title: Give a rouse, then, in the maytime for a life that known no fear! [first line]

originInfo: 1926, c1896New YorkChas. H. Ditson & Co.

namePart: Bullard, Frederic Field (1864-1904)

namePart: Hovey, Richard (1864-1900)

text: Drinking songs

text: Male friendship

text: On cover:  A convivial song.

text: Summary:  A drinking song in which men extol the virtues of friendship.

type: ownership

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

text: Version in B flat major.

text: words by Richard Hovey, music by Frederick Field Bullard.

title: When good fellows get together

text: Sheet music


mmsType: Item

field: dateIssued

keyDate: yes

title: When do our hearts with happiness glow? When it's a boy! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

sourceSystem: mms

namePart: Morse, Woolson (1858-1897)

type: personal

authority: naf

usage: primary

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

type: topic

authority: lcsh

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Infant boys

type: content

text: On cover: Lost, strayed or solent, musical comedy as produced at the Fifth Ave. Tehatre, New York.

text: Summary:  A good life can be upset when one has a baby boy, who can wreak havoc on life.

type: statement of responsibility

text: words by J. Cheever Goodwin ; music by Woolson Morse.

title: When it's a boy

supplied: no

title: Lost, strayed or stolen. When it's a boy. [uniform title]

title: Many days of rosy rapture in one's mem'ry are retained. [first line]

text: Sheet music

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collectionTitle: American popular songs.


title: There's a gal way down in Richmond by the name of Ria Johnson. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkGeorge L. Spaulding

namePart: Dockstader, Lew. (1856-1924)

namePart: Walker, George (1873-1911)

namePart: Williams, Bert (1874-1922)

text: African Americans

text: Weddings

type: geographic

text: United States

type: temporal

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Williams & Walker's great Negro song.

text: Summary:  Many African Americans what to marry Maria Johnson, a lovely woman, but I'm the person who's going to marry her; it will be a great wedding.

text: Cover includes photograph of Lew Dockstader [no attribution].

text: words and music by Williams and Walker.

title: When Miss Maria Johnson marries me

title: Miss Maria Johnson's gwine to marry me. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1896New YorkSpaulding & Gray

text: African Americans

text: Weddings

text: United States

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Sung by Lew Dockstader.  Cover includes photograph of Lew Dockstader.

text: words and music by Williams and Walker.

title: When Miss Maria Johnson marries me

text: Sheet music


title: Have you ever sat and pondered in the evening all alone when the light is turned away down low. [first line]

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

authority: lctgm

text: Daydreaming

text: Visions

text: Parent and child

text: Cover includes reproduction of a painting showing a man seated in front of a fireplace, with a little girl standing next to him. A vision of a woman is seen above the fireplace.

text: Dedication above caption title:  To my friend Marc Klaw, New Rochelle, N.Y.

text: Summary:  Have you ever daydreamed of people you have known from the past; the narrator dreams of a vision of someone he loved when his child gets his attention, and he realizes the vision was his wife, the child's mother.

text: written and composed by G.L. Spaulding.

title: When the light is turned away down low

title: Gazing through a veil of years at her you most adore. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I'll come home again when the lilacs are in bloom. [first line]

originInfo: 1896New YorkThe United States Publishing Company

namePart: Ahrens, Kathryn

namePart: Rosenthal, J. E.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Lilacs

text: Ocean

text: Sailors

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right:  H. A. French, music dealer, Nashville, Tenn.

text: Summary:  A sailor promises to return to his sweetheart when spring has arrived and lilacs are in bloom; he ask her not to cry or be fearful.

text: Cover lithograph by J. E. Rosenthal of 411 Pearl St. [New York] shows a sailor embracing and kissing a woman by a wooden fence, with a sailing ship in the ocean in the background.

text: words and music by Kathryn Ahrens.

title: When the lilacs are in bloom

title: I'll come home again when the lilacs are in bloom. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The husband and wife now are parting, though once they had not loved in vain. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Milwaukee, Wis.Chas. K. Harris

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

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

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Reconciliation

text: Pianos -- 1890-1899

text: Waltzes

text: Parent and child

text: Husband and wife

text: Photograph of Chas. K. Harris as part of caption title.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center-right:  Texas Music Supply House, Beaumont, Texas.

text: Cover illustration by Quin & Co. of England shows a living room scene with a piano; a mother is seated at a table looking at the left; the father is standing at the rear of the room looking at the mother; in between them stands a little girl with her hands outstretched.

text: Summary:  A husband and wife agree to part, but their daughter is unable to decide with whom to go; seeing the child's inability to decide, the husband and wife agree to stay together.

text: words and music by Charles Harris.

title: Which shall it be?

title: Now which one, mother, which one shall it be? [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: If you should see your sister, do not reproach or blame. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkJos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Carter, Stanley

namePart: Braisted, Harry

namePart: Stewart, Belle

namePart: Jagger, H. C.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Pride

text: Reconciliation

text: Mothers and daughters

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right:  The Zeno Mauvais Music Co., 769 Market St., [San Francisco, California].

text: Former owner's signature on cover at top right:  H. C. Jagger Jr.; handwritten date at top left:  July 1st, [1899].

text: Summary:  The narrator looks on the street while sitting in a café, and sees the sad face of his or her sister and recalls mother's words telling not to reproach sister, but to tell how she's been missed and that she's still mother's daughter; the narrator apologize for wounded the sister's pride and says that Mother forgives and that she can now marry Jack.

text: On cover:  Beautiful sentimental ballad...sung with tremendous success by Belle Stewart.  Cover includes a photograph of Belle Stewart.

text: words by Harry Braisted ; music by Stanley Carter.

title: Whisper your mother's name

title: I was sitting, one day, in a gilded café, near a window which look'd on the street. [first line]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Gilson, Lottie

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Pride

text: Reconciliation

text: Mothers and daughters

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

text: On cover:  Beautiful sentimental ballad...sung with tremendous success by Lottie Gilson.  Cover includes a photograph of Lottie Gilson.

title: Whisper your mother's name

text: Sheet music


text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Pride

text: Reconciliation

text: Mothers and daughters

title: Whisper your mother's name

text: Sheet music


originInfo: c1896 ; 1923New YorkEdward B. Marks Music Corporation

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Pride

text: Reconciliation

text: Mothers and daughters

text: Collective cover page:  Old time favorites [with list of songs in series].

title: Whisper your mother's name

text: Sheet music


title: Ladies fair, I bring to you lavender with spikes of blue. [first line]

originInfo: c1896 ; 1937New YorkBoosey & Hawkes, Inc.

namePart: German, Edward (1862-1936)

namePart: Battersby, Caryl

text: Florists

text: Lavenders

text: In the key of D major.

text: Summary:  The narrator, apparently a flower seller, sells lavender to ladies, for it turns rooms into gardens, drives away moths, and will linger after you are gone.

text: Page 7 contains the first page of music for the song "Listen, Mary" composed by May H. Brahe; page 8 contains the first page of music for the song "Longing" by Noble Cain.

text: words by Caryl Battersby, M.A. ; music by Edward German.

title: Who'll buy my lavender

text: Sheet music


title: Will you miss me when you are far away? [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkM. Muetzler

namePart: Trevelyan, Arthur

namePart: Millward, Edith

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Questioning

text: Waltzes

text: Regret

text: Cover includes reproduction of a painting shower a man and a woman talking, the woman seated within a room, the man holding a note in his hand leaning through a window into the room.

text: Dedication on cover and above caption title:  To Miss Edith Millward.

text: Summary:  The narrator is leaving but wonders if the other person offers their love, or whether they will forget them.

text: written and composed by Arthur Threvelyan.

title: Will you miss me

title: oo soon for me has come the hour of parting. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Well I never, never heard of such a thing. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkT.B. Harms ; Francis, Day & Hunter

namePart: Hawthorn, Nellie

namePart: Stuart, Leslie (1864-1928)

text: Elopements

text: Humorous songs

text: Pages 6-7 contain music for piano solo, presumably as a dance or mime.

text: Cover includes abstract pattern design printed in green over which is printed lettering in brown.

text: Summary:  [The text provides a humorous version of the Willow Plate story]:  Chang, a man, elopes with Li-Chi, an only daughter, and leaves her on an island.  Her father chases after them; Chang informs him that they are already married, but the wedding certificate is post-dated by 3 months; the gods turn the couple into a pair of doves, but the narrator opines that he nor other humans would want to be turned into a plate.

text: On cover:  As sung by Nellie Hawthron with Matthews & Bulger.

text: written and composed by Leslie Stuart.

title: The willow pattern plate

title: Little maid Li-Chi loved her Chang on the sly. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Elopements

text: Humorous songs

text: Cover includes abstract pattern design printed in faint ink over which is printed lettering in green.

text: written and composed by Leslie Stuart.

title: The willow pattern plate

text: Sheet music


title: Won't you be my little girl - I had a child once like you. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Tourjee, Homer

namePart: Reynolds, Isaac G.

namePart: Maxwell, Joseph (d. 1930)

namePart: Simpson, Alfred L.

text: Orphans

text: Benevolence

text: Waltzes

text: Homeless children

text: Summary:  A poor orphan child is begging on the streets when a man comes and suggest she become his daughter, for the daughter he had has died.  He takes her home to his grieving wife who hopes to raise the orphan as their own.

text: On cover:  The best ever...sung and illustrated by Maxwell and Simpson...a beautiful descriptive song.  Cover includes photographs of Joseph B. Maxwell and Alfred L. Simpson.

text: written by Isaac G. Reynolds ; composed by Homer Tourjée.

title: Won't you be my little girl

title: A poor little ragged child, tears were in each pretty eye. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: List how the crickets sing unto thee. [first line]

originInfo: 1896Lincoln, Neb.Crancer & Curtice Pub. Co.

namePart: Abbott, William W.

namePart: Richey, Isabel (1863-)

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Cover includes photograph of Isabel Richey.

text: Summary:  The narrator mentions crickets, stars, daisies, lillies, and zephyrs to put baby to sleep. An angel will come and create a bed of feathers in which baby will sleep.

text: words by Isabel Richey ; music by W.W. Abbott.

title: The wood nymph's song

text: Sheet music


title: Would you ask the wand'ring breeze, prithee, breeze, thy name confess? [first line]

namePart: Englander, Ludwig (1853-1914)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

namePart: Wilson, Francis

text: Questioning

text: Musicals

text: On cover:  Francis Wilsons' comic opera success produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre, N.Y.

text: Summary:  You can ask the breeze, butterflies, bees, swallows, violets, and stars questions but they won't answer and neither will I.

