

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

namePart: Doty, Charles W.

namePart: Starmer

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design by Starmer includes drawing of an African American woman standing at a wooden gate to a house.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover and below caption title:  Coon plaint.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language of African Americans, the narrator, after being away, looks forward to again being with his girlfriend Sue.

text: words by Chas. W. Doty ; music by Theo. H. Northrup.

title: Sue, ma Sue

title: Sue, ma Sue, I am lonely for you, darlin'. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Where there birds are singing sweetly in the spring time. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkFitzpatrick Bros.

namePart: Newins, Chas. M.

namePart: FItzpatrick, M. J.

text: Death

text: Irony

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Dedication on cover:  Dedicated to Chas. M. Newins, past exalted ruler of Lodge 22, B.P.O. Elks.

text: Summary:  The narrator tells of the joy in seeing Annie who lives in the old-fashioned cottage, and whom he likens to the blossoms, and hopes to meet her again; on a subsequent visit, after he is told she no longer lives there, he wanders down the road and sees her grave among the blossoms.

text: words and music by M.J. Fitzpatrick.

title: The sunlight of my heart

title: Down at home htere's a real old fashion'd cottage. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: My sweetheart is only just sixteen, to me she's a bright sunbeam. [first line of song]

namePart: King, Mazie

namePart: Gilmore, B. F.

namePart: Leonard, J. F

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover includes photograph of Mazie King with the caption:  Sung with great success by Mazie King of "Hogan's Alley" Co.

text: Summary:  The narrator admires his girlfriend.

text: words and music by Gilmore and Leonard.

title: Do you love me? tell me truly, eyes of tender blue. [first line of chorus]

title: Hogan's Alley. Sweet heart, fond heart, true heart, darling Mazie. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Be true to me fair one. [first line of chorus]

originInfo:
1899

      Honolulu, HI

    Charles A.K. Hopkins; Wall, Nichols Co.

namePart: Kalakaua, David, -- King of Hawaii (1836-1891)

text: Flowers

text: Hawaii

text: Love songs

text: Cover design includes drawing of a gathering of flowers, and a photograph of palm trees with mountains of Hawaii in the distance.

text: by H.M. King Kalakaua.

title: Sweet lei Lehua

title: Be still my pu uwai. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: I am in love with a maiden, who says she's in love with me. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkGeorge L. Spaulding

namePart: McCabe, Alex. F.

namePart: Trevelyan, Arthur

text: Marriage

text: Courtship

text: Flowers

text: Waltzes

text: Cover design by Starmer includes drawings of flowers.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  Waltz song.

text: Summary:  The narrator is in love with Rosalie and she with him, but she can't decide on the day to be married.

text: words by Arthur Trevelyan ; music by Alex. F. McCabe.

title: Sweet Rosalie

title: Dear sweet Rosalie, why won't you name the day? [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Sweet Mary Mahone you are my love my own. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899E.N. Guckert

namePart: Penick, Robert G.

text: Irish Americans

text: Waltzes

text: Schottisches

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes photograph of an unidentified woman.

text: Summary:  The narrator remarks that everybody admires Mary Mahone but he's in love with her.

text: words and music by Robert G. Penick.

title: Sweet Mary Mahone

title: In a little cottage lives a pretty maiden. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Sweet Suzanne, I'll be your young man! [first line of chorus

namePart: Graham, Charles, composer

namePart: Graham, Howard

namePart: Denney, Will F.

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design by Starmer includes drawing of a woman in a hat and a photograph of Will F. Denney.

text: Summary:  The narrator describes Suzanne as emerging from meadows, shy, but fall in love with each other; years later they still love each other.

text: words by Howard Graham ; music by Chas. Graham.

title: Sweet Suzanne

title: Down in the meadows, when daylight was breaking in May, sweet May. [first line of song]

title: Sweet Suzanne, I'll be your young man! first line of chorus

text: Sheet music


title: There's a story that never grows old, sweet, sweet love. [first line of song]

namePart: Horwitz, Charles (1864-1938)

text: Love

text: Waltzes

text: Conduct of life

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  Waltz ballad and refrain.

text: On cover:  Horwitz & Bowers new popular success.

text: Summary:  A theme of life in all its aspects is love.

text: words by Charles Horwitz ; music by Frederic V. Bowers.

title: Sweet, sweet love

title: Sweet, sweet love, sweet, sweet love. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: Love

text: Waltzes

text: Conduct of life

title: Sweet, sweet love

text: Sheet music


title: Sweetheart, sweetheart, call me by that name. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkRobert Recker & Co.

namePart: Recker, Robert

namePart: Drake, illustrator

namePart: Rogers, Harry

text: Death

text: Couples

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Love

text: Cover design by Drake includes drawing of a woman seated on a bench, a man leaning over the back; in the background is a garden or park, and a dog sits in the foreground.

