COLLECTION OF SONGS AND MUSIC BY MINNESOTA COMPOSERS:

An Inventory of Sheet Music at the Minnesota Historical Society

Music, Notated

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Title:Collection of songs and music by Minnesota composers.
Dates:1868-1947.
Language:Materials in English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish.
Abstract:Contains songs and music published in Minnesota or songs and music published elsewhere by composers residing in Minnesota.
Quantity: 163 scores.
Location:Folio M1629.7 .M55 C65: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item here]. Collection of Songs and Music by Minnesota Composers, 1868-1947. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Processing Information:

Processed by: Rich Arpi, Dave Ehasz, and Sarah Quimby, June-November 2010.

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported by the generosity of the Bean Family Fund for Business History.

Catalog ID number: 006918643


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/Collapse AAKHUS, DANIEL.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Dan's old time waltz / composed by Daniel Aakhus. Minneapolis, Minnesota : C.O. Mortrud, Jr., c1935. 1 score (3 pages).

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Cavern echoes : a goblin dance / composed by Ned Abbott. Minneapolis, Minnesota : C.C. Pillsbury Co., 1905. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Dedicated to my father.
Cavern echoes : a goblin dance Digital version
Goldenrod : (intermezzo) / composed by Ned Abbott. Chicago, Illinois : Victor Kremer Co., 1906. 1 score (5 pages).
Goldenrod : (intermezzo) Digital version
Gordon fashion waltz / composed by Ned Abbott. St. Paul, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).
Dedicatee: Gordon Furs.
Copyright: Oakley Stout, 1918.
Gordon fashion waltz Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 You only you / words by Hjalmer Erickson ; music by J.E. Andino. Red Wing, Minnesota : Hjalmer Erickson, 1916. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Last night until late I was at the gate
First line of chorus: Only you in my thoughts
You only you Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Picture in my heart ; I bring you dreams / verses and melody by Guy Atherton ; piano arrangement by Louis Rosenberger. St. Paul, Minnesota : Guy Atherton, 1944. 2 scores (4 pages).
First line of text: We can not read the history that lies within the future's maze
First line of text: I bring your dreams of bright and sunny hours
Sweet and petite ; The way of Katy / verses and melody by Guy Atherton ; piano arrangement by Louis Rosenberger. St. Paul, Minnesota : Guy Atherton, 1943. 2 scores (4 pages).
First line of text: Lady with the starry eyes, of you I am dreaming
First line of text: Katy's arranged her baking dress, busily stirring some doughy mess

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Classified : a song dedicated to Miss Corinne Griffith / words by Lawrence C. Hodgson ; music by Oscar F. Baum. St. Paul, Minnesota : St. Paul Dispatch and St. Paul Pioneer Press, 1925. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: John Jones was born on Sunday and he was a proper child
First line of chorus: Classified just classified thus did Johnny start upon his slide

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The golden west : waltz song / words and music by Gordon Bay ; piano accompaniment by Dorothea Bay. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Gordon Bay, 1931. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Out in the west there's a little love nest, and the one I am longing to see
First line of chorus: Oh, how I am longing to be, out there were life is so free

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Break, break, break / poem by Tennyson ; music by Frank Bibb. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Paul A. Schmitt, 1911. 1 score (6 pages).
Dedicatee: Eleanor Nesbitt Poehler.
First line of text: Break, break, break, on thy cold gray stones, o sea!
Break, break, break Digital version
Hymn to Apollo / words by John Lylye ; music by Frank Bibb. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Paul A. Schmitt, 1911. 1 score (6 pages).
Dedicatee: Agnes Griswold Kinnard.
First line of text: Sing sing to Apollo god of day
Hymn to Apollo Digital version
Persian love song / composed by Frank Bibb. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Paul A. Schmitt, 1911. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Francis Chamberlain.
First line of text: Alas, that Spring should vanish with the rose!
Note: From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
Persian love song Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Panama Exposition : rondo-two step / composed by J.G. Bishop ; arranged by Ribe Danmark. St. Paul, Minnesota : J.G. Bishop, 1915. 1 score (5 pages).
Panama Exposition : rondo-two step Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Amaryllis the much admired air / composed by King Louis XIII ; arranged by Chas. D. Blake. St. Paul, Minnesota : Dyer and Howard, 1873. 1 score (5 pages).
Series note: Ripples of Melody : a collection of beautiful airs easily arranged for young people by Chas. D. Blake.
Amaryllis the much admired air Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Cowboy song, Op.14, no. 2 / composed by James A. Bliss. New York, New York : J. Fischer and Bro., 1923. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Mr. McElroy-Johnston.
First line of text: Eyes like a morning star, cheek a-like a rose, Lora was a pretty girl, ev'rybody knows
Hiawatha songs, Op. 10 / composed by James A. Bliss. Minneapolis, Minnesota : James A. Bliss, 1921. 1 score (14 pages).
Dedicatee: Mrs. McElroy-Johnston, Kathleen Hart Bibb, Lora Lulsdorff, Wm. Goodfellow, respectively.
Note: Songs from Longfellow's "Hiawatha."
Contents note: 1. Hiawatha's song--2. Adjidaumo, the squirrel--3. The rainbow--4. Pau-puk-keewis dances.
Hiawatha songs, Op. 10 Digital version
Hiawatha's song, Op. 10, no. 1 ; Adjidaumo the Squirrel, Op. 10, no. 2 / words by H.W. Longfellow ; composed by James A. Bliss. New York, New York : J. Fischer and Bro., 1921. 1 score (7 pages).
Dedicatee: Mrs. McElroy-Johnston.
First line of text: In the land of the Dacotahs lives the arrow maker's daughter, Minn-e-ha-ha, Laughing Water
First line of text: Then said Hi-a-wa-tha to him, O my little friend the squirrel
Hiawatha's song, Op. 10, no. 1 ; Adjidaumo the Squirrel, Op. 10, no. 2 Digital version
Old English "Barbara Allen," Op. 13, no. 1 / composed by James A. Bliss. New York, New York : J. Fischer and Bro., 1926. 1 score (3 pages).
Dedicatee: Dr. and Mrs. Elmquist.
Sha-won-da-see (the south wind), Op. 11, no. 3 / composed by James A. Bliss. New York, New York : J. Fischer and Bro., 1923. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Mrs. F.H. Snyder.
First line of text: Sha-won-da-see fat and lazy had his dwelling far to south-ward
Series note: Songs from Longfellow's "Hiawatha."
Skarl the drummer, Op. 16, no. 1 / composed by James A. Bliss. New York, New York : J. Fischer and Bro., 1923. 1 score (7 pages).
Dedicatee: Minnie Carey Stine.
First line of text: There was silence on Pegãna save for the drumming of Skarl
Note: From the "The Gods of Pegana" Lord Dunsany.
With me, Op. 4, no. 1 / composed by James A. Bliss. New York, New York : Breitkopf and Hartel, Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).
Dedicatee: Florence Macbeth.
First line of text: With me along the strip of herbage strown
Series note: Songs of Omar.
With me, Op. 4, no. 1 Digital version
Study "Mist," Op. 2, no. 1 ; Study (The Flame), Op. 2, no. 2 / composed by James A. Bliss. Minneapolis, Minnesota : J.E. Frank Music Co., 1916. 1 score (10 pages).
Study: "Mist," Op. 2, no. 1 ; Study: The Flame, Op. 2, no. 2 Digital version
Wabun (the east wind), Op. 11, no. 2 / composed by James A. Bliss. New York, New York : J. Fischer and Bro., 1923. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Mr. and Mrs. Elbert L. Carpenter.
First line of text: Young and beautiful was Wabun, he it was who brought the morning
Series note: Songs from Longfellow's "Hiawatha."