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

title: Would you ask

title: Half a King. Would you ask. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Terry, A.

text: Questioning

text: Musicals

text: Cover contains signature of former owner at top right:  A. Terry.

title: Would you ask

text: Sheet music


title: Tell all the coons I'm a comin' put on your Sunday meeting gown. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Kelly, John T.

namePart: Towle, Marty

namePart: Dailey, Peter F.

text: African Americans

text: Weddings

text: Telegrams

text: Betrothal

text: Dedication above caption title:  Dedicated to my friend Marty Towle Boston, Mass.

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language, the narrator anticipates seeing his girlfriend Hannah who lives in Alabama; although she's poor, he has the money that will enable them to be married; he anticipates the celebrations that will occur when he arrives and he and Hannah will be wed.

text: Cover has drawing of a telegram addressed to Hannah "up north somewhere" dated Sept. 7, 1896, with the message:  Yer baby's a' comin to town [signed] Pete.

text: On cover:  Sung with unprecedented success by Peter F. Dailey in "A good thing."

text: words and music by John T. Kelly.

title: Yer baby's a comin' to town

title: Away down south in the state of Alabama, there's a dusky wench I love a 'deed I do. [first line]

text: Sheet music


field: copyrightDate

title: You play policeman, I'll play the thief. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Trahern, Al

namePart: Sidwell, Lem.

text: Thieves

text: Police

text: Children playing

text: Role playing

text: Male friendship

text: Cover drawing by Williams shows a policemen holding an apprehended thief; a wallet lies on the floor nearby.  Cover includes the words:  A story in song.

text: Summary:  Two playmates on a holiday from school decide to play policeman and thief; they play the game again on the final day of school;  years later school children go off to various wanted and unwanted occupations; one day a policeman arrests a thief who turns out to be the old school friend, who asks to be released.

text: Published as a supplement to The Philadelphia Times, Sunday, Dec. 10, [1899].

text: song by Al. Trahern.

title: You play policeman, [I'll play the thief]

title: Two jolly little playmates, on a half holiday. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: If you will love me dear then I'll love you, happy together we'll be. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896Minneapolis, Minn.A.H. Fitz Music Co.

namePart: Lottie, Bonnie

namePart: Fitz, Alb. H. (Albert H.)

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Chorus also arranged for four mens' parts (2 tenors, 2 basses).

text: On cover:  As featured and sung by the ever popular Bonnie Lottie. Includes a photograph of Bonnie Lottie.

text: Summary:  A little girl and boy take turns reading from their books; the boy finds a passage professing love; years later the two find each other again and profess love with the same words.

text: words and music by Alb. H. Fitz.

title: You will love me and I you

title: A sweet little girl and a dear little boy, together one day at their play. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: None to fondle and caress you, none to brush your tears away. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Rosenfeld, Eunice M.

namePart: Rosenfeld, Monroe H.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Farewells

text: Love songs

text: Cover drawing includes image of a young blond woman dressed in red.

text: Dedication on cover:  To my dear little wife.

text: Summary:  The narrator bids their beloved farewell since love between them has gone, but says that in the future the beloved will recognize that the narrator loved the most; there will be no one to love the beloved, even when they're old and feeble; despite wealth and fame, love is what captures the heart.

text: On cover:  The most beautiful pathetic ballad of the period.

text: words and music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld.

title: You will be sorry when I'm gone

title: Farewell, we may not meet again, perhaps 'tis better we should part. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: When you see a pretty maiden who has just turn'd seventeen. [first line]

namePart: Carter, Stanley

namePart: Braisted, Harry

namePart: Gilson, Lottie

text: Ethics

text: Humorous songs

text: Conduct of life

text: Summary:  If you meen a 17 year old woman and you want to go out with her, don't flatter her but let her know that she's not the only person available; a woman fainted on a crowded horse car, and told a seated man that he's not the only one deserving of respect; the narrator sees a man and woman in a relationship and the man professes love; he should know that he's not the only one around.

text: On cover [partially illegible]:  Greatest laughing success in [illegible]. Introduced and sung ith phenomeal success by the "little magnet" Lottie Gilson.  Cover includes photograph of Lottie Gilson with a reproduction of her signature.

text: words by Harry Braisted ; music by Stanley Carter.

title: You're not the only pebble on the beach

title: She's not the only pebble on the beach! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: It was your voice that spoke to me, your voice that thrilled me through. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1896New York ; ChicagoThe S. Brainard's Sons Co.

namePart: Ferber, Richard

namePart: Weatherly, Frederic Edward (1848-1929)

text: Rivers

text: Love songs

text: Dedication above caption title:  Respectfully dedicated to Mrs. W. F. Albright.

text: Cover illustration shows a modestly dressed woman looking out over a river in the background.

text: Summary:  The narrator recalls one night hearing a voice next to a river and is thrilled by the sound, and heard of its passion; that was your voice. That night has passed, and though you come no more, the narrator recalls your voice with the same thrill.

text: Version in C major.

text: words by Frederic E. Weatherly ; music by Richard Ferber.

title: Your voice

title: I heard a voice one night beside the river, one summer night far off in golden years. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: You're so good, Daddy, you're so good. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Starr, Hattie

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Waltzes

text: Adopted children

text: Cover illustration includes two drawings:  1) a young father holds an infant; 2) an elderly father sits next to a young woman.

text: On cover:  The great father song success.

text: Summary:  A workman finds an infant and takes her home hoping that she'll be a faithful daughter; she grows to love him; as he turns old and grey he tells his daughter she should find a good husband but she says she will not be happy knowing her father is alone.

text: words and music by Hattie Starr.

title: You're so good daddy

title: One day, a passing workman, found a little tiny baby. [first line]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Abott, Jessie

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Waltzes

text: Adopted children

text: On cover:  Favorite song successes introduced by the renowned specialty artists Abbott Sisters on their tour around the world. Cover includes photograph of the Abbott Sisters [i.e. Bessie Abott and Jessie Abott] and a list of their songs.

text: words and music by Hattie Starr.

title: You're so good daddy

text: Sheet music


title: No more will I buy my sweet thing pork chops! [first line of chorus]

namePart: Biller, Johnny

namePart: Harney, Benjamin Robertson (1872-1938)

text: African Americans

text: Ragtime music

text: African Americans

text: Capture & imprisonment

text: After chorus contains 40 measures of music for piano solo labeled Dance music.

text: Considered one of the first published ragtime songs.

text: Harney and Biller credited as co-composers beneath caption title. [Biller was the arranger.]

text: Photocopy, lacking cover.

text: Summary:  Using ethnic stereotyped language, the narrator describes being in a game of craps when a policeman puts him in jail.  The narrator offers farewells to his girlfriend. The narrator goes before a judge saying that he was at a crap game carrying a gun;  the judge and jury say he killed three African Americans in the first degree and can not be released on bail.

text: song by Harney & Biller.

title: You've been a good old wagon, but you've done broke down

title: I was standing in a crapgame doing no harm, baby! [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Light and airy as a feather. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897[s.n.]M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Fagan, Barney

text: African Americans

text: Social classes

text: Receptions -- Africa -- 1800-1899

text: Lacking cover.

text: Summary:  The four hundred best couples from Africa [i.e. African Americans] are assembling to have a "Rag" reception of high class quality; various people dance; at one point an argument ensues and knives drawn, but after an apology the reception continues happily.

text: words and music by Barney Fagan.

title: Africa's four hundred

title: Africa's four hundred, shining lights of fashion. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Àlàgàzam. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1897New yorkWillis Woodward & Co.

namePart: Metz, Theodore A. (1848-1936 )

text: Immigrants

text: African Americans

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: On cover:  Zulu march song and chorus.

text: Summary: A Zulu man immigrates to the United States and meets with an African American musical band but can only speak the word "Àlàgàzam"; they try to teach him English but all he said was that word as he played the bass drum; one day another Zulu immigrant thinks he recognizes the first, but the first is only able to respond with Àllàgàzam.

text: words by Monroe H. Rosenfeld ; music by Theo. A. Metz.

title: Àl là gà zam

title: A Zulu coon of great renown came over here one day. [first line]

title: Àlàgàzam was all dis Zulu coon could say and then he'd walk but wouldn't talk. [first line of chorus]

title: Àlàgàzam. [alternative title]

text: Sheet music


title: All life long I will love you, sweetheart, only you. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897Chicago and New York ; London ; TorontoPetrie Music Company ; Chas. Sheard & Co. ; Whaley Royce & Co.

namePart: Miller, Harry S.

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Cover includes a photograph of H. W. Petrie.

text: Summary:  [The question:] Will you love me all my life?  [The answer:] All life long.

text: words by Harry S. Miller ; music by H.W. Petrie.

title: All life long

title: "Will your love constant be?" asked a sweet young maid. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The Angelus sounds from the convent bells like a dear voice, low and tender. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New York, [etc.]; Boston, [etc.]Edward Schubert & Co. ; Carl Fischer, Inc.

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

namePart: Herbert, Victor (1859-1924)

text: Monks

text: Troubadours

text: Musicals

text: Cover includes images set in Middle Ages; on top: a man in front of a castle singing while playing a lute; on bottom: a gathering of monks holding music and singing.

text: Summary:  The bells of the convent ring for the Angelus calling people to prayer.

text: On cover:  The Serenade comic opera performed by the famous Bostonians.