text: Imprint at bottom of cover includes thumbnail photograph of Robert Recker.

text: Summary:  The narrator reminisces about his love whom he called sweetheart, before they were separated; they married but she died after one year, and he still thinks of her as his sweetheart.

text: words and music by Harry L. Rogers.

title: Sweetheart

title: In happy days of long ago, before you left me all alone. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Sweetheart, I love you, my own, love you with all of my heart. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899MilwaukeeJoseph Flanner

namePart: Weiler, Charles

namePart: Williams, Clarence H.

namePart: Kiesel, Conrad (1846-1921)

authority: ulan

text: Lutes

text: Human life cycle

text: Love

text: Marriage

text: Waltzes

text: Cover design includes reproduction of a painted by Conrad Kiesel of a woman seated on a bench in a garden, playing a lute.

text: Summary:  The narrator recalls when he and his girlfriend were young, they loved each other and hoped to be married; they were married, and promised to be true to each other; now they're old but have stayed together and still love each other.

text: words by Chas. Weiler ; music by C.H. Williams.

title: Sweetheart, my love and my own

title: Ah! sweetheart we were children, once, together, long ago. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Sweetheart of mine, we parted once in anger. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899ChicagoWill Rossiter

namePart: Augustine, Dave

namePart: Simpson, Cheridah

text: Quarreling

text: Reconciliation

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes a photograph of Cheridah Simpson.

text: Summary:  The narrator tells of his girlfriend and how they loved each other until they had a quarrel; now he holds a faded picture of her, because when he went to reconcile she had died; the refrain foreshadows that when the narrator dies they will be reunited in love.

text: words and music by Dave Augustine.

title: Sweetheart of mine

title: Let me tell the story of a day gone by. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Swinger arounder rounder anda leter reter flicker ricker. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Wade, T. Addison

namePart: Dietz, Carl P.

text: Dance -- 1890-1899

text: African Americans

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by T. Addison Wade, character song impersonator.  Cover includes photograph of T. Addison Wade.

text: On cover:  The first and only original song published in "scrap iron time."  Chorus includes alternative text whose scansion is continuous eighth notes.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language, An African American encourages attendance at the night's festival; he warns against violence for people to stay away from Ophelia Noonin' for she is his girlfriend; the chorus describes the frenzy during dancing.

text: words and music by Carl P. Dietz.

title: Swing 'round and let her flicker

title: Come ladies, come gen'lmen, and all you fellow citizens. [first line of song]

title: Swing around and let her flicker, can't fool dis peski nigger. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Nell Taylor was the belle of the village where she dwelt. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkHurtig & Seamon

namePart: Hurtig, Joe

namePart: Lewis, Andy

namePart: Boyer, C.

text: Blacksmiths

text: Social classes

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design includes drawing of a man facing a woman, their hands touching each other, in a blacksmith's shop - and anvil, hearth and wheels are seen nearby.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  Pathetic song and waltz chorus.

text: Summary:  Nell Taylor was a teacher, the belle of the town; Tom was a blacksmith; he told her loved her although he was not wealthy and would not give her the comforts of life; Nell confesses she's loved him too because he's noble.

text: words by Joe Hurtig ; music by Andy Lewis.

title: Take me as I am

title: I know I'm not good looking, Nell, I don't possess much knowledge. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Shattuck, Truly (1876-1954)

text: Blacksmiths

text: Social classes

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover:  As sung with great success by Truly Shattuck.  Cover includes photograph of Truly Shattuck.

text: Published as a supplement to the New York World. Sunday, March 25, 1900.

title: Take me as I am

text: Sheet music


title: Telephone me, baby, tell me all you know. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18991900New YorkGeorge L. Spaulding

namePart: Cohan, George M. (George Michael) (1878-1942)

namePart: Levey, Ethel, --d.1955

text: African Americans

text: Telephones

text: Man-woman relationships

text: On cover:  Sung by Ethel Levy [i.e. Levey] with America's accepted polite vaudeville company The Behman show on your at the Gayety Theatrey, Brooklyn, N.Y.

text: Published as the musical supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser, January 21, 1900, pp. 5-8.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language, the narrator, an African American man, speaks enthusiastically of his girlfriend who he asks to telephone him.

text: words and music by Geo. M. Cohan.

title: Telephone me, baby

title: Goodbye lady, so long, Sadie, let me hear from you my baby. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


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

originInfo: 1899[New York]Hugo V. Schlam

namePart: Nichols, George A.

namePart: Fleming, Carroll

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Quarreling

text: Reconciliation

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Hope

text: Lacking cover.

