COLLECTION OF WORLD WAR I SHEET MUSIC:

An Inventory of Sheet Music at the Minnesota Historical Society

Music, Notated

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	Title:	Collection of World War I Sheet Music.
	Dates:	1909-1920.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	This collection contains a wide variety of sheet music detailing popular culture’s embrace of the United States' participation in World War I. Topics depicted in song and on cover art range from military recruitment and battle narratives to celebrations of the home front, focusing particularly on children and virtuous sweethearts. Other themes include American engagement with European cultural life, rallying support for European allies, and the necessity for maintaining loyalty to the U.S. across its ethnic divisions. Popular motifs include “Uncle Sam” or “Sammy,” patriotic symbols, and caricatures of Kaiser Wilhelm II, while popular stars of the time like Al Jolson are often featured prominently on the cover. A number of these items were collected by Howard Woolsey of St. Paul and donated by his widow Elizabeth Bisbee Woolsey in 1970.
	Quantity:	192 scores.
	Location:	Folio M1646.U5 C6

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

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Catalog ID number: 001693972

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

BACON, AGNES GILBERT.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Yankee Doodle Doo / words and music by Agnes Gilbert Bacon. [Los Angeles] : Chas. W. Hatch, 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Before our lovely dove of peace will dare to show its noodle

First line of chorus: Do it was and do it is and ever will be do, 'till every foe has cried enough to Yankee Doodle-Doo

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BAGLEY, E. E.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

National emblem march / for pianoforte by E.E. Bagley. New York : Walter Jacobs, 1917, c1916. 1 score (5 pages).

Note: Advertisements on page [2] and back for music published by Walter Jacobs.

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BALL, ERNEST R.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

For Dixie and Uncle Sam : novelty march ballad / words by J. Keirn Brennan ; music by Ernest R. Ball. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1916. 1 score (4 pages).

First line of text: In Maryland, in Maryland, there's a mother old and gray

First line of chorus: Your granddad fought in the war of sixty-one, he wore a suit of grey

Note: Advertisement on pages [5 and 6] for music published by M. Witmark & Sons.

For Dixie and Uncle Sam : novelty march ballad

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

For Dixie and Uncle Sam : novelty march ballad / words by J. Keirn Brennan ; music by Ernest R. Ball. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1916. 1 score (4 pages).

First line of text: In Maryland, in Maryland, there's a mother old and gray

First line of chorus: Your granddad fought in the war of sixty-one, he wore a suit of grey

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by M. Witmark & Sons.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Goodbye, Mother Machree : march ballad / lyric by J. Keirn Brennan ; music by Ernest R. Ball. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Now the time has come to leave, mother mine, you must promise not to grieve, mother mine

First line of chorus: Goodbye, Mother Machree, dry your tears and keep on smiling

Note: Advertisement on pages 2, 3, and back for music published by M. Witmark & Sons.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

You'll be there / lyric by J. Keirn Brennan ; music by Ernest R. Ball. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1915. 1 score (4 pages).

First line of text: Our forefathers came across the sea, pioneered the way to liberty

First line of chorus: If the time should come when we must go to war, you'll be there.

Note: Advertisements for other music on pages 2, 3, 4, [5] and back for M. Witmark & Sons.

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BASKETTE, BILLY.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Goodbye Broadway, hello France / words by C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis ; music by Billy Baskette. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Goodbye New York town, goodbye Miss Liberty, your light of freedom will guide us across the sea

First line of chorus: Goodbye Broadway, Hello France, we're ten million strong

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

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BENOIT, GEO.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

My Belgian rose / by Geo. Benoit, Rob't Levenson and Ted Garton. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Rose of Belgium, drooping so low, Lift up your head, for we love you so

First line of chorus: Belgian rose, my drooping Belgian rose, for ev'ry hour of sorrow you've had, you'll have a year in which to be glad

Note: This is a War Edition, smaller in size "to co-operate with the Government and to conserve paper during the War."

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist Inc.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

My Belgian rose / by Geo. Benoit, Rob't Levenson and Ted Garton. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Rose of Belgium, drooping so low, Lift up your head, for we love you so

First line of chorus: Belgian rose, my drooping Belgian rose, for ev'ry hour of sorrow you've had, you'll have a year in which to be glad

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist Inc.

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BERGEN, GRACE UPDEGRAFF.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Flag song / by Grace Updegraff Bergen. Chicago : Clayton F. Summy Co.1917. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: the Daughters of the American Revolution and all patriots.

First line of text: Flag of our country, it waves o'er land and sea, emblem of freedom, of righteous liberty

First line of chorus: Tis our flag, the free flag, its honor tried and true

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BERLIN, IRVING.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

For your country and my country / by Irving Berlin. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: We know you love your land of liberty, we know you love your U.S.A.

First line of chorus: It's your country, it's my country, with millions of real fighting men

Note: Advertisement on back for I'm all bound round with the Mason Dixon Line / music by Jean Schwarz ; words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

I've got my captain working for me now / by Irving Berlin. New York : Irving Berlin, Inc., 1919. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Johnny Jones was a first class private in the army last year

First line of chorus: I've got the guy who used to be my captain working for me

Note: Advertisement on back for The hand that rocked by cradle rules my heart / by Irving Berlin.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Let's all be Americans now / by Irving Berlin, Edgar Leslie & Geo. W. Meyer. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Peace has always been our pray'r, Now there's trouble in the air

First line of chorus: It's up to you, what will you do?

Note: Advertisement on back for For me and my gal / words by Edgar Leslie and E. Ray Goetz ; music by Geo. W. Meyer.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Oh! how I hate to get up in the morning / by Irving Berlin. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: The other day I chanced to meet a soldier friend of mine

First line of chorus: Oh, how I hate to get up in the morning, oh, how I'd like to remain in bed

Note: Advertisement on back for American beauty / by Alfred Bryan, Edgar Leslie & M.K. Jerome.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Oh! how I hate to get up in the morning / by Irving Berlin. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: The other day I chanced to meet a soldier friend of mine

First line of chorus: Oh, how I hate to get up in the morning, oh, how I'd like to remain in bed

Note: performed by Bob Hall.