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

title: The Angelus

title: Serenade. Angelus. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Altho' you bear another's name, one word would set old love aflame. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897LondonThe S. Brainard's Sons Co.

namePart: McGlennon, Felix (1856-1943)

text: Love songs

text: Regret

text: On cover:  A pathetic ballad.

text: words and music by Felix McGlennon.

title: Although you bear another's name

title: Altho' you bear another's name, I love you still - ah! can you blame? [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: She's known from Llondon to Paree, the gayest of the gay is she. [first line]

originInfo: 1897ChicagoSol. Bloom

namePart: Garrett, Michael B.

text: Flirting

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover includes drawing of a woman dancing with a closed parasol. Cover also includes photograph of an unidentified woman.

text: Summary: All men know Araminta, the "gayest of the gay" who is a charming girl.

text: words and music by Michael B. Garrett.

title: Araminta

title: Araminta, in the winter you're hot stuff. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 18971901New York[Sol. Bloom]

namePart: Melville, Janet

namePart: Stetson, Evaline

text: Flirting

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover includes a photograph of Janet Melville & Evaline Stetson.

text: Printed as the music supplement of The New York Journal and Advertiser, Sunday, April 28, 1901, pp. 5-8.

text: words and music by Michael B. Garrett.

title: Araminta

text: Sheet music


title: There's a little yaller gal right in this town, that I'm going to tell you all about. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New YorkManhattan Music Co.

namePart: Lane, Mary F.

namePart: Todd, Eugene

text: African Americans

text: Weddings

text: Sexual attraction

text: Caption above first bar of music:  "Rag" introduction.

text: Cover incldues drawing of an elegantly dressed African American woman wearing a hat and carrying a muff.

text: Summary: Armazindy is the best woman in town and I love her; we are going to be married. I'll be blushing at my wedding; in case there's a fight, better have a razor up your sleeve.

text: On cover:  Coon-song in the popular rag time.

text: words and music by Eugene Todd.

title: Armazindy Lee

title: Have you seen my Armazindy, she am my baby true. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Two soldiers lay on the battlefield at night when the sun went down. [first line]

originInfo: 1897Kansas City, MO.J.W. Jenkins' Sons

namePart: Wheeler, H. O. (Harry O.)

namePart: Anderson, Waldron W.

text: Soldiers

text: Death

text: Love

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Cover includes a photograph of H.O. Wheeler.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top right:  G. G. [?] Halberg.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  W. J. Dyer & Bro., Saint Paul, Minn.

text: Summary:  Two soldiers are dying on a battlefield, each holding a lock of hair, one from his girlfriend, one from his mother. As they die they are comforted by the thought of a woman who loves them.

text: words by Waldron W. Anderson ; music by H.O. Wheeler.

title: As the sun went down

title: Pale grew the dying lips of each. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Stormy the night and the waves roll high, bravely the ship doth ride. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New YorkF.A. Mills

namePart: Carr, Geo. H.

text: Lighthouses

text: Drowning

text: Bells

text: Ocean

text: Cover includes a photograph of Geo. H. Carr with a reproduction of his signature with the caption:  As sung by.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right:  Jenning's Music Store, 105-107 W. 4th St., Cincinnati, [Ohio].

text: Dedication on cover:  Dedicated to Mr. W. Nicholson, Corning, N.Y.

text: Version in the key of D major for bass and male quartet (2 tenors, 2 basses) used with bass soloist during the chorus.

text: Summary: On a stormy night, the lighthouse bell can be heard; on a ship are two lovers, unaware of the danger they face; the following day the sun shines, the wreckage lies on the shore, and the two lovers now rest in peace.

text: words by A.J. Lamb ; music by H.W. Petrie.

title: Asleep in the deep

title: Loudly the bell in the old tower rings, biding us list to the warning it brings. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Rodgers, J.

text: Bells

text: Lighthouses

text: Drowning

text: Ocean

text: On cover:  As sung with success by J. Rodgers.  Cover includes a photograph of J. Rodgers.

text: Version in the key of F major for baritone or contralto.

title: Asleep in the deep

text: Sheet music


namePart: Rogers, John P.

text: Bells

text: Lighthouses

text: Drowning

text: Ocean

text: On cover:  As sung with success by John P. Rogers.  Cover includes photograph of John P. Rogers.

text: Version in F major for baritone or contralto in the key of F major.

title: Asleep in the deep

text: Sheet music


namePart: Spiker, Rapeé

namePart: Tanner, Harry

text: Bells

text: Lighthouses

text: Drowning

text: Ocean

text: On cover:  As sung with success by Harry Tanner.  Cover includes photograph of Harry Tanner.

text: Version in D major for bass and male quartet (2 tenors, 2 basses) used with bass soloist during the chorus.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at bottom center:  Rapeé Spiker.

title: Asleep in the deep

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 18971898New York[Julie C. Petrie]

namePart: Early, John W.

text: Bells

text: Sailing ships

text: Lighthouses

text: Sea horses

text: Drowning

text: Ocean

text: On cover:  Sung by John W. Early with J. H. Haverly's American-European Minstrels'.

text: Cover includes a photograph [by Husser?] of a lighthouse set against breaking waves; cover also includes images of three-mast sailing ships and seahorses.

text: Published as the musical supplement of The New York Journal and Advertiser, December 10, 1898.

text: Version in F major for baritone or contralto.

text: words by Arthur J. Lamb ; music by H.W. Petrie.

title: Asleep in the deep

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1897New YorkM. Witmark & Sons

text: Bells

text: Lighthouses

text: Drowning

text: Ocean

text: Version in F major.

title: Asleep in the deep

text: Sheet music


text: Bells

text: Lighthouses

text: Drowning

text: Ocean

text: Version in D major [without male chorus].

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

title: Asleep in the deep

text: Sheet music


title: When that band of darkies began to play. [first line of chorus]

text: African Americans

text: Camp meetings

text: Social dancing

text: 19th century

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: Cover includes a drawing a clearing within a forest; a tent is in the background; in the foreground an African American man and woman bowing to each other before engaging in dance; behind them are several other couples in various stages of dancing.

text: Descriptive subtitle below caption title:  A song in black.

text: On cover:  A characteristic march which can be used effectively as a two-step, polka or cake walk.

text: Summary: African Americans of various characteristics gather for a camp meeting; after the meeting a hired band plays which made them happy; the music and the dancing were so nice the preacher did not think it was a sin.

text: by Kerry Mills.

title: At a Georgia campmeeting

title: A camp-meeting took place, by the colored race. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: The dance was nearly over, and as I left the hall. [first line]

originInfo: 1897[Nw York]Jos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Carter, Stanley

namePart: Braisted, Harry

text: Pride

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Photostat, lacking cover.

text: Summary: While leaving a social dance, the narrator overhears a couple arguing; the man says he can't marry now because it would offend his father; the woman cries that she gave up everything for him, and that if he's untrue, to tell her; the man relents and promises to marry her tomorrow; if his father turns him out, he's get a home for them both.

text: words by Harry Braisted ; music by Stanley Carter.

title: At the cost of a woman's heart, or, Parted through family pride

title: Parted through family pride, I gave up all for you, Jack. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Till we meet again. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1897Cincinnati, O. ; Boston ; ChicagoJ.C. Groene & Co. ; Oliver Ditson & Co. ; Lyon & Healy

namePart: Forrest, Harold

namePart: Hoffman, Albert Frank

namePart: Bakrow, Emanuel

text: Farewells

text: Summary:  The German phrase "auf wiedersehen" [until we meet again] is very affecting; it affects male and female lovers and offers consolation.

text: Dedication on cover:  Dedicated to my dear friend, Emanuel Bakrow, Louisville, Ky.

text: Cover illustration [signature illegible] shows a man and woman in faux Roman costume in a forest setting; the man sits on a rock, embracing the woman.

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

text: words by Albert Frank Hoffman ; music by Harold Forrest.

title: Auf wiedersehn, adieu

title: There's a quaint old phrase in the German and it always appeals to me. [first line]

title: Till we meet again. [alternative title]

text: Sheet music


title: Hushaby rockaby lullaby love. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18971898BrooklynSlafer & Ellis

namePart: Travis

namePart: Slafer, William E.

namePart: Donnolly, Robert J.

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: Dolls

authority: tgm

text: Sleeping

text: Summary:  May baby never know of guile or sorrow; mother watches over baby sleeping.

text: Cover includes engraving by Travis of a baby holding a doll, sleeping in a bed.

text: Pritned as a supplement to The World, Sunday, January 2, 1898.

text: words by Robert J. Donnolly ; music by Wm. E. Slafer.

title: Baby's crossing dreamlands border

title: Baby's crossing dreamlands border toa  land all free from guile. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Somewhere, somewhere, beautiful isle of somewhere! [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 190119241897ChicagoForster Music Publisher Inc.

namePart: Fearis, J. S. (John Sylvester) (1867-1932)

namePart: Pounds, Jessie Brown (1861-1921)

text: Heaven

text: Resurrection

text: Summary:  There is a place somewhere where the sun shines, birds sing, and God lives, add we live anew.

text: words by Jessie Brown Pounds ; music by John S. Fearis.

title: Beautiful Isle of Somewhere

title: Somewhere the sun is shining, somewhere the songbirds dwell. [first line]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 19011897ChicagoE.O. Excell

namePart: Euterpean Quartet

type: corporate

namePart: McKinley, William (1843-1901)

namePart: Levinger, Harriet

namePart: Levinger, Fannie

namePart: Bauhof, Jeannette

namePart: Baehrens, Katherine

text: Heaven

text: Resurrection

text: On cover:  As sung at the funeral of our martyred president William McKinley by the Euterpean Quartette.  Cover includes photographs of William McKinley and the Euterpean Quartette (Harriet Levinger, Fannie Levinger; Jeannette Bauhof, Katherine Baehrens).

text: Page [6] contaisn chorus score for men's voices.  Page [7] contains chorus score for women's voices; beneath caption title:  As sung by the Euterpean Quartet of Canton, Ohio.

text: Summary: Summary:  There is a place somewhere where the sun shines, birds sing, and God lives, add we live anew.

title: Beautiful Isle of Somewhere

text: Sheet music


title: There's a girl lives on the east-side, of this greater New York town. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New York ; LondonHowley, Haviland & Co. ; Chas. Sheard & Co.

namePart: Miller, Charles

text: Waltzes

text: Sexual attraction

text: Summary: There is a girl who is the talk of the town known as the Belle of New York; I'm going to date her and propose.

text: words and music by Charles Miller.

title: The Belle of Greater New York

title: She's not so very handsome, but she has such winning ways. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Ze American girl she walk like zis, in a haughty mannaire! [first line]

originInfo: 1897New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

text: On cover:  The fifth annual revue as produced at the New York Casino, staged by George W. Lederer.

text: Summary: Sung by the characters Harry and Fifi (the latter of whom uses a French accent) the song describes the differences between American and Parisienne women.