text: Summary:  The narrator recalls a romantic incident in childhood that due to careless words led to estrangement; the narrator sends a message of reconciliation in the hope that love will be still be there.

text: words by Carroll Fleming, music by Geo A. Nichols.

title: Tell me do you love me as of old

title: In mem'ry I return tonight to days of long ago. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Tell me pretty maiden, are there any more at home like you? [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkFrancis Day & Hunter ; Harms, Inc.

namePart: Stuart, Leslie (1864-1928)

text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: Summary:  Except from the musical in which six men flirt and dance with six women.

text: words and music by Leslie Stuart.

title: Tell me pretty maiden

title: Florodora. Tell me pretty maiden. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


text: Flirting

text: Musicals

text: Copy has pencil markings indicating cuts in music.

text: words and music by Leslie Stuart.

title: Tell me pretty maiden

text: Sheet music


title: Tell mother not to worry when I am far away. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkMyll Bros.

namePart: Myll, Louis

namePart: Parker, Frank

text: Soldiers

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Mothers and sons

text: Fathers and sons

text: Cover design by Frank Parker includes drawing of a mother and her soldier son.

text: On cover:  Composed expressly for the New York Sunday World.

text: Published as: The Sunday World Album of ten great original songs, part 6; supplement to the New York World. Sunday, Oct. 8, [1899].

text: Summary:  A troop of soldiers marches through the town square; a man stops to greet his departing son, now a soldier, saying that he fought wars but is now too old; he asks the son to console his mother that, although far away, he'll not forget her.

text: by Louis Myll.

title: Tell mother not to worry

title: A troop of soldier marching by the little village square. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: If Uncle Sam and Johnny Bull would join their hands. [first line of song]

originInfo:
1899

      New York

    Howley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Browne, Raymond A. (1871-1922 )

namePart: Hartley, Wm. J.

text: John Bull (Symbolic character)

text: England

text: Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)

text: United States -- 1890-1899

text: Patriotic music

text: Cover design includes drawing of Uncle Sam and Johnny Bull holding rifles, with United States and English flags drapped over them.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover and below caption title:  International patriotic song.

text: Summary:  If Uncle Sam and Johnny Bull would join together like brothers, they could defeat any foe, and would dominate the earth, allowing peace to reign.

text: words by Wm. J. Hartley ; music by Raymond A. Browne.

title: That's what Uncle Sam & Johnny Bull could do

title: For that's what Uncle Sam and Johnny Bull could do. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: So there ain't no use to keep a'hangin' around. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkFeist & Frankenthaler

namePart: Jones, Irving

text: African American men

text: African American women

text: Quarreling

text: Humorous songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: African Americans

text: Ragtime music

text: Cover design by Frank Parker includes caricatures of an African American man with a walking stick, smoking a cigar, looking at the window through which his wife is holding a rolling pin and is speaking to him with a stern expression.

text: On cover:  Composed expressly for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; St. Louis Post-Dispatch sheet music series of original songs, part VII.

text: Published as the supplement to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Sunday, Nov. 12, 1899.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language, the narrator describes an African American couple who met at a dance; now she wants her husband to go away because he spends too much money; the husband threatens to deface her, and she threatens to send him to jail; the conversation ends with her telling him to disappear.

text: words and music by Irving Jones.

title: There aint no use to keep on hanging around

title: A coal-black coon and his saffron-colored wife had a ragtime debation this noon. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: There'd never been no trouble if they'd kidnapp'd a coon. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Browne, Tom

text: Baby carriages

text: Passing (Identity)

text: African Americans -- Children -- 1890-1899

text: Kidnappings

text: United States

text: Humorous songs

text: African Americans

text: Cover design includes drawing of an African American baby in a baby carriage with a pacifier in its mouth; a sign hangs from one of the handles which reads:  Nobody's steal me.

text: On cover:  A bit of black wisdom.

text: Summary:  One night an African American and white boy are sitting in a park, the white boy is kidnapped, and the kidnapper gets a jail term, but the narrator moralizes that no sentence would be given if the African American child was kidnapped; the African American child cries but is apparently abandoned by his mother; Jim Johnson gets a plan to get the African American child kidnappend again, but when the kidnapper realizes the child's race, he leaves him; Johnson then has a plan to white-wash the child, but when the child is taken by white people, they wash him, realize he's African American, and put him back in the park.

text: words by Tom Browne ; music by Gussie L. Davis.

title: There'd never been no trouble if they'd kidnapped a coon

title: A little coon quite dark, was sitting in the park. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Nettie, so pretty, no one can throw her down. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899Chicago ; New YorkWindsor Music Co.

namePart: Starr, Hattie

namePart: Starr, George

namePart: McWatters, Arthur

namePart: Tyson, Grace

text: Marriage proposals

text: Women

text: New York (State)

text: New York

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes drawing of a woman standing with buildings in the background.