Note: Advertisement on back for At half past nine / words by Sam Lewis & Joe Young ; music by Archie Gottler.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

The ragtime soldier man / by Irving Berlin. New York : Ted Snyder Co., 1912. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: My lovin' baby, my lovin' baby, you better dry your eyes and don't be grievin'

First line of chorus: I've got to go, I've got to go, a soldier man I've got to be

Note: Advertisement on back for When I'm thinking of you / words and music by Irving Berlin.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Someone else may be there while I'm gone / by Irving Berlin. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: I left my darling the other day, we started quarreling, I went away

First line of chorus: All that worries me, is someone else may be there, while I'm gone

Note: Advertisement on back for The Dixie volunteers / by Edgar Leslie and Harry Ruby.

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BERRY, BERT.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Good-bye sweetheart / words and music by Bert & Lester Berry. Winnipeg, Canada : The Berry Publishing Co., 1916. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: On a ship at night, under stars so bright, stood two soldiers side by side

First line of chorus: Good-bye dear sweetheart Farewell to you

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by The Berry Publishing Co.

Note: sung by Miss Mable Withee, sold in aid of the Great War Veterans' Association.

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BINNS, NAT.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

When the clouds of war roll by / by Nat Binns and Earl Haubrich. Chicago : Ted Browne Music Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Ev'ry one's excidted, let us get united, shoulder arms to crush the foe

First line of chorus: When the clouds of war roll by, I'll come marching home to you

Note: Advertisement on back for Somewhere a heart is breaking and callming me back to you / words by Milton Weil ; music by Leo Friedman.

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BRANDON, CLARENCE.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Please touch my daddy's star again and change it back to blue / lyric by Marion Phelps ; music by Clarence Brandon. Chicago : Buck & Lowney, 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: W.B.B.

First line of text: She was just a dimpled baby, yet a troubled look she wore, as one tiny finger pointed to a flag above the door

First line of chorus: The gold star shines the brightest, but it makes my mamma sad

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Buck & Lowney.

Please touch my daddy's star again and change it back to blue

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BRATTON, JOHN W.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Then I'll come back to you / words and music by John W. Bratton. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: While cannons roar and thunder far across the deep blue sea, there's a little girl at home whose heart is breaking

First line of chorus: When the Russian army stand and fight united one and all, then I'll come back to you

Note: Advertisement on back for There's a Long long trail / lyric by Stoddard King ; music by Zo Elliot.

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BRENNAN, JAMES A.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

The rose of no man's land / words by Jack Caddigan ; music by James A. Brennan. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: the Red Cross nurse.

First line of text: I've seen some beautiful flowers, grow in life's garden fair

First line of chorus: There's a rose that grows on no man's land, and it's wonderful to see

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

The rose of no man's land / words by Jack Caddigan ; music by James A. Brennan. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: I've seen some beautiful flowers, grow in life's garden fair

First line of chorus: There's a rose that grows on no man's land, and it's wonderful to see

Note: Patriotic war edition.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist Inc.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

We're all going calling on the Kaiser / words by Jack Caddigan ; music by James A. Brennan. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Oh John, pack up your kit and come along with me, There's a party 'cross the sea

First line of chorus: And we're all going calling on the Kaiser, for we've got to teach the Kaiser to be wiser

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo Feist, Inc.

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BROOKHOUSE, WIN.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

That's the meaning of Uncle Sam / words by Frank Davis ; music by Win Brookhouse. New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., 1916. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: A little lad of six one day climbed on his father's knee

First line of chorus: U means union forever, N is our Navy so bold

Note: Advertisement on page [2] and back for music published by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co.

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BROWN, A. SEYMOUR.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Go right along Mister Wilson and we'll stand by you : song / lyric and music by A. Seymour Brown. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1915. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Dark clouds gather in the eastern sky, people are excited ev'rywhere

First line of chorus: Go right along Mister Wilson, we're all for you strong

Note: Advertisement on back for My tom tom man / lyric by Gus Kahn ; music by Egbert Van Alstyne.

Go right along Mister Wilson and we'll stand by you : song

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BRYAN, ALFRED.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

When Alexander takes his ragtime band to France / by Alfred Bryan, Cliff Hess, & Edgar Leslie. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: What's that tune I hear, a ringing in my ear

First line of chorus: When Alexander takes his ragtime band to France, He'll capture ev'ry Hun, and take them one by one

Note: Advertisement on back for For the two of us / words by Edgar Leslie; music by Harry Ruby.

Note: Advertisement on page 2 for food rationing.

When Alexander takes his ragtime band to France

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Girls of France / by Alfred Bryan, Edgar Leslie & Harry Ruby. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: We always though you a fickle coquette, girl of France

First line of chorus: Girls of France, girls of France, we're mighty proud of you

Note: Advertisement on back for I hate to lose you I'm so used to you now / words by Grant Clarke ; music by Archie Gottler.

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BURN, FARRAR.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

My heart is with the U.S.A. : march and foxtrot / words and music by Farrar Burn. Chicago : Samuel C. Osborn Co., 1915. 1 score ([3]pages).

First line of text: Oh my heart is true red white and blue, I am very proud to say

First line of chorus: Hooray Hooray for the U.S.A., America the land of freedom is the place for me and always will be

Note: Advertisement on back for American Public Rights Association.