text: words by Hugh Morton ; music by Gustave Kerker.

title: La Belle Parisienne

title: Belle of New York. Belle parisienne. [uniform title]

title: Oh, la belle Parisienne she do capture all ze men. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

text: Women

text: France

text: Women

text: United States

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: Dealer's stamp on p. 3 at bottom center:  Ilsen & Co., music publishers, 25 & 27 W. Sixth Street, Cincinnati, O[hio].

title: La belle Parisienne

text: Sheet music


title: Together for a frolic we're assembled, as jolly boys adn girls to pass an evening gay. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Spencer, Attie

text: African Americans

text: Social dancing

text: 19th century

text: On cover:  Introduced by Miss Attie Spencer. Also sung with great success by DeHaven and Mai.  Coon song and refrain.

text: Cover includes a photograph of a young man and woman, possibly DeHaven and Mai.

text: Spelling of composer's name on cover:  Max Hoffman.

text: Summary:  The narrator encourages African American men and women to come dance the Bombashay and enjoy socializing.

text: song by Max Hoffman.

title: Bom-Ba-Shay

title: Salute your partners all hands round with a ha, ha, ha, ha. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The bonnie brier bush. [alternative title]

originInfo: 1897ChicagoChas. H. Gabriel

namePart: Craig, Adam

namePart: Gabriel, Chas. H. (Charles Hutchinson) (1856-1932)

text: Death

text: Human life cycle

text: Caption title:  The bonnie brief bush.

text: Chorus arranged for 4-part chorus (2 tenors, 2 basses).

text: Summary: The brief bush serves as a spot where all types of people converge; some pray to God, some go to depart; the narrator looks forward to meeting them in Paradise.

text: words by Adam Craig ; music by H. Gabriel.

title: Beside the bonnie brier bush

title: Beside the bonnie brier bush, what loving souls are there! [first line]

title: O the bonnie, bonnie, bonnie brier bush, with blossoms as white as the snow. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: If you want to run your shows, you must learn to puff and pose. [first line]

originInfo: 18971898[New York]New York Journal and Advertiser

namePart: Kiefert, Carl

text: Self-interest

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Conduct of life

text: Duet sung by Van Eyt and Taradelle.

text: On cover:  Duet from the new musical play The ballet girl. Cover includes photograph of a woman dressed as a ballerina.

text: Summary:  The characters offer humorous ideas on how to get ahead.

text: Printed as the musical supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser. January 2, 1898.

text: words by Adrian Ross ; music by Carl Kiefert.

title: A boom

title: Ballet girl. Boom. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Now I stand for the heroes of childhood, I'm one of them surely, you see. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Bowles, George H.

text: Nursery rhymes

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Childhood

text: Border of cover has silhouettes depicting various Mother Goose tales:  Bo-Peep, the old woman who lived ina  shoe, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and Jill, Litle Boy Blue, Jack Horner, Mother Hubbard, Contrary Mary, and the mouse that ran up the clock. In center, Mother Goose rides a broomstick with 2 geese nearby, while a cow jumps over the moon.

text: On cover:  Introduced in Junius Howe's production of Edgar Smith and Louis De Lange's musical extravaganza Mother Goose at the 14trh Street Theatre, New York.

text: Summary:  Bo-Peep mentions numerous nursery rhymes as an introduction to praising childhood.

text: Contains 16 bars of piano (only) music labeled "Dance" after chorus.

text: Cover gives primacy to title: Tales of Mother Goose; caption gives primacy to title: Bo-Peep.

text: words by Geo. Bowles ; music by Fred. Eustis.

title: Bo-peep, or, Tales of Mother Goose

title: Bo-peep, or, Tales of Mother Goose

title: Have you ever heard the tales of Mother Goose? [first line]

title: Mother Goose. Tales of Mother Goose. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: You take these wafesr to the play you give them to the actors. [first line]

originInfo: 1897Howard & CompanyGeorge L. Spaulding

namePart: Englander, Ludwig (1853-1914)

namePart: Rosenfeld, Sydney (1855-1931)

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Persuasion (Psychology)

text: Summary: Giving a wafer to various people has the effect of making them do what you want them to do.

text: On cover:  Songs from Klaw and Erlanger's new extravaganza A round of pleasure, produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre, N.Y.

text: words by Sydney Rosenfeld ; music by Ludwig Englander.

title: Brain wafers

title: Round of pleasure. Brain wafers. [uniform title]

title: You do not care waht people say you set your eye a winking. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: While the shot and shell were screaming upon the battle field. [first line]

originInfo: 1897Milwaukee, Wis.Chas. K. Harris

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

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

namePart: Barry, Lydia (d. 1932)

namePart: Wightman, Hazel Hotchkiss

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Cover includes drawn illustrations depicting a group of soldiers welcoming a recruit; soldiers examing the dead soldiers; a solder breaking the news to the soldier's mother.  Background of cover includes a United States flag and rifle; illustration belows shows recruit carrying the flag as he is wounded.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Lydia Barry.  Cover includes photograph of Lydia Barry.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top right:  Hazel Hotchkiss, Healdsburg, [California].

text: Summary:  During a military battle, the captain notes that the flag has fallen and asks for a volunteer to raise it; a young recruit volunteers and raises it but is shot, and his dying words are for others to remember him to his mother, and give his love to her.

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

title: Break the news to mother

title: Just break the news to mother, she knows how dear I love her. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Summary:  During a military battle, the captain notes that the flag has fallen and asks for a volunteer to raise it; the young recruit who volunteers raises it but is shot, and his dying words are for others to remember him to his mother, and give his love to her.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Nora Bayes.  Cover includes photograph of Nora Bayes.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


namePart: Britton, Evelyn

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Evelyn Britton.  Cover includes photograph of Evelyn Britton.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


namePart: Comer, Imogene

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Imogene Comer.  Cover includes photograph of Imogene Comer.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


namePart: Ross, Helen K.

namePart: Kilroy-Britton

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by the famous song illustrators Kilroy-Britton.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top right:  Helen K. Ross.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


namePart: Mackay, Julie

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at center left:  Steinert Music House, 313 Main St., Bridgeport, Ct.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Julie Mackey. Cover includes photograph of Julie Mackey.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


namePart: Moore, Raymon

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Raymon Moore. Cover includes photograph of Raymon Moore.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


namePart: Whiting sisters

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: On cover:  Played with great success by the Whiting sisters, with Kelly & Mason's "Who is who" co. Cover includes a photograph of the Whiting sisters.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 18971924New YorkChas. K. Harris

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Photograph of unidentified man on cover.  Cover design by Sydney Leff.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Cover includes photograph of unidentified woman singer.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right:  The J. H. Graham music house, Streator, Ill.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


namePart: Gettleman, Ben

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Cover includes drawn illustrations depicting a group of soldiers welcoming a recruit; soldiers examing the dead soldiers; a solder breaking the news to the soldier's mother.  Background of cover includes a United States flag and rifle; illustration belows shows recruit carrying the flag as he is wounded.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Ben Gettlemann.  Cover includes photograph of Ben Gettlemann.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


namePart: Hailey, K. S.

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top:  K. S. Hailey.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by Joe Natus.  Cover includes photograph of Joe Natus.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Summary:  During a military battle, the captain notes that the flag has fallen and asks for a volunteer to raise it; the young recruit who volunteers raises it but is shot, and his dying words are for others to remember him to his mother, and give his love to her.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by the Silvers.  Cover includes photograph of the Silvers.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1897New York, Chicago, TorontoChas. K. Harris

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Cover includes photograph of an unidentified woman singer.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 18971916New YorkChas. K. Harris

text: Drums

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

text: Cover includes a photograph superimposed on a drum of a dying soldier watched by three fellow soldiers.  Cover also includes note explaining reissue of song.

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


text: Drums

text: Soldiers

text: Love, Maternal

text: Dying declarations

text: Pathos

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


title: Break the news to mother

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

title: Break the news to mother

text: Sheet music


title: You have often seen the children blowing bubbles just for fun. [first line]

originInfo: 1897ChicagoTullar-Meredith Music Co.

namePart: Meredith, I. H.

namePart: Tullar, Grant Colfax

text: Children playing

text: United States

text: Bubbles

text: Waltzes

text: Cover drawing shows two children playing near the stoop of a building; the girl blow bubbles and the boy runs after them.

text: words by Grant Colfax Tullar ; music by I. H. Meredith.

title: Bubbles

title: Bubbles, bubbles, pretty, pretty bubbles. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The cooing we words that babies repeat, and the droop of sleepy head. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18971903New YorkAnita Comfort

namePart: Comfort, Anita

namePart: Tener, Nellie M.

text: Lullabies -- United States

text: On cover:  Slumber song as sung by Mme Calvé.  Cover includes photograph of Emma Calvé.

text: Published as a supplement to the New York Herald, April 19, 1903.

text: words by Nellie M. Tener ; music by Anita Comfort.

title: Calvé, sweet Calvé

title: I sing you to rest with adear old song, that echoes from days of yore. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Ma real thing's gone adn left me he thinks I trowed him down. [first line]

namePart: Kollins, King

text: African Americans

text: Humorous songs

text: Runaway husbands

text: Summary:  In stereotyped African American dialect and humor, a woman explains her man has gone away and befriended another woman, so that he won't be returning; he reportedly fled to Canada where he became mayor of a town, but fled when he heard detectives were coming to meet him.

text: On cover:  Introduced by Miss May Irwin, in the "Sweet Miss Fitzwell" Co.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  A coon delusion.

text: words and music by King Kollins.

title: Can't bring him back

title: Can't bring him back, can't bring him back. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Come, ye lofty! Come ye lowly let your songs of gladness ring. [first line]

originInfo: 1897[New York][Geo. W. Warren]

namePart: Warren, George William

namePart: Kerr

text: Christmas music

text: Printed as a supplement to New York Journal and Advertiser. December 5th, 1897.

text: Cover includes photograph of a young choirboy holding a choirbook and looking up.  Drawn illustrations by Kerr show two angelic figures looking down.

text: On cover:  Written for the journal by George William Warren, organist of St. Thomas Church.

text: music by George William Warren.