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Our boys : march and two step / composed by Edmund Braham. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Schmitt and Squyer, 1898. 1 score (7 pages).
Our boys : march and two step Digital version
The winner : two-step or cake walk / composed by Edmund Braham. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Metropolitan Music Co., 1898. 1 score (5 photocopied pages).

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 I am not old / words by Park Benjamin ; music by J. Lewis Browne. St. Paul, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., 1893. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Dr. Carl Martin, New York.
First line of text: I am not old though years have cast their shadows on my way
Note: Song for bass or baritone.
I am not old Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Peek a boo / words by Chas. S. Finley ; music by A.M. Budke. St. Paul, Minnesota : St. Paul Music Pub. Co., c1909. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: I never was in love, cause I never had a girl
First line of chorus: Peek-a-boo (peek-a-boo) I see you (yes I do)
Copyright: Great Western Music Co., St. Paul, 1909.
Peek a boo Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Cowboys patrol / composed by Edward Buffington. Minneapolis, Minnesota : C.C. Pillsbury Co., 1907. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Written for Lucille Mulhall, the Bronco Queen and featured in her great vaudeville act.
Note: Containing the melodies of the brilliant song of the western plains, "Cowboys Song."
Cowboys patrol Digital version
Maracaibo (romanza espanola) / composed by Edward Buffington. Minneapolis, Minnesota : C.C. Pillsbury Co., 1907. 1 score (5 pages).
Note: Also published as song and refrain.
Maracaibo (romanza espanola) Digital version
Sweet captivity waltzes / composed by Edward Buffington. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Dana, Chase and Co., Publishers, 1904. 1 score (7 pages).
Sweet captivity waltzes Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The chalet girl's Sunday / composed by Ole Bull. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Paul A. Schmitt Music Co., 1902. 1 score (3 pages).
Copyright: Paul A. Schmitt, 1902.
Note: Piano solo ; a melodic gem of the celebrated Norwegian violinist.
The chalet girl's Sunday Digital version

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Expand/Collapse BURNS, JOSEPH E.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Golden glow waltz / composed by Jos. E. Burns. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Jos. E. Burns, [n.d.]. 1 score (3 pages).
Golden glow waltz Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 "Pretty Margaret" : waltz song / composed by Miss A.E.M. Busch. Minneapolis, Minnesota : W. Busch and Co., 1895. 1 score (6 pages).
First line of text: Like a fairy, light and airy, pretty Margaret full of glee
First line of chorus: Oh come to me my pretty Margaret
Pretty Margaret : waltz song Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 In love with you / lyric and melody by O.W.L. Buss ; arranged by H.W. Ranks. Minneapolis, Minnesota : The Melody Mart, 1930. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Dear, I am so lonely, when you are not near.
First line of chorus: I love you dearly, and wish you near me

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Jesus, hear my soul's confession / words by Elizabeth Burrill Curtis ; music by George Chapman. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Joseph E. Frank, 1909. 1 score (7 pages).
Dedicatee: Mrs. G.J. Kaplan.
First line of text: Jesus, hear my soul's confession, sin and grief have conquered me
Jesus, hear my soul's confession Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The soldiers' greeting : on their return from active service waltz / composed by W.W. Chapple. St. Paul, Minnesota : W.W. Chapple, 1905. 1 score (5 pages).
Note: Transcription of the composer's patriotic song success "We meet again, but not in battle."
The soldiers' greeting : on their return from active service waltz Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Swaying : introducing a new, novel motion in dancing / words, music, and all arrangements by Ed Chenette. Eveleth, Minnesota : Chenette Pub. Co., 1921. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Take a neat little girl by the hand, hold her tight little pal ain't it grand
First line of chorus: For we're swaying, we're swaying, while the band is playing
Swaying : introducing a new, novel motion in dancing Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Virginia three-step / composed by W.S. Collins. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Pillsbury-Dana Company, 1905. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: To my sister Virginia W. Collins.
Copyright: W.L. Dana, 1903; transferred to H.A. Chase, 1904; transferred to Pillsbury-Dana Company, 1905.
Virginia three-step Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Prayer : by the splendor in the heavens / words by J. Whitcomb Riley ; muisc by D.F. Colville. Minneapolis, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., 1891. 1 score (7 pages).
Dedicatee: Written for and dedicated to Mrs. Jessie Whitridge DeWolf, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
First line of text: By the splendor in the heavens, and the hush upon the sea
Prayer : by the splendor in the heavens Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Compensation / composed by Lytton Cox. Minneapolis, Minnesota : T.S. Denison and Company Publishers, 1919. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Through all of life God sends us compensation
Series note: Denison's musical readings.
Compensation Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Roseland / words by Edward Schaub ; music by Alfred Damm. St. Paul, Minnesota : Schaub and Damm, 1919. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: Girlie of mine for you I pine
First line of chorus: Meet me again in Roseland, down by the silv'ry stream
Compensation Digital version