My heart is with the U.S.A. : march and foxtrot

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CADDIGAN, JACK.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Salvation lassie of mine / words and music by Jack Caddigan and Chick Story. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1919. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: They say it's in the Heaven that all Angels dwell, but I've come to learn they're on earth just as well

First line of chorus: A sweet little Angel that went o'er the sea, with the emblem of God in her hand

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

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CARLETON, BOB.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Ja-da / words and music by Bob Carleton. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: You've heard all about your raggy melodies, ev'ry thing from opera down to melodies

First line of chorus: Ja da, ja da, ja da jing jing jing

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

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CARR, HOWARD.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

We don't want the bacon : what we want is a piece of the Rhine / words and music by "Kid" Howard Carr, Harry Russell and Jimmie Havens. Chicago : Arcade Music Pub. Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: Foley, Lieut. Joseph.

First line of text: If you read our history, why it will show, that we have always held our own with any kind of foe

First line of chorus: We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon, what we want is a piece of the Rhine

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CARROLL, HARRY.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Tip-top Tipperary Mary / words by Ballard Macdonald ; music by Harry Carroll. New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., 1914. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Tipperary Tommy was a soldier boy, brave as any lad could be

First line of chorus: Tip-top Tipperary Mary, I love you true, Tip-Top Tipperary Mary, My love's true as your eyes of blue

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

The Fatherland, the Motherland, the land of my best girl / words by Ballard Macdonald ; music by Harry Carroll. New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., 1914. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: I'm blue thru and thru, and I don't know what to do

First line of chorus: There's the Fatherland, the Motherland, and the land of my best girl

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.

The Fatherland, the Motherland, the land of my best girl

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

They'll be mighty in Dixie of their Old Black Joe / by Harry Carroll. New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: The other day I chanced to roam beside an old log cabin home

First line of chorus: I'm a comin', I'm a comin' and I'm mighty proud to go

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co.

Note: "Loyalty is the word of the day" advertisement runner on bottom of page two, and a food rationing advertisement on the back.

They'll be mighty in Dixie of their Old Black Joe

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CHURCHILL-GRINDELL.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Our flag / by Churchill-Grindell. Platteville, Wisconsin : Churchill-Grindell Co., 1917. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Do you see your country's flag, soldier boy, soldier boy

First line of chorus: They are marching to the beating of the drum's deep boom

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Churchill-Grindell Co.

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COHAN, GEORGE M.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Over there / by Geo. M. Cohan. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Johnnie get your gun, get your gun, get your gun, take it on the run, on the run, on the run

First line of chorus: Over there, over there, send the word, send the world over there

Note: Advertisement on back for I'll come back to you when it's all over / [music by] Kerry Mills; words by Lew Brown.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Over there / words and music by Geo. M. Cohan. New York : William Jerome Publishing Corporation., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Johnnie get your gun, get your gun, get your gun, take it on the run, on the run, on the run

First line of chorus: Over there, over there, send the word, swend the word over there

Note: Advertisement on back for Cotton pickin' time in Alabam / words by Harold Cool ; music by Arthur J. Daly.

Note: successfully introduced by Nora Bayes.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

When you come back : and you will come back, there's a whole world waiting for you / words and music by George M. Cohan. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: McFarlane, George

First line of text: From 'Frisco Bay to old Broadway, today all over the U.S.A.

First line of chorus: When you come back, if you do come back, you'll hear the Yankee cry

Note: Advertisement on back for Kiss me again / lyric by Henry Blossom ; written by Victor Herbert.

Note: Advertisement inside for food rationing.

When you come back : and you will come back, there's a whole world waiting for you

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CONRAD, CON.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Oh! Frenchy / words by Sam Ehrlich ; music by Con Conrad. New York : Broadway Music Corporation, 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Rosie Green was a village queen, who enlisted as a nurse

First line of chorus: Oh, Frenchy, oh Frenchy, Frenchy, although your language is so new to me

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Broadway Music Company.

Note: Advertisement on back for food rationing.

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CORTELYOU, WINTHROP.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Soldiers of the sea : march song / lyric by Wm. Cary Duncan ; music by Winthrop Cortelyou. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1917. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: The boys of sev'n-ty-six are only mem'ries now, the loyal, brave and true in Continental blue

First line of chorus: Uncle Sammy's soldiers of the sea, Uncle Sammy's boys in brown

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by M. Witmark & Sons.

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CRAWFORD, CAPT. JACK.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

My mother raised her boy to be a soldier / words and music by Capt. Jack Crawford. [New York] : Capt. Jack Crawford, 1915. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: My mother loved my Daddy and she loved her country too

First line of chorus: My mother raised her boy to be a soldier, my mother raised a patriotic boy

Note: Advertisement on page [2] and back for poetry by Capt. Jack Crawford.

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DAHLéN, CARL O.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Our boys are coming home : patriotic song / words and music by Carl O. Dahlen. Quincy, Mass. : Carl O. Dahlén, 1919. 1 score ([3]pages).

Dedicatee: "our boys."

First line of text: The victory's won, the war is o'er, our boys are coming home

First line of chorus: We welcome you, our boys so true, in khaki and in blue

Our boys are coming home : patriotic song

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DAVIDSON, WILLIAM B.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

I want to go back to Blighty / words by Lee M. Walker ; music by Lieut. Wm. B. Davidson. New York : Chappell & Co., Ltd., 1916. 1 score (7 pages).

First line of text: On a cold, dark night in a frontline trench crouched a solider in the rain

First line of chorus: Oh, I want to go back to Blighty, I want to go back tonight

Note: Advertisements on page 2 and [8] for music published by Chappell & Co., Ltd.

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DE COSTA, HARRY.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

The little grey mother who waits all alone : march ballad / words by Bernard Grossman ; music by Harry De Costa. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1915. 1 score (4 pages).

First line of text: The toys that brought joy to her little boy are scattered about on the floor

First line of chorus: There's a little grey mother who waits all alone, in a chill dreary spot that was once home, sweet home

Note: Advertisements for other music on page [5] and back for music published by M. Witmark & Sons.