title: Come ye lofty, come ye lowly

title: Christmas carol. [alternative title]

text: Sheet music


title: It's Christmas in the old home. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897[New York]Howley, Haviland & Co. ; Chas. Sheard & Co.

namePart: Davison, Charles, Mrs.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Homesickness

text: Christmas music

text: Pathos

text: Dedication on cover and above caption title:  To my dear friend, Mrs. Charles Davison, New York.

text: Cover illustration shows a house and a nearby well; snow is covering the ground.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover:  Jesse C. Long pianos, Gibson mandolinsa dn guitars, sheet music, all kinds, 360 D Street, San Bernardino, Calif.

text: Summary:  It's Christmas and the family gathers in the home as in every year, but I'm away; grandfather tells a story of how grandmother had a sweetheart who was a soldier, but could not come on Christmas because he had died.

text: song by Gussie L. Davis.

title: Christmas in the old home

title: know that last night Santa Claus filled all the little stockings that were hanging up around the fireside. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: My heart is broke tonight, because ma baby flew. [first line]

namePart: Newcomb, Lew H.

namePart: Statia, Fred M.

text: African Americans

text: Desertion

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  A coon sensation.

text: Summary:  In ethnic stereotyped language, the narrator describes his girlfriend who left him for another; when she was sick he was good to her; he wishes for her return. She writes to say she's returning to him because the man she ran away with took her money and jewelry and he's just a con man.

text: On cover:  A terrific hit with Harry C. Cashman adn Ada Deaves in David Henderson's new production "Zenda's King" at the Gaiety Tehatre, Chicago, Ill. Also sung with great success by Geo. Evans the original "Honey boy."  Cover includes a photograph of George Evans.

text: words by Fred. N. Statia ; music by Lew H. Newcomb

title: Come back my honey I'se been waiting

title: Come back, my honey, I'se been waiting long. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Don't you hear the ocean roar as it beats up on the shore. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897Fort Smith, ArkansasFlorence Aimée Butler

namePart: Butler, Florence Aimée

text: Lutes

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Fans (Accessories)

text: American

text: United States

text: Waltzes

text: Ocean

text: Attachment behavior

type: citation/reference

text: Dedication on cover and above caption title:  Respectfully dedicated to Corinne.

text: Summary: The narrator waits for her boyfriend, a sailor, to return from a voyage, although she is depressed he is not near, since she hopes to be his bride. Onlookers shake their head since they know that the boyfriend's ship has sunk, but she continues to wait.

text: Cover drawing shows a woman playing a lute; a fan hangs on her belt.

text: by Florence Aimée Butler.

title: Come back to me I love you so

title: 'Tis now a year since last you sailed, my bonnie blue eyed sailor boy. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: I want to go back to my home again. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897[s.n.]Joseph W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Pritzkow, Louis W.

namePart: Lewis, Leona

text: Deception

text: Homesickness

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Husband and wife

text: Published as a supplement to the Sunday World , January 16, 1898. Above title:  The song this week-Jan. 27 [1897]--by America's popular vaudeville queen, Miss Leona Lewis, at Keith's Union Square Theatre.

text: Summary:  A husband comes home and finds his wife weeping; she explains she wants to go back to her family, to the ones she truly loves; he tells he will love her, but she turns away and says she's promised to another man.

text: First page of music includes a lithograph of a man and woman, apparently engaged in conversation.

text: words by Louis W. Pritzow ; music by Emma Carus.

title: The crimson chain

title: He came home at evening and found her in weeping. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: [Cuban flag.]

originInfo: 1897Rockledge, Pa.Geo. W. Newman

namePart: Newman, George W.

text: Piano music

text: Marches (Piano)

text: Dedication on cover:  Respectfully dedicated to the Cuban Army. Cover includes illustration of the Cuban flag.

text: by Geo. W.  Newman.

title: Cuba libre : march and two step

title: Cuba libre : march and two step

text: Sheet music


title: Serenade. Cupid and I. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1897New York; LondonEdward Schuberth & Co.

namePart: Herbert, Victor (1859-1924)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

text: Lutes

text: Cupids

text: Monks

text: Love songs

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Summary:  The narrator tells how Cupid found him and now he's in love, and his life is joyous.

text: Cover includes images set in Middle Ages; on top: a man in front of a castle singing while playing a lute; on bottom: a gathering of monks holding music and singing.

text: On cover:  The Serenade : comic opera...performed by the famous Bostonians.

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

title: Cupid and I

title: Cupid once found me a-dreaming lulled by the soft summer breeze. [first line]

title: Serenade. Cupid and I. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, while gazing o'er the papers, it was only yesterday. [first line]

originInfo: 1897[New York]Jos. W. Stern & Co.;

namePart: Thornton, James (1861-1938)

text: Medical care

text: Humorous songs

text: Lacking cover; in poor condition.

text: Summary:  The narrator tells of unusual and humorous cases which a pair of doctors have cured.

text: written and composed by James Thornton.

title: Curious cures

title: Ammonia and pneumonia were just the same to them. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The Czar of the Tenderloin, with great propriety. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897New YorkGeorge L. Spaulding

namePart: Johnson, Billy (1858-1916)

text: Criminals -- 1890-1899

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: Tenderloin (New York, N.Y.)

text: Truncheons

text: Cover includes a drawing of a police stick (truncheon).

text: Summary:  Many locations have heads of state to enforce law, but not in the Tenderloin of New York City where its czar rules in a manner typical of criminals.

text: by Bob Cole and Billy Johnson.

title: The Czar of the Tenderloin

title: America has a president and England has a Queen. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: You may talk of your Paris girls, they have chich and style and grace. [first line]

originInfo: 1897BostonBates & Bendix

namePart: Rosenfeld, Sydney (1855-1931)

namePart: Schindler, Paul

namePart: Pales, Jules

text: Women -- Clothing & dress -- 1890-1899

text: Women

text: New York (State)

text: New York

text: Musicals

text: Sexual attraction

text: Additional illustrations on remaining pages of music show additional women attired as on the cover.

text: Composer's name on cover is misspelled:  Paul Schindley [instead of Paul Schindler].

text: Cover illustration by Jules Pales shows a chorus line of women as if dancing a cancan, wearing long skirts, petticoats and black stockings; one woman stands in front of the others; the top edge of a conductor can be seen at the bottom of the cover.

text: On cover:  As sung in Klaw and Erlanger's production of Jack and the beanstalk.

text: Summary: While girls in Paris and London have their values, the real thing is a New York girl.

text: words by Sidney Rosenfeld, music by Paul Schindley.

title: Dangerous girls

title: Jack and the beanstalk. Dangerous girls. [uniform title]

title: Oh! We are the dangerous girls, as we flicker, flicker, flicker, flash, and flit. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: Women

text: Clothing & dress

text: New York (State)

text: New York

text: Women -- Clothing & dress -- 1890-1899

text: Musicals

text: Schottisches

text: Sexual attraction

text: Page 5 partially mutilated.

text: On cover:  As sung by the eight pretty maids in Klaw & Erlanger's production of Jack and the beanstalk. Cover includes photograph showing 4 of the women in costume of long skirts, petticoats, black stocking, and hats.

text: Note on page 5:  Dance. Tempo di Schottische for 12 bars of piano music.

text: words by Sidney Rosenfeld ; music by Paul Schindley.

title: Dangerous girls, or, Our git up and git

title: Dangerous girls, or, Our git up and git

text: Sheet music


title: When a coon of occupation sought to reach de heabenly nation. [first line]

originInfo: 1897[London ; New York ; [etc.]Allen & Dempsey ; Wenzlik Supply Co. ; [etc.]

namePart: Allen, Sam. E.

namePart: Wall, Stephen A.

namePart: Patterson, Kerr

text: African Americans

text: Gates

text: Heaven

text: Padlocks

text: Dedication above caption title:  Inscribed to my friend ex judge Kerr Paterson [i.e. Patterson], N.J.

text: Cover drawing shows two stone columns between which is a metal gate with an enlarged padlock.

text: Summary:  In stereotyped ethnic language, the narrator describes a black man who goes to heaven but finds the "golden gate" locked; he comes back down to earth to tell his fellow congregation, who are upset about the situation; they resolve to steal the padlock from the gate.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at top right:  R. S. Gutman, manufacturer & importer of musical instrumetns, strings, &c., no. 3 Ave A corner firs, near Houston St., New York.

text: words and music by Sam. E. Allen.

title: Dar's a Padlock on de Golden Gate

title: Niggars will all hab to stay down heah. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: When we march proudly by. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897Boston ; New York ; ChicagoWhite-Smith Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Hecht, Summit L.

namePart: Alexander, Sigmund B.

namePart: Dressler, Marie (1869-1934)

text: Bands

text: Humorous songs

text: Musicals

text: Women band directors

text: On cover:  As sung by Marie Dressler in "Courted into court." Cover includes a photograph by Elmer Chickering of Marie Dressler carrying a baton and leading various well-dressed guests who carry band instruments.

text: Summary: The narrator describers her father as the leader of a band that no one wanted to hear; the President takes her father to be a drum major leaving his daughter (the narrator) to be the leader of the band.

text: words by S.B. Alexander ; music by Summit L. Hecht.

title: The daughter of the leader of the band

title: Courted into court. Daughter of the leader of the band. [uniform title]

title: My dad was leader of a band of national repute. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: We sat within the garden she and I. [first line]

originInfo: 1897[New York]Primrose & West Music Pub. Co. ; Jos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Waters, Safford

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Desertion

text: Lacking cover.

text: Summary:  The narrator describes a meeting with a former girlfriend who had left him for another; he describes love as a day that has gone and can ever return; but she apologizes, acknowledging that she belongs to the narrator.

text: words and music by Safford Waters.

title: The day that's gone can never come again. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 19251897[s.n.]Primrose & West Music Pub. Co. ; Safford Waters

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Desertion

text: Lacking cover.

text: words and music by Safford Waters.

title: The day that's gone can never come again

text: Sheet music


title: Come on you sinners come and get religion. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Lovenberg, Chas.

text: African Americans

authority: aat

text: baptisms

text: United States

text: Humorous songs

text: Cover shows stereotyped drawings of African Americans: a preacher helps out of the water a surprised congregant who has just been baptized, while well-dressed men and women look on.