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Expand/Collapse DANIELS, JOHN J.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Sångpärlor / utgivna av Rev. John J. Daniels. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Rev. John J. Daniels, 1916 ; 1908. 1 score (3 pages).
Contents note: 1. Din moder / ord av John J. Daniels ; musik av Hanna Brooman.--2. Jag kommer, moder kär! / delvis av John J. Daniels ; musik av Charles M. Fillmore.
Sångpärlor Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 I want you / words and music by Harold David. Minneapolis, Minnesota : State Publishing Co., 1926. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Here I am, but where are you, sweet-heart of yesterday
First line of chorus: Roses say at break of day I want you
Copyright: Harold D. Finkelstein, president of State Publishing Co., 1926.
Little pal I miss you / words and music by Harold David. Minneapolis, Minnesota : State Pub. Co., 1926. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Just at the close of a weary day I get to thinking of you
First line of chorus: Little pal little pal how I miss you
Copyright: Harold D. Finkelstein, 1926.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The Elks march two step / composed by Oscar F.G. Day ; arranged by John T. Hall. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Northern Music Company, 1897. 1 score (5 pages).
The Elks march two step Digital version
When at last we have home rule in Erin / words and music by Oscar F.G. Day ; arranged by John T. Hall. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Gold Seal Publishing Company, c1896. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: Kissed by the ocean's rude billows, nestles a beautiful island
First line of chorus: So strive on, brave heroes, success will attend ye
When at last we have home rule in Erin Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 In memoriam : their grief is ours / words by Dr. Claude C. Cleveland [ie. Cleaveland] ; music by H. De Arja. Minneapolis, Minnesota : C.C. Cleaveland, M.D., c1908. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: You have heard of the firey demon on that fatal day
First line of chorus: Fathers and mothers weeping for loved one to them so dear
Copyright: C.C. Cleaveland, 1908.
In memoriam : their grief is ours Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The United States volunteer : march two-step / composed by Deming-Naylor. St. Paul, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., c1898. 1 score (3 pages).
The United States volunteer : march two-step Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 March of the teddy bears / composed by Diapason. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Joseph E. Frank, 1908. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: The Roosevelt Club of Minneapolis.
Copyright: L.A. Savage of Minneapolis.
March of the teddy bears Digital version

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Expand/Collapse DODGE, JOHN WILSON.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Cherry blossom / book, lyrics, and music by May Hewes Dodge and John Wilson Dodge. Ypsilanti, Michigan : The Dodge Co., 1914. 1 score (8 pages).
First line of text: I used to think the hyacinth a flower most wondrous rare
First line of chorus: My cherry blossom you stole my heart
Note: Presented by Faribault Lodge 1166 B.P.O.E : A Japanese Musical Comedy with 50 Local Singers.
Cherry blossom Digital version
Fairyland from "The Gipsy Rover" : a romantic comic opera in three acts / book lyrics and music by Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson Dodge. Red Wing, Minnesota : S.N. Gibson and Son Printers, c1910. 1 score (8 pages).
Dedicatee: To our own little fairy.
First line of text: Did you ever hear tell of the fairy dell where deep in the ground is the fairy well
First line of chorus: Oh fairyland fairyland where ever that may be
Copyright: John Wilson Dodge, 1910.
Note: A romantic musical comedy in 3 acts by May Hewes Dodge and John Wilson Dodge produced under the auspices of Y.M.C.A. of Red Wing.
Fairyland from "The Gipsy Rover" : a romantic comic opera in three acts Digital version

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Expand/Collapse DUNSTEDTER, EDDIE.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Radio glide / words by Hal Keidal [i.e. Keidel] ; music by Eddie Dunstedter. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Eddie Dunstedter, 1929. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: Mister leader man start your famous band
Note: Introduced and featured by Eddie Dunstedter and his Band.

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Expand/Collapse EBERHART, ADOLPH O.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Tis only you / words and music by Governor A.O. Eberhart. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Paul A. Schmitt, 1914. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Mrs. Eberhart.
First line of text: When in the twilight of a perfect day, my longing thoughts will wander far away
Tis only you Digital version

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Expand/Collapse EILENBERG, RICHARD.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Success (standard guard) : march for piano / composed by Rich. Eilenberg ; arranged by W.C.F. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Metropolitan Music Co., [n.d.]. 1 score (4 pages).
Success (The Metropolitan) : march for piano / composed by Rich. Eilenberg ; arranged by W.C.F. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Metropolitan Music Co., [n.d.]. 1 score (4 pages).

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Expand/Collapse ELWIN, JAMES.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The pleasure and comfort of home : song and chorus / composed by James Elwin ; arranged by S.C. Gilbert. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Moffett and Thurston Art Printers, 1891. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Sweet solace and comfort only is known
First line of chorus: From far off Cuba that loveliest isle
The pleasure and comfort of home : song and chorus Digital version

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Expand/Collapse ERICKSON, CLARENCE H.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Nocture / composed by Clarence H. Erickson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Clarence H. Erickson. 1931. 1 score (3 pages).
Dedicatee: Mildred.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 While we dream of Minnehaha's love / lyrics by Harley Rosso ; music by Oscar Erickson. St. Paul, Minnesota : McClure Music Co., 1921. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: There's a quaint old legend true, told to me and told to you
First line of chorus: Strolling down the path, beside the silv'ry stream
While we dream of Minnehaha's love Digital version

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Expand/Collapse FARSTAD, HARRY.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 My dreams : fox-trot / words by Marion Day Farstad ; music by Harry Farstad. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Harry Farstad, 1933. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: I was so lonely for you dear, life didn't seem worth the while
First line of chorus: My dreams, my dreams I'm living within my dreams