text: On cover:  Sung with striking success by McWatters and Tyson.  Cover includes photograph of Arthur McWatters and Grace Tyson.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  A striking march song.

text: Summary:  Nettie is the woman everyone admires, no matter what she does or wears; the narrator goes to hear Nettie sing, asks her to marry him, and she said so, so he's overjoyed.

text: words by George Starr ; music by Hattie Starr.

title: There's only one girl in all New York

title: Hi! ah! hoop'la! The boys are happy where you are. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: There's beginning to notice me! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899[U.S.A.]Chas. Sheard & Co.

namePart: Murray, Fred

namePart: Leigh, Fred W.

text: Beggars

text: Aristocracy (Social class)

text: Social classes

text: Humorous songs

text: Cover includes caricature portrait of George Robey in costume with 2 scenes illustrating the song.

text: Summary:  in a humorous vein, the narrator attempts to associate with upper levels of society.

text: Voice only; lacking piano accompaniment.

text: words and music by Murray and Leigh.

title: They're beginning to notice me

title: I never care to mingle with the vulgar throng, not me! [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: You think it best we part love, you and I? [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkW.B. Gray

namePart: Helf, J. Fred

namePart: Jones, Ada

namePart: Kerr

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design by Kerr is an abstraction.

text: On cover:  As sung by Ada Jones at Tony Pastor's Theatre, N.Y.  Cover includes photograph of Ada Jones.

text: Published as the musical supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser. Sept. 10, 1899.

text: Summary:  Responding to a partner, the narrator acknowledges they should separate, but tries to remind the partner of the good times of their relationship, and tells that separation would be cruel.

text: words and music by J. Fred Helf.

title: Those cruel words "good-bye"

title: "Goodbye!" cruel words, goodbye! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Star of my life! Hear me, I pray. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Trevelyan, Arthur

namePart: Gunning, Louise

text: Rabbits

text: Pan (Greek deity)

text: Betrothal

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design includes reproduction of a frieze showing Pan playing to two rabbits.

text: On cover:  Sung by Louise Gunning.  Cover design includes photograph of Louise Gunning.

text: Published as the supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, Dec. 10, 1899, pp. 13-16.

text: Summary:  The narrator falls in love, and the loved one agrees to marry, but refuses to decide on a date.

text: words and music by Arthur Trevelyan.

title: Today

title: One year ago this very day, your tender eyes first gazed in mine. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Nani wale na hala Tomitomi. [first line of song]

originInfo:
1899

      Honolulu, HI

    Charles A.K. Hopkins; Wall, Nichols Co.

namePart: Nape, David

text: Palms

text: Flowers

text: Hawaii

text: Cover design includes drawing of agathering of flowers, over which is a photograph of palm trees.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover and below caption title:  Hawaiian hula.

text: In Hawaiian.

text: Stamp of dealer on cover at top left:  Long's Music Shop, 318 D Street, San Bernardino, Calif.

text: by David Nape.

title: Tomi, Tomi

title: Haina kainoa Tomitomi. first line of chorus

text: Sheet music


title: She is a lady she is a queen she reigns supreme. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkA.W. Tams

namePart: Trahern, Al

namePart: Crosby, Warner

namePart: Parker, Frank

text: African American women

text: Aristocracy (Social class)

text: Cakewalks

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language and terms, the narrator describes Topsy, a well-bred African American woman.

text: Cover design by Frank Parker includes drawing of a woman with a hat.

text: Published as the Sunday Wolrd Music Album; supplement to the New York World. Sunday, Dec. 17, 1899.

text: Song begins with 16 measures of piano music labeled Cake-walk.

text: Pages 5-6 also contains voice-only music and text for the songs "The Tottenham toreador" by Edward Kent (p. 5) and "The village wedding" by A.E. Lawrence and Geo. Lester.

text: words by Al. Trahern ; music by Warner Crosby.

title: Topsy's in town

title: Coons are excited 'bout a gal from Mobile, she just arrived the other day. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: My home was such a dreary place. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago ; [etc.]M. Witmark & Sons

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

namePart: Ford, Walter H.

text: Mothers and sons

text: Wives

text: Intuition

text: Summary:  The narrator speaks of his wife Grace who has made his dreary home beautiful through her touch; their child's growth has been enhanced by her touch.

text: Cover design includes abstraction with a garland of flowers.

text: words by Walter H. Ford ; music by John W. Bratton.

title: The touch of a woman's hand

text: Sheet music


title: The love that you long for; a sweet, tender token. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18991901New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Heelan, Will A.