The little grey mother who waits all alone : march ballad

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DE LACHAU, ADA.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Li'l Liza Jane / composed by Ada de Lachau. San Francisco : Sherman, Clay & Co., 1916. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: I'se got a gal an' you got none, li'l Liza Jane

First line of chorus: Ohe Liza, li'l Liza Jane, Ev'y mawnin' when I wakes, li'l Liza Jane

Note: Advertisement on back for While the Incense is burning / words and music by Walter Smith.

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DEROSE, PETER.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

When you're gone I won't forget / words by Ivan Reid ; music by Peter Rose. New York : F.B. Haviland Pub. Co., 1920. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: When you're gone I won't forget you, and I'll miss you when you go

First line of chorus: When you're gone I won't forget you, when from me you're far away

Note: Advertisement on pages 2 and 3 and on back for music published by F.B. Havilant Pub. Co.

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DIXON, HAROLD.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Save all your lovin' 'til I come back home and grin, grin, grin / words & music by Harold Dixon. St. Louis, Missouri : Dixon-Lane Pub. Co., 1918. 1 score ([3] pages).

First line of text: Farmer Jasper packed his things up had to answer to his country's call

First line of chorus: Save all your lovin' till I come back home and grin, grin, grin

Note: includes patter chorus for men on back.

Save all your lovin' 'til I come back home and grin, grin, grin

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DONALDSON, WALTER.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

How 'ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm / words by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis ; music by Walter Donaldson. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking, said his wifey dear

First line of chorus: How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Paree

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Don't cry Frenchy don't cry / words by Joe Young & Sam M. Lewis ; music by Walter Donaldson. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1919. 1 score ([3]pages).

First line of text: They met while clouds were hanging over Flanders, a soldier's glance, a war romance

First line of chorus: Don't cry French, don't cry, when you kiss me goodbye

Note: Advertisement on back for Bring me a rose / by Charles Shisler, published by Waterson, Berlin, & Snyder Co.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Dumpty deedle dee dum dee : novelty song / words by Hal Crane ; music by Walter Donaldson. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: You'll read about a fun'ral going through Berlin

First line of chorus: Dumpty deedle dee dum dee, dumpty deedle dee dum

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by M. Witmark & Sons.

Dumpty deedle dee dum dee : novelty song

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EASTON, BILLY.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

I'm all dressed up to kill / words, music, and scenery by Billy Easton. New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Yankee boy has heard the call to arms, Yankee boy has answered war's alarms

First line of chorus: I'm all dressed up to kill, I'm all dressed up to kill

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co.

Note: Advertisement on back for food rationing.

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EDWARDS, GUS.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Laddie boy (Good bye and luck be with you) / words by Will D. Cobb ; music by Gus Edwards. New York : The Gus Edwards Music House, 1917. 1 score (4 pages).

First line of text: War in the air, blare bugles, drums beat the loud roll call

First line of chorus: Goodbye and luck be with you Laddie boy, Laddie boy whatever your name may be

Note: Advertisements on pages [5] and [6] for music published by Gus Edwards Music House.

Laddie boy (Good bye and luck be with you)

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ELLERTON, H. W.

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The khaki lads : why our soldiers are fighting / words and music by Pte. H. W. Ellerton. Winnipeg, Canada : H.W. Ellerton, 1916. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Why our soldier boys are fighting, why our ladies cross the sea

First line of chorus: Ev'ry soldier lad who's in khaki clas has a lassie he's left at home

Note: "the author devotes one half of the proceeds to the Red Cross or patriotic purposes".

The khaki lads : why our soldiers are fighting

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ELLIOT, ZO.

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There's a long, long trail : song / written by Stoddard King ; composed by Zo Elliot. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1915. 1 score (6 pages).

First line of text: Nights are growing very lonely, days are very long

First line of chorus: There's a long, long trail a-winding in to the land of my dreams

Note: Advertisements for other music on pages [2, 7,] and back for M. Witmark & Sons.

Note: Sung by Jack McCormack.

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ERDMAN, ERNIE.

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I'm a long way from Tipperary / words by Roger Lewis ; music by Ernie Erdman. Chicago : Will Rossiter, 1914. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Tommy was a soldier, who had joined the volunteers, and when he marched away to war his eyes were filled with tears.

First line of chorus: I'm a long way from Tipperary, I'm a long way from Mary dear

Note: Advertisements inside cover and on back for other music published by Will Rossiter.

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FISHER, FRED.

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Lorraine : my beautiful Alsace Lorraine / words by Alfred Bryan ; music by Fred Fisher. New York : McCarthy and Fisher Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Beside a campfire gleaming, a grenadier was dreaming, his thoughts went back again to other years

First line of chorus: Lorraine, Lorraine, my beautiful Alsace Lorraine

Note: Advertisement on back for When you find someone missing / words by Joe McCarthy ; music by Geo. Fairman.

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Wee, wee, Marie will you do zis for me / words by Alfred Bryan and Joe McCarthy ; words by Fred Fisher. New York : McCarthy and Fisher Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Poor Johnny's heart went pitty, pitty pat, somewhere in sunny France

First line of chorus: Wee wee Marie, will you do zis for me, wee wee Marie, then I'll do zat for you

Note: Advertisement on back for Kisses / Lyric by Alex Sullivan ; music by Lynn Cowan.

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FLATOW, LEON.

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It's a long way to Berlin, but we'll get there / words by Arthur Fields ; music by Leon Flatow. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: Barrell, Lieut. Joseph E., and Lieut. Eugene J. Orsenigo, 71st N.Y. Infantry.

First line of text: Reuben Plank was a husky Yank, came into town one day

First line of chorus: It's a long way to Berlin, but we'll get there, Uncle Sam will show the way

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

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FLYNN, ALLAN J.

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Oh, moon of the summer night / by Allan J. Flynn. New York : Al. Piantadosi & Co., Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Over there, the silv'ry moon was shining, over there, a soldier boy while pining

First line of chorus: Oh, moon, of the summer night, your silv'ry beams bring me dreams, of the loved ones back home

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Al. Piantadosi & Co., Inc.

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FLYNN, NORAH.