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Expand/Collapse FASSETT, RAPHAEL.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 At gay Coney Island / by Levin C. Tees ; under the management of A.M. Miller Jr. and Fred Peel. St. Paul, Minnesota : Conover Music Co., 1896-1897. 1 score (18 pages).
Note: Vocal and instrumental gems and jokes by the Never Not Funny Comedians Matthews and Bulger as introduced in the Polite Comic Play.
Contents note: 1. Go ask Ruth! / written by Wheelock Upson ; composed by Raphael Fassett.--2. "Don't mine me" : an original couplet / written by Wheelock Upson ; composed by Raphael Fassett.--3. After the victory triumphal march / composed by Raphael Fassett.--4. Passing Faces / composed by Floyd McClure and Raphael Fassett.
At gay Coney Island Digital version

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Expand/Collapse FINK, HARRY.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Just for you / words and music by Harry Fink. Minneapolis, Minnesota : State Publishing Co., c1929. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: I know the roses love morning dew
First line of chorus: Just for you, I am dreaming and scheming the whole day through
Copyright: Harold D. Finkelstein, 1929.

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Expand/Collapse FREED, ARTHUR.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Peggy dear : fox-trot song / composed by Arthur Freed, Gus Arnheim, and Abe Lyman. New York, New York : Leo. Feist, Inc., 1922. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: There's a girl I want more than the rest of them all
First line of chorus: Dear, Peggy dear, you have taken me completely
Peggy dear : fox-trot song Digital version

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Expand/Collapse FREEDMAN, ARTHUR DAVID.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Maybe you do, maybe you don't (maybe you never even cared a bit about me) / lyrics and music by Arthur David Freedman. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Arthur David Freedman, 1920. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: I'm so lonely and I don't know what to do
First line of chorus: Maybe you do, maybe you don't
Note: Featured in the musical production "Gypsy Romance."
Maybe you do, maybe you don't (maybe you never even cared a bit about me) Digital version

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Expand/Collapse GABRIEL, CHARLES H.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Pretty brown eyes / composed by Chas. H. Gabriel. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Regan Publishing Co., 1897. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: The years have come and passed away, my darling, since last I called thee mine
First line of chorus: Pretty brown eyes, I am thinking of you
Pretty brown eyes Digital version

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Expand/Collapse GLINSKI, MATEUSZ.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Hymn to Poland = Hymn do Polski / original melody by F. Chopin ; arranged by Mateusz Glinski. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Polanie Publishing Company, 1957. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: O Poland, beloved country, may you be bless'd o fatherland
Copyright: Polanie Publishing Company, 1949; this arrangement , same firm, by permission of Radio Record Recordi of Milan, Italy, 1957.
Note: Polish lyrics by Mateusz Glinski ; English translation by Victoria Janda.

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Expand/Collapse GRAHAM, HERBERT E.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 An innocent flirtation / song by Herbert E. Graham. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Elander-Krey Co., c1911. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: There are hundreds of things I'd like to ask of you dear
First line of chorus: There's just a couple of these, I'd like to make if you please
Copyright: The H.P. Myers Co., 1911.
An innocent flirtation Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The fisherman's glee / music by A.C. Gutterson. St. Paul, Minnesota : Munger, Bros., 1872. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: How pleasant is the fisherman's life
First line of chorus: Merrily cheerily row merrily cheerily row we row
The fisherman's glee Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 I don't kiss boys : fourth edition / words by Oscar F.G. Day ; music by John T. Hall. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Gold Seal Publishing Co., 1896. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: A girl and boy one summer day, out in a garden played
First line of chorus: Well, that's all right for you, if you loved me true
I don't kiss boys : fourth edition Digital version
Wilhelmina : waltz ballade / words by C. Wm. Bachmann ; music by John T. Hall. Minneapolis, Minnesota : John T. Hall Music Publishing Co., 1899. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: She's a plain faced little damsel, so demure and oh so sweet
First line of chorus: Wilhelmina Wilhelmina oh I love you till it seems
Note: Sung with great success by America's sweetest singer, Edna Bassett Marshall.
Wilhelmina : waltz ballade Digital version

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Expand/Collapse HALLDEN, BJORN.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 E fin vise / ord af fröding Bjorn Hallden. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Musiktidings Förlag, [1907?]. 1 score (3 pages).
Dedicatee: Fru Anna Lunbergs Triumfer I Amerika = For Anna Lunberg's triumph in America.
First line of text: Det varen unger bond drang, han gick seg en gang till kyrkanen morgon
E fin vise Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Arise! freemen arise! / words and music by George W. Hayford. Minneapolis, Minnesota : George W. Hayford, c1906. 1 score (4 pages).
Dedicatee: To those innumerable patriots who were; to those who are; to those vast legions who will be.
First line of text: America of thee I sing
First line of chorus: Liberty and union ev'ry one for all
Arise! freemen arise! Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 I'm a pilgrim and a stranger / words and music by Nelse G. Helander. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Nelse G. Helander, 1923. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: I'm a pilgrim and a stranger, in this world of sin and strife
First line of chorus: Oh, there's my homeland, beautiful homeland