text: Reminiscing

text: Mothers and sons

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Regret

text: Summary:  The narrator reminiscences of his old home with memories of his mother who gave him counsel; he had a girlfriend who spurned him, but his memory of that love is a treasure that gold cannot buy.

text: Cover design includes color lithograph of a home in the background in a wood; in the foreground inset is a man resting his head pensively on his hand, leaning on a wooden fence.

text: Published as the musical supplement to the New York Sunday Press. Sunday, Jan. 13, 1901.

text: words and music by Will A. Heelan.

title: Treasures that gold cannot buy

title: Sad are the mem'ries, yet sweet in their sadness, I see in fancy my old home once more. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Turkey in the straw

originInfo: 189919041915[New York]Will Rossiter ; Leo Feist

namePart: Bonnell, Otto

text: Turkeys

text: African Americans

text: Piano music (Ragtime)

text: Cover design includes drawing of a stereotyped image of an African American boy or man climbing on the roof of a coop, and peering down at a turkey within; that turkey as well as one outside the coop look suspiciously at the African American; another African American peers through a crack in the wall from the rear.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover and below caption title:  a rag-time fantasie.

text: For piano.

text: by Otto Bonnell.

title: Turkey in the straw

text: Sheet music


title: Ah, 'twas but a dream, a dream with joy and sorrow blended. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18991900New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Tunison, Louise

namePart: Hall, Pauline

text: Love

text: Dreams

text: Visions

text: On cover:  Sung by Pauline Hall in vaudeville.  Cover includes photograph of Pauline Hall.

text: Cover design by Kerr includes drawing of flowers.

text: Published as the musical supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, June 17, 1900.

text: Summary:  The narrator first has visions of a beautiful summer day, then of the person they loved, but then realizes these visions of happiness are a dream.

text: words and music by Louise Tunison.

title: Twas but a dream

title: 'Twas at the hour of twilight, the sun was sinking fast. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Two little orphans seen on the street. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkRecker, Vogler & Co.

namePart: Starmer

namePart: Horner, Sidney

namePart: Burke, Charles A.

text: Streets

text: Orphans

text: Adoption

text: Loneliness

text: Waltzes

text: Summary:  Two orphans wander a winter street, their father dead, their mother having just died; it's Christmas eve, and one of the neighbors offers to give them shelter and be their mother.

text: Cover design by Starmer includes drawing of a male and female child dressed in disheveled outerwear, standing on a city street in the snow, as a middle-aged couple passes them by.

text: words by Chas. A. Burke ; music by Sidney Horner.

title: Two little orphans

title: Papa's been dead a year or more, Mamma, she died today. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Two sisters in the dear old home were loving fond and true. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkLeo. E. Berliner & Co.

namePart: Berliner, Leo E.

namePart: Wilson, Charles A.

namePart: Courtney, Maude

text: Beggars

text: Life cycle, Human

text: Waltzes

text: Sisters

text: On cover:  As sung by Miss Maude Courtney.  Cover includes a retouched photograph of Maude Courtney.

text: Published as the supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, Sept. 5, 1899.

text: Summary:  Two sisters grow up in the same home and live a happy life; in adulthood their lives part ways:  one lives an affluent life, the other, deserted by her husband, is a beggar.

text: words by Charles A. Wilson ; music by Leo. E. Berliner.

title: Two sisters from the same old home, or, Life from day to day

title: Two sisters from the same old home, now meet no more in life. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: They were so happy, hearts true as steel. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899Creston, IowaJean McDonald

namePart: McDonald, Jean

text: Love

text: Betrothal

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Copyright notice:  Copyright 1899 by Jean McDonald, Creston, Iowa.

text: From Comfort, ca. 1900.

text: Summary:  The narrator describes a couple in love who vows to stay true to each other; despite the time, they stay true and marry.

text: words and music by Jean McDonald.

title: Unbroken vows

title: One evening as they sat alone, beneath the moonlit skies. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Under the stars I met you, love. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899BostonOliver Ditson Company

namePart: Stults, R. M.

text: Meetings

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes floral pattern with drawing of a house with a setting sun in the background.

text: For medium voice (G major).

text: Summary:  The narrator is enthralled to meet Lenore, his lover.

text: words and music by R.M. Stults.

title: Under the stars I met you, love

title: The nightingale sang in the treetops high. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh violets, sweet violets, your very heart is like my true love's eyes. [first line of song]

originInfo: 18991903New YorkHugo V. Schlam ; Leo Feist

namePart: Roma

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Dead persons

text: Love

text: Violets

text: For soprano or tenor.

text: On first page of music:  Revised edition.

text: Summary:  The narrator likens violets to his deceased love, over whom he is crying.

text: words and music by Roma.

title: Violets

text: Sheet music


title: To be in the smartest set, or what is better yet. [first line of song]

namePart: Center, E. C.