text: Summary:  In stereotyped ethnic language, Parson White encourages congregants to come to Dixon's Pool for baptisms; the narrator enumerates particular individuals and mentions that 67 African Americans were drowned in the pool

text: Subtitle on cover:  Affaire d'eau in Coondom.

text: words and music by Chas. Lovenberg.

title: De Baptizin' down at Dixon's pool

title: 'Twas a year last Thanksgivin', when old Parson White was livin', in de glory dat shines on Zion's land. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, de Coontown Guards came into twon to camp for a week or two. [first line]

text: African Americans

text: Color guards

text: Humorous songs

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: On cover:  Another "Leader of Co. B."  Comic march song refrain.

text: Summary:  In stereotyped ethnic language, the narrator describes an African American regiment that sets up and cleans a camp; the women are attracted to the camp, but the finest of all is the Captain; the women are attracted to him and he like them.

text: Cover includes an unidentified photograph, probably of Dave Reed Jr.

text: Cover drawing show a stereotyped image of an African American soldier in front of two tents.  One tent has two feet extruding from its bottom.

text: words and music by Dave Reed Jr.

title: De Captain of de Coontown Guards

title: He is a dandy, handy, sugar-coated swell, a perfect winner. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Ev'rybody is invited to attend a jubilee. [first line]

namePart: Williams, Bert (1874-1922)

namePart: Walker, George (1873-1911)

text: African Americans

text: celebrations

text: Chorus: Come on! good people, come and join dis Jubilee, Come on! good people, such funny sights you'll see, Come on! good people, fo' protected you will be, If you come to De Darkies Jubilee.

text: 1st verse:  Ev'rybody is invited to attend a Jubilee, All de colored population, will be admitted free, Dar'll be coons of ev'ry nation, And some nigs of high degree, To see that ev'rything's done to a "T," There'll be Princes from Dahomey, all de coons from Oakley-homey, Dar will be coons be neber known before on earth, Ev'rything that's like a coon, From a monk' to a baboon, Will be dar at De Darkies Jubilee.

text: 2nd verse:  If a coon gets kinder wild, and he think he's gwine to spile, Without he gets a chance to have a fight most ev'ry night, We will call our razor reg'ment, And dey'll settle for dis gent, You bet when they get through he'll be all right, And if any coon should get too loud, we'll throw him out the crowd, Ev'ry one must use his etiquette or leave, No! you need'nt be afraid, Of some coons big razorblade, They'll be checked at De Darkies Jubilee.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  Latest coon celebration.

text: by Williams and Walker.

title: De Darkie's Jubilee

title: Come on! good people, come and join dis jubilee. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: For I'm de swellest ladies coon in dis here town. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897[New York]Primrose & West Music Pub. Co.

namePart: Von Tilzer, Harry (1872-1946)

namePart: Primrose, Geo. H. (George H.) (b. 1852)

text: African Americans

text: Dandies -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1890-1899

text: On cover:  George H. Primrose's great coon hit.  Cover includes portrait photograph of George H. Primrose, and full-length photograph of him in blackface, carrying a walking stick.

text: Summary:  In stereotyped language, the narrator describes a convention of African Americans in New York, describing various types, after which he says he's the best of all; others are jealous but they do not compare.

text: words and music by Harry  von Tilzer.

title: De swellest ladies' coon in dis yer town

title: Dere are coons in every part of dis here country. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: I am weary and quite dreary, but you will not wonder why. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New YorkA.M. Hall

namePart: Harrison, Sadie

namePart: Estes, Kate

text: Male impersonators

text: Sexual attraction

text: Summary:  The narrator has been dating Elizabeth for a year but has not received an indication from her whether she's be willing to be his wife or not; he is driving himself to further despair because the wait increases his love.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right:  Texas Music Supply House, Beaumont, Texas.

text: Cover includes an unidentified photograph, presumably of Sadie C. Harrison, dressed in men's clothing.

text: words and music by Sadie C. Harrison.

title: Dear Elizabeth

title: Elizabeth, Elizabeth, don't you think you really could be mine. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Dear eyes, within whose tender depths, the soft, sweet love-light ever dwells. [first line]

originInfo: 1897Chicago ; New YorkFrank K. Root & Co.

namePart: Scott, Clara E.

namePart: Armstrong, Paul B.

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: Cover includes reproductions of a painting by an unidentified artist showing a man and woman in a wooded area; the man is seated, looking at the woman while holding her arms; she looks longing at him.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom left:  J. E. Olson Co., the "big store" music dept., Minneapolis.

text: Summary:  In her eyes and in her heart, the narrator sees love.

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

title: Dear eyes, dear heart

text: Sheet music


title: Upon your palisades high bluff's old Hudson oft have I stood and watched your waters flow. [first line]

originInfo:
1897

      New York

    Howley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Jackson, M. J.

namePart: Nolan, Mrs. Andrew A.

text: Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) -- 1800-1899

text: Cover drawing shows a moonlight evening, the moon shining, from a view near forests [?] on which a sailboat is cruising the Hudson River.

text: Summary:  The narrator admires the beauty of the Hudson River.

text: Dedication above caption title: Respectfully dedicated to Mrs. Andrwew A. Nolan. [Shorter dedication on cover].

text: On cover:  Companion to Paul Dresser's incomprable ballad "on the banks fo the Wabash, far away." Cover reproduces cover of the Dresser song.

text: words and music by John H. Flynn.

title: Dear old Hudson

title: Dear old Hudson, grand old Hudson, your palisades like sentinels, that guard your tranquil flow. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: When the dew is on the clover, dearest May. [first line]

originInfo: 1897BostonThe Howard Publishing Co.

namePart: Chase, Charles A. (Charles Augustus) (1833-1911)

namePart: Fisher, E. S.

text: Love songs

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  The latest and prettiest.

text: Summary:  The narrator likens nature to May, the woman of his affections.

text: Cover includes photograph of an unidentified woman.  Cover design by E. S. Fisher.

text: Dealer's stamp on page 3 at bottom center:  Gutman, No. 3 Ave. A, N.Y.

text: words and music by Chas. A. Chase.

title: Dearest May

text: Sheet music


title: Oh! that wicked roguish dimple in my darling lassie's chin. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 18971899[s.n.]Vicent Maggio

namePart: McHenry, Nellie (1852 or 3-1935)

namePart: Maggio, Vincent

text: Marriage proposals

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Sexual attraction

text: On cover:  Sung by the charming comedienne jolly Nellie McHenry.  Cover includes photograph of Nellie McHenry.

text: Printed as a musical supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, Jan. 22, 1899.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at top right margin:  W. H. Leonard, news dealer and stationer, 91 Congress St., Troy, N.Y.

text: Summary:  The narrator is entranced by many physical attributes of his girlfriend, but the dimple in her chin is the one he finds most attractive; when he asked her to marry it was the dimple that first revealed her affirmative answer.

text: composed by Vincent Maggio.

title: The dimple in her chin

title: My love is a brown eyed maid, with hair fo golden chestnut hue. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: What am de use dfor to tarry and toil, and to save up all your dough. [first line]

originInfo: 1897[s.n.]Theo. A. Metz

namePart: Brill, George Reiter (1867-1918)

namePart: Metz, Theodore A. (1848-1936 )

text: African Americans

text: Jealousy

text: Murder

text: Retribution

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  Comical coon song.

text: Cover drawing by George Reiter Brill shows a stereotyped male African American reaching into his pants pocket, looking unhappily at a woman walking arm-in-arm with a well-dressed man; the woman looks back with grinning face.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom right:  W. H. Rider, piano, wareooms, Kingston, N.Y.

text: Stamped on p. 4:  With the compliments of the Kroeger Piano Company, New York.

text: Summary:  In ethnic stereotyped dialect, the narrator is upset that his girlfriend Liza has taken up with another man, so he has no remorse for killing him; Liza then returns to the narrator proclaiming her love for him, but he won't believe her, and kills her.

text: by Theo. A. Metz.

title: Do your honey do

title: And I done him, cause I loved her, I carved him long, I carved him deep. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Sleep dolly dear, and I'll watch till you wake, my own. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897New York ; LondonMetropolitan Music Company ; Chas. Sheard & Co.

namePart: Bauer, Heinrich (1854-1915)

namePart: Cooper, George (1840-1927)

text: Waltzes

text: Children playing with dolls

text: Attachment behavior in children

text: Cover includes a photograph of Heinrich Bauer.

text: Cover includes photograph of a young girl holding a doll over a wooden cradle.  Credit on photograph:  Core photographer, 251 5th Ave., N.Y. Portraits of children only.

text: Summary:  The narrator (apparently a young girl) speaks affectionately to her doll, telling how the doll provides comfort by letting her speak to it, despite the damage done by a boy she still loves the doll; when the narrator gets older and falls in love she will still love the doll who provides emotional comfort.

text: words by George Cooper ; music by H. Bauer.

title: Dolly dear

title: My dolly dear I love you so you are my pet. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: In the pretty country village where I liv'd when but a boy. [first line]

originInfo: 1897LondonJos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Witt, Max S.

namePart: Taggart, George H.

namePart: Barry, Lydia (d. 1932)

namePart: Ballin, Charles

text: Children

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Dedication above caption title:  Dedicated to our friend Chas. Ballin.

text: On cover:  Sung with phenomenal success by the beautiful contralto Miss Lydia Barry.  A leading ballad in public estimation.

text: Cover designer's device in lower left of picture.

text: Cover includes photograph of a woman at a doorstep speaking to a young girl and young boy.  A field is in the distance.

text: Summary:  The narrator recalls when he was a child and used to walk a neighbor, Kate, to school; Kate's mother warned him not to let Kate lose her way. Years later as adults, Tom sees Kate and wants to walk her home; Kate refuses but Tom reminds Kate of her mother's words, saying they apply currently as they did when they were children.

text: words by George H. Taggart ; music by Max S. Witt.

title: Don't let her lose her way

title: "Don't let her lose her way!" her mother used to say. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Don't say good bye forever, once more you smile let me see. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897New York ; Chicago ; LondonJos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Gilmore, B. F.

namePart: Leonard, J. F

namePart: Gilson, Lottie

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Farewells

text: Desertion

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  Cooper Music Company, 716 J Street, Sacramento, California.

text: Cover designer's device at lower left.

text: On cover:  The new "Say au revoir" sung with distinguished success by John Early with Haverly's Minstrels. Introduced with great success by the incomparable Lottie Gilson.  Cover includes a photograph of Lottie Gilson.

text: Summary: The narrator, apparently a woman, pleads with John not to leave her and the child.

text: words and music by Gilmore and Leonard.

title: Don't say good-bye forever

title: Don't say good bye forever, don't cast my love aside! [first line]

text: Sheet music


originInfo: 1897[New York ; Chicago ; London]Jos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Mack, G.