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 When I met you / words by Allan Caron ; music by Earle Hill ; revised by F. Robeson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Ace Publishing Co., 1928. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: All my life was so sad, and my luck was so bad
Note: Also contains a special fox-trot chorus.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Out for a lovely time / composed by F.D. Holmes. Minneapolis, Minnesota : A. Loewenbach music printer, 1895. 1 score (6 pages).
Dedicatee: Mr. Alfred B. Hush.
First line of waltz chorus: When I met you, I loved you, too
Out for a lovely time Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 I wonder / words by Burt Shinkle ; music by Prof. Howard. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Prof. Howard, 1915. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Miss Mary Cary, came from the prairie, some things she didn't know
First line of chorus: I wonder, I wonder what's like inside
Copyright: Burt Shinkle, 1915.
Out for a lovely time Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 My angel of light / words and music by Raymond Hubbard. St. Paul, Minnesota : Raymond Hubbard, 1919. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: When morning came in with its bright blaze of light
First line of chorus: I danced with delight on that bright starry night, when I first met you
Out for a lovely time Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Little sunshine : the favorite one-step song / words and music by Frank C. Huston. Cincinnati, Ohio : The Baldwin Piano Co., 1921. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: There's a quaint old town that's nestled down where loveland ought to be
First line of chorus: You're my sunshine, my little sunshine, and I want you all the while
Copyright: Frank C. Huston, Indianapolis, 1919.
Note: Compliments of Anderson, Gauper, Peyer, Inc., Minneapolis.
Out for a lovely time Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Gone are the days (when you meant the world to me) : harmony waltz ballad / composed by Frederick Johnson and Leo Friedman. St. Paul, Minnesota : McClure Music Co., 1925. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: You are taking back a promise that you had no right to make
First line of chorus: Gone are the days when you meant the world to me
Orange blossom moon / words and music by Frederick G. Johnson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : T.S. Denison and Company, Publishers, 1924. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Only a bit of orange blossom, tender and sweet with perfume rare
First line of chorus: Petals of the orange blossoms falling fill the air with fragrance as of good old days of old

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Powder horn : military march / composed by Julius K. Johnson. Chicago, Illinois : Victor Kremer Company, 1908. 1 score (5 pages).
Out for a lovely time Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 We all like you, Ma likes you and Pa likes you and so do I / words by Willie Dean ; music by H. DeRoe Jones. Washington, D.C. : Marks Goldsmith Music Co., 1913. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: When Jack Malone was courting Edna Stone
First line of chorus: For Ma likes you, and Pa likes you, and so do I
We all like you, Ma likes you and Pa likes you and so do I Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Love's living emblem / words and music by George C. Josyln. Minneapolis, Minnesota : George C. Joslyn, 1925. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: I know I never will forget
First line of chorus: Mother, you're a Christian soldier, seeking strength above
Note: As sung by Vernon Wick and his Quartet.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Sunny hours waltz / composed by C. Kinkel. St. Paul, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., 1878. 1 score (5 pages).
Copyright: W.F. Shaw, 1878.
Series note: Golden thoughts of favorite authors.
Sunny hours waltz Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The doom of John Barleycorn / words by John J. Daniels ; music by H. Kjerulf. Duluth, Minnesota : Rev. John J. Daniels, 1916. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: O ring, ring with joy old John Barleycorn's doom!
First line of chorus: John Barleycorn grimly is dying, his friends are now hopelessly crying
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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 September morn / composed by Otto H. Krause. St. Paul, Minnesota : Berg-Kahlert Co., 1913. 1 score (5 pages).
September morn Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 My Alean when she was just eighteen / words and music by Chas. S. Laird ; arranged by Chas. F. Kelsey. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Laird and Lyons, 1902. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: They tell me that love is all a dream
First line of chorus: My dear Alean, Alean my queen
My Alean when she was just eighteen Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Rose Marie waltz / composed by J.B. Lambert. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Music Co., 1895. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Miss Rose Marie Schaller, Hastings, Minnesota.
Rose Marie waltz Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Memories : song / English and Norwegian text ; music by Thorvald Lammers. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Wick Music Publishing Co., 1936. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: Bless'd is the hour when alone I can roam
Copyright: Frederick Wick, Minneapolis, 1936.
Note: Original title : Sölvet.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Little bee march / easy arrangement by Pierre LaTour. Minneapolis, Minnesota : R.H. Draper, 1874. 1 score (3 pages).
Copyright: W.F. Shaw, 1874.
Series title: Lessons from the bee hive.
Little bee march Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The colonade club : march and two step / composed by Jas. J. LaTourelle. St. Paul, Minnesota : Royal Music Publ. Co., 1899. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Respectfully dedicated to West M.T.
The colonade club : march and two step Digital version
Pretty bunch of doll rags : red-white-green-and blue waltz song / words by Paul Gyllstrom ; music by Jas. J. Latourelle (Little Jimmie). Minneapolis, Minnesota : Wm. B. Fassbinder, 1905. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Mrs. J.E. Rogers.
First line of text: Tattered was her little frock
First line of chorus: Pretty bunch of doll rags, red, white, green, and blue
Pretty bunch of doll rags : red-white-green-and blue waltz song Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 I'd love to / words by K.M. Fields ; music by Leonard Leigh ; arranged by Phil Chauvin. Minneapolis, Minnesota : State Pub. Co., 1931. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: I never dreamed like lovers dream or tried to find out how
First line of chorus: I'd love to watch the setting sun, or stars in the sky of blue

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 After graduation day / words by Sylvia Dee ; music by Sidney Lippman. New York, New York : Chapell and Co. Inc., 1947. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: First we were strangers, then we were friends
First line of chorus: Promise me we'll still be sweethearts after graduation day
Note: "George Abbott presents Barefoot Boy with Cheek."

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Expand/Collapse LOVEJOY, G. W. (GEOFFREY WILLIAM).

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Minnesota quickstep / composed by C. [i.e. G.]W. Lovejoy. Cleveland, Ohio : S. Brainerd and Sons, 1868. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Lieut. Gov. T.H. Armstrong.
Minnesota quickstep Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Comrades : song and chorus / written and composed by Felix McGlennon ; arranged by E. Jonghmans. Minneapolis, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., [n.d.]. 1 score (7 pages).
First line of text: We from childhood played together, my dear comrade Jack and I
First line of chorus: We were comrades, comrades ever since we were boys
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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Dream faces / song by Wm. M. Hutchison ; waltzes by Josef Meissler. St. Paul, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., [n.d.]. 1 score (11 pages).
First line of text : Sweet dreamland faces, passing to and fro
Dream faces Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Björkens visa : björken berätter hvad som kan hända I månskenet / melodien af F *** ; harm. af P. R. Melin ; ord af Topelius. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Kyrkosången Publishing Co., 1909. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: Vidden klara rand afen blommig strand
Note: Sång med ackompagnement af pianoforte af Peter R. Melin.
Björkens visa : björken berätter hvad som kan hända I månskenet Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Love's days / lyric and melody by Harvey O. Miller. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Harvey O. Miller, 1911. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Twilight reminds me of love's days of yore
First line of chorus: Could I but live love's days as of yore
Love's days Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Dreamy isle / words by M.O. Steen ; music by H.W. Monson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Monson Music, 1922. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: I know an isle in the southern sea
First line of chorus: Down on dreamy isle beneath the magic moon
Dreamy isle Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 I guess I'll have to go to see my uncle : fox trot / words and music by Otto Negaard ; arranged by Len Fleming. Willmar, Minnesota : Otto Negaard, 1935. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Don't I wish I was a millionaire or something?
First line of chorus: I guess I'll go have to see my uncle, my funds are running low