namePart: Gouraud, Jackson

namePart: Parr, John

nameType: corporate

text: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)

text: Aristocracy (Social class)

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: On cover at top center:  Dedicated, without any kind of permission, to Mr. Geo. C. Boldt.

text: On cover:  Sung by John Parr in the Roger's Bros. farce "A reign of error" direction of Klaw & Erlanger.  Cover includes photograph of John Parr with a facsimile of his signature.

text: Summary:  Humorous song on how one should look and behave in the Waldorf-Astoria, a hotel for the upper classes.

text: words and music by E.C. Center and Jackson Gouraud.

title: The Waldorf "Hyphen" Astoria

title: At the Waldorf "hyphen" Astoria no matter who or what you are. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Way down east 'mid scented flowers, smiling skies and sylvan bowers. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18991900New YorkAtlantic Music Co.

namePart: Burns, John H.

text: Death

text: Reminiscing

text: Mothers

text: Incidental music

text: Cover includes photograph of 5 members of the cast of Way down east.

text: On cover:  written and composed by John H. Burns and sung by the village choir in the very successful play Way down east at the Manhattan Theatre and Academy of Music, N.Y.

text: Printed as the supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, April 22, 1900.

text: Summary:  The narrator recalls his childhood home with fondness; when his mother died his gladness became sadness.

text: words and music by John H. Burns.

title: Way down East

title: There's a spot I have in mind, there's no other of its kind. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Wait until there's no one near. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18991901[Chicago]Sol. Bloom

namePart: Hall and Herbert

namePart: Browne, Raymond A. (1871-1922 )

text: Couples

text: Marriage proposals

text: Bashfulness

text: Cover includes photograph of Hall and Herbert in costume.

text: Published as the music supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, Sunday, Oct. 13, 1901, pp. 5-8.

text: Cover design includes stylized drawing of a woman sitting on a couch with a man on his knees, presumably making a marriage proposal.

text: Summary:  The narrator suggests the manner in which a man can propose marriage to a woman.

text: words by Raymond A. Browne ; music by Leo Friedman.

title: The way to ask a girl to marry

title: If perchange you love a pretty maiden one you'd like to make your wife some day. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: While cannons roar upon this day, of independence grand. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1899New YorkFeist & Frankenthaler

namePart: Lee, Frances

namePart: Kerr

namePart: Rosenfeld, Monroe H.

text: Mermaids

text: Homecoming

text: On cover:  Sung at Oscar Hammerstein's Victoria Roof Garden by Miss Frances Lee.  Cover includes a photograph of Frances Lee.

text: Printed as a supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, July 23, 1899.

text: Cover design by Kerr includes drawing of a mermaid half submerged in water, holding a wreath above the water surface; a steamship is in the background.

text: Summary:  a song praising Dewey who is sailing home after victory.

text: words and music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld.

title: We are waiting, Dewey, waiting

title: Hail to the hero who is sailing home! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: We said goodbye we said goodbye forever. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkF.A. Mills

namePart: Trevelyan, Arthur

namePart: Krouse, H. Sylvester

text: Quarreling

text: Reconciliation

text: Reminiscing

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design includes thumbnail photograph of Arthur Trevelyan.

text: Cover design includes branches from a fine.

text: For high voice (key of G major).

text: Summary:  As they wander in a wood, a couple comes upon the place where they once quarreled; they resolve to stay together.

text: words by Arthur Trevelyan  ;music by H. Sylvester Krouse.

title: We said goodbye

title: On down the lane, their way two lovers wended. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Dear heart, the time has come alas when we must start. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899BostonEvans Music Co.

namePart: Phelps, E. S.

namePart: Heyser, Lillian

namePart: Kennedy, Madeline L.

text: Death

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Love

text: Regret

text: Dying declarations

text: Below caption title:  Words by Miss Madeline L. Kennedy, daughter of the late Harry Kennedy.

text: Summary:  The narrator speaks to their loved one as one of them is about to die, reminiscing of the happier times while acknowledging the more difficult ones.

text: Cover design includes photographs of Madeline L. Kennedy, E. S. Phelps, and 3 photographs of Lillian Heyser.

text: words by Madeline L. Kennedy ; music by E.S. Phelps.

title: We'll be friends if nothing more

title: Could I but bring back those sweet happy days of yore. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: When we parted in the sprintime you and I. [first line of song]

originInfo: 18991900New YorkArthur W. Tams

namePart: Krieghoff, William G.

namePart: Francis, W. T. (William T.)