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Farewells

text: Desertion

text: Professional copy, lacking cover.

text: Signature of former owner on first page of music at top left:  G. Mack.

text: words and music by Gilmore and Leonard.

title: Don't say good-bye forever

text: Sheet music


title: I'm merely just passing through town boys, with plenty fo moeny and clothes. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New YorkD. Müller

namePart: Harrigan, Edward (1844-1911)

namePart: Braham, George (d. 1952)

namePart: Duryee, A. R.

text: Waltzes

text: Flirting

text: Dealer's stamp on bottom center of p. 3:  Gutman, No. 3 Ave. A., N.Y.

text: Dedication on cover:  Respectfully dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Tony Pastor. Cover includes a photograph of Tony Pastor.

text: Summary:  The narrator tells of the good time he has at night in town, flirting with women, but asks friends not to tell his wife Maria.

text: Designer of cover:  A. R. Duryee, N.Y.

text: words by Edward Harrigan ; music by George F. Braham.

title: Don't tell Maria

title: I'm a gay boy, this life I enjoy, no husband was any more slyer. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: The door is always open, her mother watches there. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897New YorkFrank Harding

namePart: Graham, Charles, composer

namePart: Keefer, Emil

namePart: Hess, Emma

text: Runaway children

text: Waltzes

text: On cover:  Arranged & sung by Emil Keefer. Cover includes photograph of Emil Keefer.

text: On cover:  Dedicated to Miss Emma Hess.  The latest ballad.

text: Summary:  The narrator tells of a family living in the city; but Annie, the daughter doesn't live at home; her mother always leaves the door open just in case she returns.  The narrator hoped to marry Annie, but she went her own way instead; her mother still waits for her.

text: by Chas. Graham

title: The door is always open

title: 'Tis not about a palace, but a simple tale I know. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: When the golden summer sun peeps o'er the distant hills. [first line]

originInfo: 18971898[New York][Jos. W. Stern & Co.]

namePart: De Koven, Reginald (1859-1920)

text: Guitars

text: Doves

text: Waltzes

text: Cover includes reproduction of a painting of a young girl with a basket of flowers, seaten on steps with doves and pigeons eating from birdseed she has provided.

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at top center:  W.H. Leonard, New dealer & stationer, 91 Congress St., Troy, N.Y.

text: Drawings of a 17th century Dutch serenader with guitar are found on pages 2-3.

text: Published as the musical supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser, March 27, 1898.

text: words and music by Andrew Mack.

title: Dove song

title: Coo-oo! Coo-oo! List' to the song of teh beautiful dove. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: I answer, laugh thou careless sea. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897Brooklyn, NYCharles Coleman

namePart: Chambers, Augusta Howe

namePart: Coleman, Charles (1885-1951)

text: Love

text: Waltzes

text: Ocean

text: Cover includes drawing of a man and woman on a sea shore or beach, gazing at waves.  In the distance a sail boat can be seen.

text: Summary:  The narrator tells of losing love while at the sea shore, the waves metaphorically speaking of love as fickle as fleeting as waves, yes the narrator prays for his love's return; the narrator realizes that love is dead, and the waves provide confirmation.

text: words and music by Augusta Howe Chambers.

title: Down by the sea

title: Down by the sea one day I lost my foolish heart. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Serenade. Dreaming, dreaming. [uniform title]

originInfo: 1897New York ; LondonEdward Schuberth & Co.

namePart: Herbert, Victor (1859-1924)

namePart: Smith, Harry Bache (1860-1936)

text: Dreaming

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Summary: The narrator dreams of receiving a kiss from a woman, but when he awakes there is no one there; in dreams things are not as they really are; the narrator tells how his family assured him he was the only heir of his wealthy grandfather; but when grandfather passed he left his wealth to others.

text: On cover:  [From] "The serenade" comic opera in three acts.

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

title: Dreaming, dreaming

title: Dreaming, dreaming, talking in my sleep. [first line of chorus]

title: One afternoon while dozing, my eyes a moment closing. [first line]

text: Sheet music


text: Lutes

text: Monks

text: Dreaming

text: Musicals

text: Lutenists

text: Cover includes border design showing a man in medieval dress with a lute singing to a castle.  Also showsa group of monks singing from music.

text: Summary:  In the first verse, the male narrator recalls a dream in which a woman caressed him, but when he awoke she was not there. In the second verse he describes a wealthy grandfather who died and left his money to frivolous things.  The chorus states the fleeing and illusory quality of dreams.

text: On cover:  Performed by the famous Bostonians.

title: Dreaming, dreaming

text: Sheet music


text: Lutes

text: Monks

text: Dreaming

text: Musicals

text: Lutenists

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  G. Schirmer, 35 Union Square, New York.

title: Dreaming, dreaming

text: Sheet music


title: Last night de darkies had a jubilee, mm. [first line of song]

originInfo: 1897New YorkT.B. Harms & Co.

namePart: Walker, George (1873-1911)

namePart: Williams, Bert (1874-1922)

namePart: Ward, Chas. B.

text: African Americans

text: Parties

text: Summary:  Using stereotyped language, describes a jubilee held the previous night, mentioning participating individuals; after drinking, then describes that the evening ended with a fight at which the participants pulled razors.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover and beneath caption title:  Eccentric coon song.

text: On cover:  Sung with great success by the two real coons Williams and Walker.  Cover includes lithograph of Bert Williams and George Walker in blackface, one well-dressed holding a cane, and the other wearing more modest clothing.

text: words by Dave Reed Jr. ; music by Chas. B. Ward.

title: Enjoy yourselves

title: Enjoy yourselves, keep all yer razors in yer inside pocket. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Every day at the station he waits and waits in vain. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897New YorkCarleton Cavanagh & Co.

namePart: Weber, Chas.

text: Railroad stations

text: Separation (Psychology)

text: Pathos

text: Dedication above caption title:  Respectfully insribed to Messrs. Primrose and West.

text: Summary:  An old man waits in vain at the railroad station for the promised bride who never came.  She was on a train that had gotten wrecked and so she's dead, but he still waits for her.

text: Cover includes photograph of a railroad station with a handful of people waiting.  An elderly man sits on a wagon.  Inset contains portrait photograph [of Chas. Weber?].

text: On cover:  Chas. Weber's big hit in Primrose & West's Minstrels.

text: words and music by Gussie L. Davis.

title: Every day at the station

title: At a little railroad station, sits an old man ev'ry day. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Yes, I shall see Him, face to face. [first line of refrain]

originInfo: 18971902Boston, Mass.Waldo Music Co.

namePart: Johnson, Herbert (1861-1904)

text: Mortality

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  Sacred song.

text: Version in F major for medium voice.

text: Summary:  Approaching death, the narrator understands the need to come face to face with God.

text: words and music by Herbert Johnson.

title: Face to face

title: I know not now how soon 'twill be. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: You know the yarn of Puss-in-Boots, of Jack who climbed the beanstalk shoots. [first line]

namePart: Daniels, Frank (1860-1935)

text: Fairy Tales

text: Waltzes

text: Musicals

text: Truthfulness and falsehood

text: Contains 16 bars of piano (only) music labeled "Dance" after the chorus.

text: Cover includes drawing of a four-armed seated statue in the style of Indian religious figures, with patterned backgrounds and borders.

text: On cover:  As performed by the Frank Daniels Comic Opera Company.

text: Summary:  Fairy tales, although we hear them every day are just illusions; so too can be the utterings of a woman.

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

title: Fairy tales

title: Fairy tales, fairy tales, we hear them ev'ry day. [first line of chorus]

title: Idol's eye. Fairy tales. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, fill me a flagon as high as you please. [first line]

namePart: O'Mara, Joseph

text: Courtship

text: Drinking songs

text: Musicals

text: Printed as a supplement to New York Journal and Advertiser, December 25, 1897.

text: Summary:  In the course of a drinking song, the character describes the vicissitudes of courting women.

text: Cover includes lithograph of a masked man on horseback; image is in black and white, but mask and cape are colored red.

text: On cover:  Song from "The Highwayman", Smith and DeKoven's latest and greatest success as sung by Joseph O'Mara.

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

title: Farewell to the King's Highway

title: Highwayman. Farewell to the king's highway. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


text: Courtship

text: Drinking songs

text: Musicals

text: Cover includes drawn illustration of a masked man with cape on a horse.

title: Farewell to the King's Highway

text: Sheet music


text: Courtship

text: Drinking songs

text: Musicals

text: Dealer's stamp on cover at bottom center:  Luckhardt & Belder, 10 West 17th Street [?], New York.

title: Farewell to the King's Highway

title: Farewell to the King's Highway

text: Sheet music


title: There's a lot of argmentation round the colored population 'bout Liza Green the wench that changed her color. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New YorkF.A. Mills

namePart: Rogers, Ed

text: African Americans -- Social life -- 1890-1899

text: African Americans -- Women -- 1890-1899

text: Fans (Accessories)

text: American

text: United States

text: Cover illustration includes a hand fan among floral designs.

text: Descriptive subtitle on cover:  A colored revelation.

text: Summary:  In stereotype dialect, song describes Liza Green having changed her color from black to white (yellow) is now the talk of African Americans who despise her since she will no longer associate with them, and has purchased a dress to match her new skin color.

text: by Ed. Rogers.

title: The first wench done turned white

title: Says Miss Liza Green, you will seldom see another wench that can change like me. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Is it true fair Columbia's star has set to rise no more? [first line]

originInfo: 18971898New YorkHowley, Haviland & Co.

namePart: Morton, Dorothy (19th cent.)

namePart: Furst, William (1852-1917)

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

type: name

nameType: personal

text: Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits

text: Patriotic music

text: Cover includes reproduction of the painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emanuel Leutze; cover border includes red stripes and blue stars in imitation of American flag.