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Tim Rooney's at the fightin': a Kerry ditty / words & music by Norah Flynn. New York : Chappell & Co., Ltd., 1915. 1 score (6 pages).

First line of text: Twas on a wet October morn among the hills of Kerry

First line of chorus: Rooney's at the fightin', Tim Rooney's at the fightin'

Tim Rooney's at the fightin': a Kerry ditty

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FRIEDMAN, LEO.

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On our way /words by Herman Jacobson ; music by Leo Friedman. Chicago : North American Music Publishing Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: The Sammies are coming, the Yanks are on their way

First line of chorus: On our way, we'll sing a good old Yankee song

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My soldier boy / words by Loyd Ignatius Nord ; music by Leo Friedman. Chicago : North American Music Publishing Co., 1918. 1 score ([3] pages).

First line of text: My boy has crossed the sea, to fight for liberty

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GILBERT, L. WOLF.

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While you're away / by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Anatole Friedland. New York : Gilbert & Friedland, Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: His furlough time was over, he was told to say good-bye

First line of chorus: While you're away, while you're away, I'll keep the lovelight bright

Note: Advertisement on back for Are you from heaven? / by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Anatol Friedland.

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GOTTLER, ARCHIE.

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America I love you / words by Edgar Leslie ; music by Archie Gottler. New York : Kalmar & Puck Music Co., 1915. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Amid fields of clover, 'twas just a little over a hundred years ago

First line of chorus: America, I love you, you're like a sweetheart of mine

Note: Advertisement on back for I'm looking for a warm spot / words by Edgar Leslie ; music by Archie Gottler.

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America I love you / words by Edgar Leslie ; music by Archie Gottler. New York : Kalmar & Puck Music Co., 1915. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Amid fields of clover, 'twas just a little over a hundred years ago

First line of chorus: America, I love you, you're like a sweetheart of mine

Note: Advertisement on back for As we sat at the Saturday Evening Post / words by Edgar Leslie and Bert Kalmar ; music by Jean Schwartz.

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GRANT, BERT.

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My Barney lies over the ocean : the way he lied to me / words by Joe Young & Sam M. Lewis ; music by Bert Grant. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1919. 1 score ([3]pages).

First line of text: Barney Carney promised me he'd by true to Molly O, the day he went away to war about a year ago

First line of chorus: My Barney lies over the ocean, my Barney lies over the sea

Note: Advertisement on back for That tumble-down shack in Athlone / Lyrics by Richard W. Pascoe ; music by Monte Carlo and Alma M. Sanders.

My Barney lies over the ocean : the way he lied to me

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GRAY, EDDIE.

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America first (is our battle cry! 'Tis the land we love!) / lyric by J. Will Calahan ; music by Eddie Gray. Chicago : Frank K. Root & Co., 1916. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: America will always hold a welcome hand to those who come across the sea from ev'ry land

First line of chorus: The star-spangled banner we always will defend, the standard of freedom until all time shall end

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by McKinley Music Company.

America first (is our battle cry! 'Tis the land we love!)

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GUMBLE, ALBERT.

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So long Sammy : song / lyric by Benny Davis and Jack Yellen ; music by Albert Gumble. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: We're mighty proud of you, Sammy boy, you've proved that you are true, Sammy boy

First line of chorus: So long, Sammy, may good luck be your guide

Note: Advertisement on back for For you a rose / words by Will D. Cobb ; music by Gus Edwards.

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Over the Rhine : song / lyric by Jack Yellen ; music by Albert Gumble. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Goodbye ev'rybody for we're going 'cross the sea, going for a visit to some friends in Germany

First line of chorus: Over the Rhine, over the Rhine, over the Rhine to the German line

Note: Advertisement on back for Tackin' em down / lyric by Bud de Sylva ; music by Albert Gumblev.

Note: Advertisement on back for food rationing.

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HALL, JIMMIE N.

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Uncle Sammy is a-calling you / words and music by Jimmie N. Hall. Los Angeles : W. A. Quincke & Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Don't you see the boys are marching, don't you hear the soldier's drum

First line of chorus: Uncle Sammy is a-calling, calling to you and me

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by W.A. Quincke & Co.

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HANLEY, JAMES F.

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Three wonderful letters from home / words by Joe Goodwin and Ballard Macdonald ; music by James F. Hanley. New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Three letters left a village bound for somewhere over there

First line of chorus: For the first was just old fashioned, and it breathed a mother's pray'r.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co.

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Three wonderful letters from home / words by Joe Goodwin and Ballard Macdonald ; music by James F. Hanley. New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Three letters left a village bound for somewhere over there

First line of chorus: For the first was just old fashioned, and it breathed a mother's pray'r.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co.

Note: "Loyalty is the word of the day" advertisement runner on bottom of page two.

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A little bit of sunshine : from home / words by Ballard McDonald & Joe Goodwin ; music by James F. Hanley. New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., 1918. 1 score ([3] pages).

First line of text: Say, neighbor, did you write to say "hello!" to Frank and Jim and Joe

First line of chorus: Just a bit of sunshine, a little bit of sunshine, will drive the clouds away

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co.

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HARRIS, CHAS. K.

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Break the news to mother / by Chas. K. Harris. New York : Chas. K. Harris, 1917, c1897. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: While the shot and steel were screaming upon the battle field

First line of chorus: Just break the news to mother, she knows how dear I love her

Note: Originally published in 1897 and popularized during the Spanish-American War.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Chas. K. Harris.

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Break the news to mother / by Chas. K. Harris. New York : Chas. K. Harris, 1917, c1897. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: While the shot and steel were screaming upon the battle field

First line of chorus: Just break the news to mother, she knows how dear I love her

Note: Originally published in 1897 and popularized during the Spanish-American War.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Chas. K. Harris.

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HERBERT, VICTOR.

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Defendam march / by Lieut. Victor Herbert. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1919. 1 score (5 pages).

Dedicatee: Treadwell, Colonel H.H.