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Expand/Collapse NELSON, WILLIAM WARVELLE.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 In a rose garden : valse reverie / composed by Wm. Warvelle Nelson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Metropolitan Music Co., 1914. 1 score (5 pages).
In a rose garden : valse reverie Digital version
Madame Butterfly : mazurka three-step / composed by Wm. W. Nelson. St. Paul, Minnesota : R.A. Armstrong, 1907. 1 score (6 pages).
Dedicatee: Rena Vivienne, the American Madame Butterfly with Henry W. Savage, English Grand Opera Company.
Madame Butterfly : mazurka three-step Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The Tyrolean three step / composed by DeWayne Newman. St. Paul, Minnesota : DeWayne Newman, 1902. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Mrs. Stephan Dysinger, St. Paul.
The Tyrolean three step Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The brownie king (Der Gnomen Fürst) : song for medium voice / poetry by Franklyn W. Lee ; music and German by Emile Ober-Hoffer. Minneapolis, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., 1895. 1 score (8 pages).
First line of text: There dwells a brownie king in green and brown
The brownie king (Der Gnomen Fürst) : song for medium voice Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Sing for me : the night is falling / words and music by Carl W. Olson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Renascent Music Publishing Co., 1947. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: Sing for me, the night is falling
Solitude / words and music by Carl W. Olson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Renascent Music Publishing Co., 1947. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Golden stars are faintly gleaming
First line of chorus: Oh, solitude, thy cherished story

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Blue goose blues : novelty piano solo / composed by Chas. Olson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Olson's School of Music, 1923. 1 score (3 pages).
Put'en on the breaks : novelty piano solo / composed by Chas. Olson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Chas E. Olson Music Co., 1927. 1 score (5 pages).

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Melody Rose / composed by Elmer Olson and Vernon Stevens. St. Paul, Minnesota : McClure Music Co., 1924. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Rose, like a flower bloomed one day
First line of chorus: Brooks by the lane, murmer your name, Melody Rose
Note: Waltz ballad as originally featured by Osborne and his Band.
Say it with diamonds / composed by Elmer Olson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bailey Publishing Co., 1922. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: I know that I'm a lucky fellow to win a girl like Lou
First line of chorus: Say it with diamonds, the perfect blue diamonds and you'll win the heart of a girl
Say it with diamonds Digital version
Zum zum zum : a stein song / lyric by Oscar F.G. Day ; music by Elmer Olson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Minneapolis Brewing Company, 1914. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: With your day's work completed, with friends you are seated
First line of chorus: Zum zum zum al weis that is the music we all love to hear
Zum zum zum : a stein song Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Love's melody : valse petite / composed by Frank Pallma, Jr. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Pallma Publishing Co. Music Publishers, 1917. 1 score (5 pages).
Love's melody : valse petite Digital version
The unnamed rag / composed by Frank Pallma. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Pallma Publishing Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).
The unnamed rag Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Snappy rag : a ragged twostep / composed by Harry J. Palmer. Mankato, Minnesota : Harry J. Palmer, 1914. 1 score (5 pages).
Snappy rag : a ragged twostep Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Thelma : march and two step / composed by Otto Pankopf. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Watson-Pankopf Music Co., 1897. 1 score (5 pages).
Note: As played by Watson's 1st Regt. Band.
Thelma : march and two step Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Little candy Mandy / words and music by Hal. C. Paris. Minneapolis, Minnesota : H.C. Paris, 1908. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Little Miss Mandy was all for the candy of all the girls she was the prize
First line of chorus: There are boys with eyes so true
Little candy Mandy Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace : aria for contralto / composed by Willard Patten [ie. Patton]. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Metropolitan Music Co., 1898. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Uniform title note: Sacred solos from the oratorio "Isaiah."
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace : aria for contralto Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Dreams of youth : waltzes / composed by Chas. Pehoushek ; arranged for piano by Wm. B. Fassbinder. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Chas. Pehoushek, 1902. 1 score (7 pages).
Dreams of youth : waltzes Digital version
Megaphone brigade : march and two-step / composed by Chas. Pehoushek. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Star Music Publishing Co., 1911. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Dedicated to all ye faithful rooters.
Note: Most likely written for followers of college football, particularly for fans of the University of Minnesota.
Megaphone brigade : march and two-step Digital version
Peace : fox trot song / composed by Chas. Pehoushek. Minneapolis, Minnesota : North Star Music Pub. Co., 1922. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: This world was made for us to all enjoy
First line of chorus: Peace on earth is nearing
Peace : fox trot song Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Minnesota shake-down : march and two step / composed by William H. Penn. New York, New York : F.A. Mills Music Publisher, 1900. 1 score (5 pages).
Minnesota shake-down : march and two step Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Christmas city / words and music by Donald Peterson. New York, New York : Julmer Music Corp., 1963. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: Come this Christmas to the Christmas city I'll go
First line of chorus: Christmas city, wonderful city, all dressed in snow and mistle-toe
The song of the Christmas city / words and music by Donald Peterson. New York, New York : Julmer Music Corp., 1963. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: Hills of homes with lights of laughter
First line of chorus: Christmas city, Christmas city, Christmas city