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Betrayal

text: Reconciliation

text: Waltzes

text: Cover design by William G. Krieghoff shows a woman, seated on a patterned floor, playing a pan flute; on a wall in the background are plants and a silhouette of a woman.

text: Printed as the supplement to the New York World. Sunday, July 8, 1900.

text: Summary:  we parted, but our trust keeps us together, so don't be unhappy.

text: words and music by Wm. T. Francis.

title: We'll meet again

title: So loved one trust on, for soon shadows are gone. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 18991901[New York][Arthur W. Tams]

namePart: Ament, R. S.

text: Angels

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Betrayal

text: Reconciliation

text: Waltzes

text: Cover design by R.S. Ament shows a female angelic figure with wings, her hands and arms over her chest; in the background is a river.

text: Published in an unidentified newspaper on Sunday, March 24, 1901.

text: words and music by Wm. T. Francis.

title: We'll meet again

text: Sheet music


title: What! marry dat gal? [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkWeber, Fields & Stromberg

namePart: Stromberg, John (1853-1902)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

text: African Americans

text: Humorous songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language, the narrator expresses his reaction to a letter proposing marriage from a woman he found false; he writes back apparently rejecting her suggestion.

text: Lacking cover.

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by John Stromberg.

title: What! Marry dat gal?

title: Got a letter jes' dis mawnin', suh, an' say I had ter laff. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Templeton, Fay (1865-1939)

text: African Americans

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Man-woman relationships

text: African Americans

text: Cover design includes caricatures of a well-dressed African American man with top hat and cane holding his hand out in refusal, as a well-dressed African American woman smiles.

text: On cover:  Introduced with immense success by Fay Templeton at Weber & Field's Broadway Music Hall in Hurly burly.  Cover includes photograph of Fay Templeton.

title: What! Marry dat gal?

title: Hurly burly. What! Marry dat gal? [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: What right have you to judge her? [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899Philadelphia, PAJoseph Morris

namePart: Baer, Chas. E. (Charles E.) (1870-1962)

namePart: Bunte, Fred W.

text: Reconciliation

text: Mothers and daughters

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Judgment

text: Cover design includes photograph intended to portray song: a mother points accusingly at a man, while her daughter looks down in despair.

text: On cover:  Sung and illustrated with great success by Miss Ada Jones.

text: Summary:  On a crowded street a mother encounters her daughter and son-in-law; the son-in-law suggests the problem is the daughter's fault, but the mother reproves the son-in-law by asking whether he has the right to judge, since he led her astray; the son-in-law then asks the mother for forgiveness, acknowledging that the problem was his fault; the mother refuses a reconciliation, saying the son-in-law has broken every promise.

text: words and music by Chas. E. Baer.

title: What right have you to judge her

title: It was on a crowded thoroughfare a mother found one day. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Two in a daisy dell, under a shady tree. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899BostonG.W. Setchell

namePart: Rich, Albert L.

namePart: Fisher, E. S.

namePart: Bennett, Mark

namePart: Bennett & Rich

text: Questioning

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Summary:  The narrator sees two lovers talking, and wonders how will the woman respond to the man's questions.

text: Cover design by E.S. Fisher includes a photograph of Mark Bennett and Albert L. Rich, against a floral pattern.

text: On cover:  The reigning success of the season - a big hit in The Broadway burlesquers.

text: words by Mark Bennett ; music by Albert L. Rich.

title: What will the answer be?

title: Strolling alone in the twilight, down thro a daisy lit dell. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Martin, George T.

text: Questioning

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover design by E.S. Fisher includes a floral pattern.

text: On cover:  The reigning success of the season; sung by the famous tenor G.T. Martin.  Cover includes a photograph of George T. Martin.

title: What will the answer be?

text: Sheet music


title: What's de use of hangin' 'round if you ain't got de price. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

text: African American men

text: Humorous songs

text: Lynching

text: Craps (Game)

text: Finance, Personal

text: On cover:  Sung by the author Geo. Evans (the honey boy).  Cover includes thumbnail photograph of George Evans.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language, the narrator describes Ephraim Jones, an African American who loses his money at a crap game; the head of the game asks him to leave; he goes to his girlfriend, but she doesn't want him now that he's lost his money; he goes to a chicken coop but the chickens tell him that if he has no money he should leave; he attempts to kill himself by tieing a rope around his neck to a horse, but is captured by Whitecaps who then lynch him so that other African Americans can see his fate.

text: Cover design contains drawings of flowers and leaves.

text: words and music by Geo. Evans.

title: What's the use of hangin' round when you aint got the price

title: Ephraim Jones the other nigth went out to shoot some craps. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, these clothes don't cut no figger. [first line of song]

namePart: Starmer

namePart: Wilson, Charles A.

namePart: Berliner, Leo E.

text: African Americans

text: Clothing & dress

text: Humorous songs

text: African Americans

text: Finance, Personal

text: On cover:  Song with chorus in cake walk tempo.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language and dialect, an African American woman tells an African American man that he has squandered his money, so he shouldn't come to her for assistance.