Note: Written for the 22nd Engineers, N.Y.G.

Note: Advertisement on back for Kiss me again / lyric by Henry Blossom ; written by Victor Herbert.

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HOFFMAN, KATHARINE.

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Every girl that has a heart loves a soldier : ballad / poem by Charles F. Whaley ; melody by Katharine Hoffman. New York : Jeff Branen, 1918. 1 score (7 pages).

Dedicatee: To the Boys in Uncles Sam's Army and Navy.

First line of text: When the cruel war is over and the soldier boys come home

First line of chorus: Ev'ry girl that has a heart just loves a soldier

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Jeff Branen.

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HOWARD, GREAT.

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Somewhere in France is Daddy / words & music by Great Howard. New York : Howard and La Var Music Co., 1917. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: A little boy was sitting on his mother's knee one day

First line of chorus: Somewhere in France is Daddy, somewhere in France is he

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Howard and La Var Music Co.

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HOWARD, JOS. E.

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Somewhere in France is the lily : march ballad / written and sung with great success by Jos. E. Howard ; lyric by Philander Johnson. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: One day as morning shed its glow across the eastern sky

First line of chorus: Somewhere in France is the lily, close by the English rose

Note: Interior stamp states "Food will win this war - don't waste it."

Note: Advertisements on pages 2, 3 and [4] for other music published by M. Whitmark & Sons.

Somewhere in France is the lily : march ballad

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Somewhere in France is the lily : novelty song / written and sung with great success by Jos. E. Howard ; lyric by Philander Johnson. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: One day as morning shed its glow across the eastern sky

First line of chorus: Somewhere in France is the lily, close by the English rose

Note: advertisements on pages 2, 3 and [4] for other music published by M. Whitmark & Sons.

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Somewhere in France is the lily / [music by] Jos. E Howard ; lyric by Philander Johnson. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: One day as morning shed its glow across the eastern sky

First line of chorus: Somewhere in France is the lily, close by the English rose

Note: Advertisement on back for Evening brings rest and you / lyric by Edna Stanton Whaley ; music by F. H. Bishop.

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JENTES, HARRY.

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I don't want to get well / words by Harry Pease and Howard Johnson ; music by Harry Jentes. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: I just received an answer to a letter that I wrote, from a pal who marched away

First line of chorus: I don't want to get well, I don't want to get well, I'm in love with a beautiful nurse

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

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JEROME, M. K.

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Down the lane and home again / words by Edgar Leslie & Bert Kalmar ; music by M.K. Jerome. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1919. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Somebody went away, left those at home to pray, somebody could not say

First line of chorus: Home again, home again, night and day, throughout the weary way

Note: Advertisement on back for My Barney lies over the ocean : just the way he lied to me / words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young ; music by Bert Grant.

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Fires of faith / words by Joe Young & Sam M. Lewis ; music by M.K. Jerome. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1919. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Find me a lane without a turning, find me a rose without a thorn

First line of chorus: Fires of faith are burning, burning in ev'ry heart, flames that were kindled in baby years, sparkle with light from your mother's tears

Note: Advertisement on back for When the bees make honey down in Sunny Alabam' / words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young ; music by Walter Donaldson.

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Victory / words by Jack Wilson & Ben Bard ; music by M.K. Jerome. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: Sawyer, Miss Ray C.

First line of text: America is in the war, and she is in to stay, her gallant boys have crossed the foam, and now they're in the fray

First line of chorus: Victory, Victory, for that we've sent marines across the sea

Note: Advertisement on back for Mammy's chocolate soldier / words by Sidney Mitchell; music by Archie Gottler.

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Just a baby's prayer at twilight for her daddy over there / words by Sam. M. Lewis & Joe Young ; music by M.K. Jerome. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: I've heard the prayers of mothers, some of them old and gray

First line of chorus: Just a baby's pray'r at twilight, when lights are low

Note: Advertisement on back for Whose little heart are you breaking now / by Irving Berlin.

Just a baby's prayer at twilight for her daddy over there

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JEROME, WILLIAM.

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God, spare our boys over there / words and music by William Jerome and J. F. Mahoney. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: The voice of the country called forth ev'ry son, and nobly they echoed the answer as one

First line of chorus: God, spare our boys over there, keep them in your tender care

Note: Popular edition.

Note: The Army and Navy song prayer.

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JOHNSON, BILLY.

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The red, white and blue is calling you / words and music by Billy Johnson. Chicago : Frank K. Root & Co., 1916. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Can't you hear the bugle chorus, see the flag that's floating o'er us

First line of chorus: The red, white and blue is calling you, come on and do your duty, too

Note: Advertisements on back for music published by McKinley Music Company.

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JOHNSON, HOWARD.

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It's not your nationality (it's simply you) / music by Howard Johnson ; words by Joe McCarthy. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1916. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Ev'rybody has a native land, in the North, South, East or West

First line of chorus: It's not your nationality, it's what you do, it's not your personality, that always pulls you through

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

It's not your nationality (it's simply you)

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Where do we go from here / by Howard Johnson and Percy Wenrich. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Paddy Mack drove a hack up and down Broadway, Pat had one expression and he'd use it ev'ry day

First line of chorus: Where do we go from here, boys, where to do we go from here

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

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JOHNSON, JULIUS K.

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The boys of the U.S.A. : march / by Julius K. Johnson. Troy, NY : Koninsky Music Co., 1917. 1 score (5 pages).

Note: Advertisement on back for In Yucatan / [by] Sadie Koninsky.

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JUDGE, JACK.

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It's a long way to Tipperary / written and composed by Jack Judge and Harry Williams. New York : Chappell & Co., Ltd., 1912. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Up to mighty London came an Irish man one day

First line of chorus: It's a long way to Tipperary, it's a long way to go

Note: Advertisement on back for Little grey home in the West / words by D. Eardley Wilmot ; music by Hermann Lohr.

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KEITHLEY, E. CLINTON.