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Babbling spring : piano solo / composed by F.E. Peterson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Minnesota Music Co., 1913. 1 score (7 pages).
Dedicatee: Miss Ethel Hedman.
Babbling spring : piano solo Digital version
Rippling brooklet : piano solo / composed by F.E. Peterson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Minnesota Piano Co., 1913. 1 score (11 pages).
Rippling brooklet : piano solo Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Light baggage galop = leicht gapaeck. Op. 21. / composed by Rud. Piefke. St. Paul, Minnesota : Dyer Bros. and Howard, [n.d. ]. 1 score (5 pages).
Light baggage galop = leicht gapaeck Op. 21. Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The woman in white / as featured by Donna Lee in the popular radio program, "The Woman in White" sponsored by Pillsbury Flour Mills Company. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Pillsbury Flour Mills Co., 1939. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: When duty's calling, when she's needed, ever faithful stands the woman in white

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 No one ever told me / words by Milton Kent ; music by Lyle Plantin. Minneapolis, Minnesota : The Strand Press Music Publishers, 1944. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Any question in my mind was eagerly explained by "know it alls"
First line of chorus: No one ever told me, when my dreams were new

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Eight lullabies from treasured Polish songs with English translations. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Polanie Publishing Co., [n.d.]. 8 scores (11 pages).
Note: 1. Sleep, my baby, sleep / arranged by Edmund Lukaszewski--- 2. Dorotka / arranged by Rose Polski Anderson--3. Cradle song / arranged by Franciszek Przybylski-- 4. Hush baby / arranged by Felicjan Szopski-- 5. Lullaby / composed by M. Surzynski-- 6. Clockmaker's song / composed by Frederick Chopin ; arranged by Rose Polski Anderson-- 7. Comes the sandman / arranged by Rose Polski Anderson-- 8. Lullaby, sweet Jesus / arranged by Rose Polski Anderson.
Eight lullabies from treasured Polish songs with English translations. Op. 21. Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Klokkeklang og englesang / ord og melodi af Carl Raugland ; acc. By Jos. E. Burns. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Carl Raugland, c1909. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text : Klokkeklang, englesang, julernaer! Herrenaer! Hor du den klang?
Klokkeklang og englesang Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Country boy / words and music by Lyle Regal ; arranged by W. Kroepfl. South St. Paul, Minnesota : Vavro Music Co., c1949. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: Wish I was a kid again in Minnesota, back on the farm

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Song of the "mush on" / lyric by William Robertson ; music by W. Rhys-Herbert. New York, New York : J. Fischer and Bro., 1921. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: With a wrist of steel, I swing my lash
First line of chorus: Mush on! Mush on! In the land of the midnight sun
Song of the "mush on" Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Fading summer waltz / composed by Alfred M. Russell. Chatfield, Minnesota : Occidental Music Co., 1883. 1 score (3 pages).
Note: Fifth edition.
Note: Graduate of the N.Y. City Institution for the Blind.
Fading summer waltz Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Valse de concert in A flat / composed by Frank Sabel. Minneapolis, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., 1890. 1 score (9 pages).
Dedicatee: To his friend Elmer A. Brooks, Minneapolis.
Copyright: E.A. Brooks, 1890.
Valse de concert in A flat Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Swedish American march / composed by Per Selander ; arranged for piano solo by Joseph Jacobson. Cambridge, Minnesota : Carlson Ptg. Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).
Swedish American march Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Dance of the Hogan's Alley Kid / composed by F.C. Shardlow. Montevideo, Minnesota : Shardlow Music Publishing Co., c1897. 1 score (7 pages).
Dedicatee: Dedicated to my friend Mrs. C.D. Griffith.
Copyright: By permission of N.Y. World.
Note: Characteristic piece for piano.
Dance of the Hogan's Alley Kid Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 A night in Egypt : fox trot / composed by Chas. R. Shibley. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Chas. R. Shibley, 1917. 1 score (5 pages).
Note: Piano solo.
A night in Egypt : fox trot Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Zip! Let her go : song and chorus / words by Al. Paris ; music by A. Shriner. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Century Piano Company, [n.d.] 1 score (4 pages).
Dedicatee: The Sons of the Desert.
Note: As sung by the Minneapolis Masonic Quartet.
Zip! Let her go : song and chorus Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The morning star : sacred song / music by Raymond F. Shryock. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Schmitt and Squyer, 1897. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: There is a morning star my soul
The morning star : sacred song Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Sleep, little one, sleep / words by Eugene Field ; music by A.M. Shuey. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Paul A. Schmitt, 1899. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Mrs. W.N. Porteous.
First line of text: The sky is dark and the hills are white as the storm-king speeds from the north tonight
Note: A Norse lullaby.
Uniform title note: Three lullabys.
Sleep, little one, sleep Digital version
Three little fishermen / words by Eugene Field ; music by A.M. Shuey. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Century Piano Co., 1892. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Mrs. Genevra Johnstone Bishop.
First line of text: Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night, sailed off in a wooden shoe
Note: A Dutch lullaby.
Three little fishermen Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Julstämning : en krans af sångblommor för blandade röster / plockad och bunden af A.L. Skoog. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Veckobladet, 1910. 1 score (8 pages).
First line of text: Herran af himlen är kommen till jorden
Julstämning : en krans af sångblommor för blandade röster Digital version

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Waiting to see you smile : song / poem by Russell J. England ; music by Clay Smith. St. Paul, Minnesota : McClure Music Co., 1925. 1 score (8 pages).
First line of text: The song-birds are still dear, 'tis twilight
When you sailed into my harbor of love : song / words by Harold Berg ; music by Clay Smith. St. Paul, Minnesota : McClure Music Co., 1925. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Just like day dreams that whisper and linger
First line of chorus: You sailed into my harbor of love dear

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Expand/Collapse SMITH, FRED G.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Memories : song / words by Dana Burnett ; music by Fred G. Smith. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Paul A. Schmitt, 1915. 1 score (4 pages).
Dedicatee: To my friend Willard Patton.
First line of text: Blow, blow wind o' the west-land, bring me the dreams of long ago
Memories : song Digital version