text: On cover:  Sung by Dorothy Morton [of the] Whitney Opera Co. at the Heradl Square Theatre, N.Y.

text: Each page of music contains patriotic illustrations of American life.

text: Published as the musical supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser, February 27, 1898.

text: words by J. Cheever Goodwin ; music by William Furst.

title: For old glory

title: For they'll know no north nor south, they'll know no east nor west, but they'll all know the one land of all lands the best. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


namePart: Mora, Eleanor

text: Flags

text: American

text: Patriotic music

text: On cover:  As sung by Eleanor Mora.  Cover includes portrait drawing of Eleanor Mora. Cover also includes  drawing of a United States flag. Cover designer's name: Igoe.

text: Printed as a supplement to the Sunday Examiner, May 8, 1898.

title: For old glory

text: Sheet music


title: Highwayman. For this. [uniform title]

originInfo: 18971898New YorkG. Schirmer

namePart: De Koven, Reginald (1859-1920)

namePart: Stanfield, Leontine

namePart: D’Arville, Camille

text: Love songs

text: Musicals

text: Cover includes portrait photograph (copyright 1896) of Camille d'Arville in costume for The highwayman.  Rear cover includes full-length photograph of d'Arville in costume.

text: Pages 2-7 include drawings around borders of music, presumably of scenes from The highwayman.

text: On cover:  Reginald De Koven's successful new song "For this" sung by Camille d'Arville in "The highwayman" at the Broadway Theatre, New York.

text: Printed as the musical supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser, February 20, 1898.

text: words by Leontine Stanfield ; music by Reginald de Koven.

title: For this

title: Could I but fold you to my throbbing breast, and still the longing of its wild unrest. [first line]

title: Highwayman. For this. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: I know a place, where the sun is like gold. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New YorkLuckhardt & Belder

namePart: Wendell, Clarence T.

namePart: Higginson, Ella (1862-1940)

namePart: Browneil, Leila M.

text: Love

text: Four-leaf clovers

text: Hope

text: Property stamp of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. on cover.

text: Summary:  One must be like a four-leaf clover whose leaves represent hope, faith, love, and luck.

text: Dedication on cover and above caption title:  To Mr. Clarence T. Wendell.

text: Signature of former owner on cover at top right:  F. I. Hendrich [? partially obscured by property stamp and cut edge].

text: Cover illustration depicts a group of four-leaf clovers.

text: words by Elia Higginson ; music by Leila M. Brownell.

title: Four leaf clover

text: Sheet music


title: Life can offer naught so sweet as a friendship firm and true. [first line]

namePart: Carroll, Rich. F. (Richard F.)

namePart: Kerker, Gustave (1857-1923)

text: Love songs

text: Musicals

text: Below caption title:  Duett (Kismet and Dan).

text: On cover:  Kismet, comic opera, as produced by Carroll & Kerker Opera Company.

text: Summary:  Kismet and Dan speak of friendship while furtively wishing for love.

text: words by R.F. Carroll ; music by Gustave Kerker.

title: Friendship

title: Kismet. Friendship. [uniform title]

text: Sheet music


title: Last night the darkies gave a ragtime ball. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New York ; LondonF.A. Mills ; Chas. Sheard & Co.

namePart: Jones, Irving

text: African Americans

text: Fighting

text: Dance parties

text: Razor blades

text: Subtitle: Instructions from the boss.

text: On cover: picture of Jones, Grant & Jones.

text: words and music by Irving Jones.

title: Get your money's worth

title: Get your money's worth I've had my gin and feel mighty glad. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: You would like to hug and kiss. [first line of chorus]

originInfo:
1897

      New York ; Chicago

    M. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Mann, Nat. D. (Nathaniel D.)

text: Women

text: France

text: Paris (France)

text: Sexual attraction

text: Alternate title: You would like to hug & kiss; N'est pas ; Res-tez-la.

text: [Dancing young lady.]

text: words by Edgar Smith ; music by Nat. D. Mann.

title: The girl from Paris

title: A shy mam'zelle you see. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: You say I'm a thief and a beggar. [first line]

originInfo:
1897

      Ocean spring, Miss.; New York ; [etc.]

    Evans Music Co. ; E.T. Paul ; [etc.]

namePart: Brainard, Maggie D.

namePart: Meyer, August

text: San Francisco (Calif.)

text: Beggars

text: Poverty

text: Grandmothers

text: Larceny

text: On cover: drawing of a boy in torn clothes.

text: words by Maggie D. Brainard ; music by August Meyer.

title: Granny and me

text: Sheet music


title: I love to dream of old school days. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New YorkHamilton S. Gordon

namePart: Minnis, Frank

text: Schools

text: Reminiscing

text: On cover: picture of kids in school uniforms.

text: words and music by Frank Minnis.

title: Happy old school days

title: Ding, dong, ding, dong, goes the old school bell. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Oh Hattie you're so neat and natty. [first lineof chorus]

originInfo: 1897New YorkMadison Square Pub. Co.

namePart: Hoyt, Charles Hale (1859-1900)

text: Friendship

text: Man-woman relationships

text: A stranger in New York.

text: On cover: A little dog drinking from the bottle via a pipe.

text: lyrics by Chas. Hoyt ; music by Richard Stahl.

title: Hattie

title: I know a little girl uptown. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: O'er the lake they calmly glided. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New YorkW.C. Parker

namePart: Shepard, G. W.

namePart: Devlin, John H.

text: Death

text: Fathers and daughters

text: Betrothal

text: Love songs

text: Man-woman relationships

text: words by G.W. Shepherd ; music by John H. Devlin.

title: He will be my father too

title: Don't say, love, that you must part! [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: She had a heart that was pure. [first line]

originInfo: 1897Marlboro, Mass.Warner Music Co.

namePart: Warner, J. H.

namePart: Warner, B. T.

text: Traitors

text: Waltzes

text: Man-woman relationships

text: words by B.T. Warner ; music by J.H. Warner.

title: Heart-broken Nellie

title: Only a story that oft, oft is told. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Waiting the day for his return, waiting to see him home. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New York ; ChicagoM. Witmark & Sons

namePart: Rogers, Ed

text: Family reunions

text: Waltzes

text: Mothers & children

text: words and music by Ed. Rogers.

title: Her absent son

title: A fond loving fam'ly were gathered around. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: In a cottage over yonder sits a mother and her child. [first line]

originInfo: 1897New YorkJos. W. Stern & Co.

namePart: Rosenfeld, Monroe H.

namePart: Comer, Imogene

text: Death

text: Police

text: Mothers & children

text: Larceny

text: On cover: picture of Imogene Comer and four vignettes dramatizing lyrics..

text: words and music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld.

title: A hero till judgement day

title: He gave up his life in the cause of duty. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: His mother is waiting and hoping to welcome her darling boy. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897BostonThe Howard Publishing Co.

namePart: Willson, Ray

namePart: Chase, C. A.

text: Sailing

text: Waltzes

text: Mothers & children

text: On cover: picture of Lizzie B. Raymond.

text: words by Ray Wilson; music by C.A. Chase.

title: His mother is waiting and hoping

title: A ship was weighing anchor in a port across the sea. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Wild blows the wind. [first line]

namePart: Wilcox, J. C.

namePart: Depew, G. Arthur

text: Sailing ships

text: Sailors

text: Storms

text: Reunions

text: Man-woman relationships

text: No cover.

text: words by J.C. Wilcox ; music by G. Arthur Depew.

title: Homeward bound

title: Wild blows the wind. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: I got a yaller gal and her name is "Sal." [first line]

originInfo: 1897London?]Broder & Schlam

namePart: Williams, Bert (1874-1922)

text: African Americans

text: Gambling

text: Balls (Parties)

text: Man-woman relationships

text: No cover.

text: words and music by Ernest Hogan, Bert. A. Williams.

title: Honey, you made a hit with me

title: Honey, you made a hit with me. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


title: Honey you sure look right. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Jones, Irving

text: African Americans

text: Man-woman relationships

text: [Mr. J. Flatow and Miss K. Dunn. A special pose for the Sunday Journal. Photo by Rockwood.]Musical supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser. June 5, 1898.

text: words and music by Irving Jones.

title: Honey you're the warmest gal in town

title: Have you seen Miss Hannah Brown. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: Two little piccaninnies sitting on a stile. [first line]

namePart: Mann, Nat. D. (Nathaniel D.)

text: African Americans

text: African American children

text: Flirting

text: Schottisches

text: On cover: drwaing of two black children on a fence.

text: On cover: Maxwell & Simpson

text: words and music by Nat. D. Mann.

title: Honey, you'se ma lady love

title: Honey, you'se ma lady love. [first line of chorus]

text: Sheet music


text: African Americans

text: African American children

text: Flirting

text: Schottisches

text: On cover: Maxwell & Simpson

text: words and music by Nat. D. Mann.

title: Honey, you'se ma lady love

text: Sheet music


title: Wir sind dies Bumm, Bumm, Bumm. [first line of chorus]

originInfo: 1897New YorkCarl Fischer

namePart: Pleininger, Carl F.

text: Marches (Voice with piano)

text: On cover: drawing of man and women at a parade.

text: march by Carl F. Pleininger.

title: The Hoodlums (Paradebummler)

title: Parade, ja Parade, wie das alle uns elektrisirt. [first line]

text: Sheet music


title: I went a callin', Sunday, on ma go to meetin gal. [first line]

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

text: African Americans

text: Fighting

text: Razor blades

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Interpersonal conflict

text: On cover: picture of Williams & Walker.

text: words by Raymond A. Browne ; music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld.

title: I don't care if yo' nebber comes back

title: I don't care if yo' nebber comes back

text: Sheet music


text: African Americans

text: Fighting

text: Razor blades

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Interpersonal conflict

text: No cover.

title: I don't care if yo' nebber comes back

title: I don't care if yo' nebber comes back

text: Sheet music


title: Oh, I don't know how to tell yer how I lubs yer. [first line of chorus]

namePart: Scott, Bennett

namePart: Lloyd, Marie

text: African Americans

text: Love

text: Man-woman relationships

text: Marie Lloyd. / Supplement to the New York Journal and Advertiser. Nov. 14, 1897.

text: written and composed by Bennett Scott.

title: I've got some lubly thoughts could I but speak them. [first line]

text: Sheet music