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On the sidewalks of Berlin / by E. Clinton Keithley. Chicago : Frank K. Root & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Now we all know the Kaiser each day is getting wiser that some day soon he'll lose his little crown

First line of chorus: We're drivin' 'em back, boys, we're drivin' 'em back, we're getting' nearer ev'ry day

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by McKinley Music Company.

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KENDIS AND BROCKMAN.

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We're going to hang the Kaiser under the linden tree / by Kendis and Brockman. New York : Kendis-Brockman Music Co. Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Have you heard the news, have you heard the news, the news that's going all around

First line of chorus: We're going to hang the Kaiser under the linden tree, under the linden tree, over in Germany

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Kendis-Brockman Music Co., Inc.

Note: Advertisement on back for food rationing.

We're going to hang the Kaiser under the linden tree

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KENNEDY, A. R.

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Dear old folks back home / words by Leiut. O. Weilby ; music by Sergt. A.R. Kennedy. Chicago : O. Weilby, 1919. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: When the sun sinks to rest 'neath the blue distant hills

First line of chorus: To the dearest spot in the whole world to me

Note: Melody originated and written by American soldiers in France.

Note: Back page contains original arrangment.

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KLICKMAN, F. HENRI.

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There's a little blue star in the window and it means all the world to me / lyric by Paul B. Armstrong ; music by F. Henri Klickman. Chicago : Frank K. Root & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: There's a little blue star in the window, and it means all the world to me

First line of chorus: There are stars in the high heavens shining with a promise of hope in their light

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by McKinley Music Company.

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LAKE, M. L.

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All together : song / words by E. Paul Hamilton ; music by M.L. Lake. Detroit : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: One night in sleep the Kaiser thought the whole world he could rule

First line of chorus: All together, every mother's son

Note: Advertisement on pages 2 and 3 and for food rationing.

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LANDMAN, NORMAN L.

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Mammy's Dixie soldier boy / words and music by Norman L. Landman. Chicago : Will Rossiter, 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: One day a bugle blew in Dixieland to call the Southern braves away

First line of chorus: Honey, don't forget your dear old mammy back in Dixieland

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Will Rossiter.

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LANGE, ARTHUR.

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Good bye, that means you / words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Arthur Lange. New York : Joe Morris Music Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Ten million men have answered to a mighty nations call, ten million men for love of country gladly give up all

First line of chorus: Goodbye, that means you little girl, but he knows that your heart is true

Note: advertisement on back for Before the world began / words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Alfred Solman.

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What'll we do with him boys : the Yanks made a monkey out of you / Words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Arthur Lange. New York : Joe Morris Music Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Oh boys, the sargeant said to us, oh boys there's joy ahead of us

First line of chorus: What'll we do with him boys, what'll we do, what'll we doodle oddle Yankee doodle do

Note: Advertisement on back for From me to Mandy Lee / words by Bernie Grossman; music by Arthur Lange.

What'll we do with him boys : the Yanks made a monkey out of you

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LASKA, EDWARD.

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Do something / by Edward Laska. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Ev'rybody isn't built to go and fight, but we always want to do the thing that's right

First line of chorus: Just go and do something, do something do what you can

Note: This song is endorsed by the National Committee of Patriotic Societies, Washington, D.C.

Note: Advertisment on back entitled Ways to do something for your country, sponsored by the National Committee of Patriotic Societies.

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LAWRENCE, RAY.

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Just a baby's letter found in no man's land / words by Bernie Grossman ; music by Ray Lawrence. New York : Joe Morris Music Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Somebody wrote a letter, to someone far away

First line of chorus: Just a babys letter found in no man's land, to a soldier daddy over there

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Joe Morris Music Co.

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LESLIE, EDGAR.

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The Dixie volunteers / by Edgar Leslie & Harry Ruby. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: See the folks all arrayed? They're dressed up for the parade

First line of chorus: Let's all give three cheers, for the Dixie Volunteers, see those great big Southern laddies, just like their dear old daddies

Note: Advertisment on back for Paddle addle : in your little canoe / by Ted Snyder.

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The Dixie volunteers / by Edgar Leslie & Harry Ruby. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: See the folks all arrayed? They're dressed up for the parade

First line of chorus: Let's all give three cheers, for the Dixie Volunteers, see those great big Southern laddies, just like their dear old daddies

Note: As introduced by Eddie Cantor in Ziegfeld's Follies.

Note: Advertisment on back for My sweetie / by Irving Berlin.

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Come on Papa / words and music by Edgar Leslie & Harry Ruby. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Sweet Marie, in gay Pa-ree, had a motor car

First line of chorus: Come on papa, hop in ze motor car, sit by mamma, and hold ze hand

Note: Advertisement on back for Don't cry Frenchy, don't cry / words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young ; music by Walter Donaldson.

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LOGAN, FREDERIC K.

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Military waltz : patriotic medley / by Frederick Knight Logan. Chicago : Forster Music Publishing Inc., 1917. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Columbia the gem of the ocean, the home of the brave and the free

Note: Contains excerpts from: Red, white and blue -- Tenting tonight on the old camp ground -- When Johnny comes marching home -- John Brown's body -- Marching through Georgia -- Soldier's farewell.

Note: Advertisement on back for Blue rose / [by] Frederick Knight Logan.

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MAGINE, FRANK.

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Don't be anybody's soldier boy but mine / words by Joe Lyons ; music by Frank Magine. Chicago : Ted Browne Music Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: There are many ways we can say goodbye, when a soldier goes away

First line of chorus: Don't be anybody's soldier boy but mine, keep a little tho't for me each day

Note: Advertisement on back for Somewhere a heart is breaking and calling me back to you / words by Milton Weil ; music by Leo Friedman.

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MARR, ALEX.