text: Cover design by Starmer includes two caricature drawings:  1) four African American men are seated at a table playing cards; 2) a well-dressed African American man is being yelled at by his wife.

text: words by Chas. A. Wilson ; music by Leo E. Berliner.

title: When a nigger makes a hundred, ninety-nine goes on his back

title: I've no use for you my honey, for you haven't got no money. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Do yo' hear dem tones a-comin'[ wid de ole banjoy a strummin'. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899New York ; Chicago ; [etc.]M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Russell, Lillian (1861-1922)

text: African Americans

text: Birds

text: Nests

text: Sexual attraction

text: Nature & music

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  A southern plantation melody.

text: On cover:  An instantaneous hit at Weber & Field's Music Hall as sung by Lillian Russell.  Cover includes photograph of Lillian Russell.

text: Cover design includes drawing of a bird sitting on a nest with other birds flying near.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language, the narrator speaks of music to be heard in all forms of nature, but the sweetest song is that sung by Chloe.

text: words by Harry B. Smith ; music by John Stromberg.

title: When Chloe sings a song

title: Dar is music in de banjo when it sounds. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


text: Birds

text: African Americans

text: Sexual attraction

text: Nature & music

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language, the narrator speaks of the music to be heard in all forms of nature, but the sweetest song is that sung by Chloe.

title: When Chloe sings a song

text: Sheet music


title: Hokey pokey. When Chloe sings a song. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1899[New York]M. Witmark & Sons ; Weber, Fields & Stromberg

namePart: De Takacs, André C.

text: African Americans

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: Nature & music

text: Collective cover page:  Songs introduced in the grand revival by the Weber & Field's Jubilee Co. in Hokey Pokey.

text: Cover design by André De Takacs includes thumbnail photographs of Weber and Fields.

text: Summary:  There is music to be heard in all forms of nature, but the sweetest song is that sung by Chloe.

title: When Chloe sings a song

text: Sheet music


title: When Dewey comes sailing home again, the bands will play. [first line of chorus

namePart: Heaton, John Langdon (1860-1935)

text: Flags

text: American

text: Spanish-American War, 1898

text: Battleships

text: Sailors

text: American

text: Dewey, George, 1837-1917

text: Commemoration

text: Cover design includes drawing of sailors in front of an American flag with a steamship in the background.

text: Printed as a supplement to the New York World, Sunday, June 18, 1899.

text: Summary:  Song in praise of Admiral George Dewey.

text: words by John Langdon Heaton ; music by Kerry Mills.

title: When Dewey comes sailing home

title: There's a great little man coming over the sea. [first line of song]

title: When Dewey comes sailing home again, the bands will play. first line of chorus

text: Sheet music


title: Oh! she is dainty and airy. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: [c1899] / 1906Malden, Mass.Leo. F. De Beaulieu; / Edward A. Bowen

namePart: De Beaulieu, Leo F.

text: Couples

text: Love

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover design includes reproduction of a painting showing a woman and a man sitting and talking on a stone bench in a garden.

text: Summary:  The narrator is in love with his girlfriend.

text: words and music by Leo. F. De Beaulieu.

title: When I can call her mine

title: I love a girl she's just eighteen. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music


title: Together we sat in the dim twilight. [first line of song]

originInfo: 18991900[New York]Windsor Music Co.

namePart: Jones, Louis Weslyn

namePart: Mitchell, Kitty

text: Men

text: Nephews

text: Musicals

text: Printed as the musical supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser. March 11, 1900, pp. 5-8.

text: Cover design includes 4 drawn figures of a clown playing on an oboe-like instrument.

text: On cover:  ...sung by Kitty Mitchell in "Round New York in 80 minutes" at Koster & Bials.  Cover includes photograph of Kitty Mitchell.

text: Summary:  After reading bedtime stories, a boy tells his uncle he wants to be a man like him.

text: words and music by Louis Weslyn Jones.

title: When I'm a man like you

title: I'm a man, when I'm a man, I'll sail upon the sea. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: When love is true, dear, two hearts are as one. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1899Nashville, Tenn.H.A. French

namePart: Herdman, Carl D.

namePart: Angela, Nina L.

text: Love

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Waltzes

text: On cover:  Respectfully dedicated to Miss Nina L. Angela of the Angela Sisters.  Cover includes photograph of Nina L. Angela.

text: Summary:  When a daughter asks about love, her father recalls the days he spent with his deceased wife, and tells the daughter of the joys of love.

text: [words and music] by Carl D. Herdman.

title: When love is true

title: One winter's evening after tea a father sat alone. [first line of song]

text: Sheet music