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Expand/Collapse SOLSTAD, GUST.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Winter morn / words and music by Gust Solstad. St. Paul, Minnesota : Gust Solstad, 1941. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: Crystals of beauty the tree-tops adorn, when seen in the woods in the morning

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Expand/Collapse SPENCER, NORMAN.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Slow and easy : an indigo fantasie / words by Harry Williams ; music by Norman Spencer. San Francisco, California : Daniels and Wilson Incorporated Music Publishers, c1919. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: Oh, honey dear, my honey dear
First line of chorus: But take it slow and easy, if you want to get along with me
Slow and easy : an indigo fantasie Digital version

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Expand/Collapse STOLLWERK, FRANZ.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Noblesse schottische / composed by Franz Stollwerk. St. Paul, Minnesota : Frank Stollwerk, 1899. 1 score (4 pages).
Dedicatee: In honor of Admiral George Dewey, the Hero of Manila.
Note: Printed by Skogg and Delander music printers, Minneapolis.
Noblesse schottische Digital version

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Expand/Collapse STONE, MARION.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Flow'rets are budding : song /words and music by Marion Stone. St. Paul, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., 1922. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: To my sister.
First line of text: Flow'rets are budding
Copyright: Marion Lindsey, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1922.
Flow'rets are budding : song Digital version

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Expand/Collapse STRAKA, EMIL.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The march of the boy scouts / words by John Hendry ; music by Emil Straka ; arranged by Hendry and Straka. St. Paul, Minnesota : John Hendry, 1912. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: With a firm determination with hearts that beat as one
First line of chorus: Steady boys do not waver
The march of the boy scouts Digital version

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Expand/Collapse SULLIVAN, DAN J.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Baby blue / words and music by Dan J. Sullivan. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Pillsbury Dana Co., 1905. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Two little children, one summer day, down in a back yard played
First line of chorus: I'll be true, baby blue, tho' I go away from you
Baby blue Digital version

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Expand/Collapse SWAN, VICTOR J.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 My Montana Rose / composed by Victor J. Swan. Cambridge, Minnesota : Victor J. Swan, 1907. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: I was strolling toward the cabin which I once had called home
First line of chorus: My own sweet Montana Rose, she knows not this world of woes
My Montana Rose Digital version

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Expand/Collapse SWANSON, FRED.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 My rose of June / words by M.J. Donnelly ; music by Fred Swanson. St. Paul, Minnesota : American Pub. Co., 1901. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Misses K. and H. Ruddy.
First line of text: Long years ago in life's bright morning
First line of chorus: My rose of June, my rose of June, my flower withered all too soon
Note: Introduced with great success by D'Arlington Reohr, the famous baritone.
My rose of June Digital version

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Expand/Collapse THURWARD, A. R.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Over the hill where the road takes a turn / composed by A.R. Thurward and Will Frederic. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Vogue Music Publishers, 1921. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Oft-times have I wondered what the future held for me
First line of chorus: Over the hill there must be happiness
Note: The original "Over the Hill" fox-trot ballad.
Over the hill where the road takes a turn Digital version

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Expand/Collapse TYLER, S. L.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Capital collection : St. Paul march / composed by S.L. Tyler. [S.l.] : W.F. Shaw, c1886. 1 score (7 photocopied pages).
Dedicatee: Wilmot E. Stevens.

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Expand/Collapse VALLIERE, GERALDINE L.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Please say you love me ('cause I love you) : fox trot / words and music by Geraldine L. Valliere. Duluth, Minnesota : Melody Shop, 1922. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Billie, dear, I love you so
First line of chorus: Please say you love me 'cause I love you
Please say you love me ('cause I love you) : fox trot Digital version

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Expand/Collapse WELLER, H. G.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Lovers we'll always be / words and music by H.G. Weller. Minneapolis, Minnesota : H.G. Weller, 1905. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Lovers we'll always be sweetheart
First line of chorus: Helen, when you are mine, sweetheart, Helen when you are mine
Lovers we'll always be Digital version

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Expand/Collapse WENTWORTH, AL

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Drifting in love : waltz song / lyrics by James G. Ness ; music by Al Wentworth. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Modern Melodies Publishing Co., 1931. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: Moonlit waters softly rippling sounding like music of love
First line of chorus: Drifting in the moonlight
Copyright: J.G. Ness, 1931.
Note: Successfully introduced by Wally Erickson and his orchestra.

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Expand/Collapse WHEELER, DAHL G.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Pushing the little buggy along / words and music by Dahl G. Wheeler. St. Paul, Minnesota : Dahl G. Wheeler, 1934. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Have you heard about the little buggy?
First line of chorus: Pushing the little buggy along, singing a little baby song

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Expand/Collapse WILLIAMS, H. G.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 The reign of love : grand concert waltzes / composed by H.G. Williams. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Norwood Music Publishing Co., 1899. 1 score (9 pages).
Dedicatee: Dedicated to the eminent composer John T. Hall.
The reign of love : grand concert waltzes Digital version

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Expand/Collapse WOOD, FRANK.

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Folio M 1629.7 .M55 C65 Love that has been : song / words by Mrs. Wm. J. Smith ; music by Frank Wood. St. Paul, Minnesota : Weide and Ross, 1872. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Miss Kate F. Culver.
First line of text: Climbing the rocks by the side of the sea
First line of chorus: So o'er and over and over again
Love that has been : song Digital version
Sweet little blue eyes : ballad / words by J.H. Hanson ; music by Frank Wood. St. Paul, Minnesota : Munger, Bros., 1871. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Miss Mary F. Trulle, Boston, Mass.
First line of text: I know a maid, I'm not afriad to match against the world
First line of chorus: Sweet little blue eyes, sparkle ever
Sweet little blue eyes : ballad Digital version
That sweet sad face : song / words by Robert A. Kemp ; music by Frank Wood. St. Paul, Minnesota : Weide and Ross, 1872. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Miss Emma Graham.
First line of text: Fair lady laugh with me a spell
First line of chorus: Then with a laugh ha! ha! Ha!
That sweet sad face : song Digital version

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Songs with piano.
Popular music--Minnesota.
Love songs.

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