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Say a prayer for the boys "out there" / words by Bernie Grossman ; music by Alex Marr. New York : Joe Morris Music Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: A might nation hears a ringing call to arm, a call that draws her sons from city, vale and farm

First line of chorus: Say a praper, for the boys out there, for our heroes o'er the sea

Note: Advertisement on back for Before the world began / words by Andrew Sterling.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

When Tony goes over the top / words by Billy Frisch and Archie Fletcher ; music by Alex. Marr. New York : Joe Morris Music Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Hey, you know Tony the barber who shaves and cuts a the hair, he said ska-booch, to his Mariooch

First line of chorus: When Tony goes over the top, he no think of the barber shop

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Joe Morris Music Co.

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MARSHALL, HENRY I.

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I don't want to go to war : song / lyric by Ed Madden ; music by Henry I. Marshall. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1914. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Goodness mercy, listen Percy, hear the bugles call

First line of chorus: I don't want to go to war, I think bullets are a bore

Note: Advertisement on back for At the ball, that's all / words and music by J. Leubrie Hill.

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MARTONE, V.

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Give my love to the 48th / words by Minna Irving ; music by V. Martone. [s.l.] : V. Martone, 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: Cronin, Captain Gerald Ellis.

First line of text: Give my love to the Forty Eighth, the regular army men

First line of chorus: It's a long red road that the boys must go

Note: V. Martone is the band leader of the 48th infantry, U.S.A.

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MAYO AND TALLY.

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That's a mother's liberty loan / by Mayo and Tally and Clarence Gaskill. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: There's a lonely little mother in a lonely home tonight

First line of chorus: I gave my boy to Uncle Sam, to fight for you and me

Note: Advertisement on back for Evening brings rest and you / lyric by Edna Stanton Whaley ; music by F. H. Bishop.

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MCCARRON, CHAS. R.

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I'm glad I can make you cry / words and music by Chas. R. McCarron and Carey Morgan. New York : Jos. W. Stern & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Just like a baby you're crying, just like a baby you're trying

First line of chorus: I'm glad that I can make you blue, I'm glad that I can worry you

Note: Introduced in Gus Hill's Minstrels, sung by Bessie Hamilton.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Jos. W. Stern Co.

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MCDOUGALL, ALAN.

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The lillies of France / by Alan McDougall. Chicago : McMullin-Ince Music Co., 1918. 1 score ([3] pages).

First line of text: Johnny Johnson of the infantry, sailed far away o'er the sea

First line of chorus: Oh you lillies of France, give the poor girls a chance

Note: Advertisement on back for Little Mary Brown/ by Alan McDougall.

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MCHUGH, JAMES.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Here I am Uncle Sammy, take me : everybody's song / words by Dean T. Wilson ; music by James McHugh. Boston : Thayer Publishing Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: "[t]o our gallant boys of the Army and Navy and to the Allies with whom we are are United make us one for all and all for one."

First line of text: I heard a voice in the still of night, 'twas the call of Uncle Sam

First line of chorus: Here I am, Uncle Sammy, take me, you are welcome to whatever I can do

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MEYER, GEORGE W.

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Homeward bound / words by Howard Johnson and Coleman Getz ; music by Geo. Meyer. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Somewhere far away, Somewhere in the fray

First line of chorus: Homeward bound, someday they'll hear that welcome sound

Note: Successfully introduced by Belle Brooks.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist Inc.

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Homeward bound / words by Howard Johnson and Coleman Getz ; music by Geo. Meyer. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Somewhere far away, Somewhere in the fray

First line of chorus: Homeward bound, someday they'll hear that welcome sound

Note: Successfully introduced by Emma Carus.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist Inc.

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Homeward bound / words by Howard Johnson and Coleman Getz ; music by Geo. Meyer. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Somewhere far away, Somewhere in the fray

First line of chorus: Homeward bound, someday they'll hear that welcome sound

Note: Successfully introduced by Harry Cooper.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist Inc.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Johnny's in town / words by Jack Yellen ; music by Geo. W. Meyer & Abe Olman. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1919. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Down in our alley, each Susie and Sally, is rolling her eyes, up to the skies

First line of chorus: Johnny's in town, Johnny's in town, and oh, dearie, oh, dearie, he's been aroun'

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

You'll find old Dixieland in France / words by Grant Clarke ; music by Geo. W. Meyer. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Swanee shore, no more singin' round the cabin door

First line of chorus: You remember Dancin' Mose? Folks all called him Tickle Toes, you'll find him over there in France

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Just like Washington crossed the Delaware, General Pershing will cross the Rhine / words by Howard Johnson ; music by Geo. W. Meyer. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Looking backward through the ages, we can read on hist'ry's pages, deeds that famous men have done

First line of chorus: Just like Washington crossed the Delaware, so will Pershing cross the Rhine

Note: Theme suggested by Kate Elinore and Sam Williams.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist Inc.

Just like Washington crossed the Delaware, General Pershing will cross the Rhine

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If he can fight like he can love goodnight, Germany / words by Grant Clarke and Howard Rogers ; music by Geo. W. Meyer. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Little Mary's beau, said "I've got to go, I must fight for Uncle Sam"

First line of chorus: If he can fight like he can love, oh, what a soldier boy he'll be

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Bring back my daddy to me / words by William Tracy and Howard Johnson ; music by George W. Meyer. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: A sweet little girl, with bright golden curls, sat playing with toys on the floor

First line of chorus: I don't want a dress or a dolly, 'cause dollies get broken 'round here

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

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MITCHELL, SIDNEY D.

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Mother here's your boy / by Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler, and Thedore Morse. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: News has come to us from far across the foam, boys are coming back from over there

First line of chorus: Mother, you gave your pride and joy, Mother, you gave your boy

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist Inc.

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MOHR, HALSEY K.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Liberty Bell : it's time to ring again / words by Joe Goodwin ; music by Halsey K. Mohr. New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: You have rested, Liberty Bell, for a hundred years and more

First line of chorus: Liberty Bell, it's time to ring again, Liberty Bell, it's time to ring again

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co. and includes an advertisment for wartime food rationing.

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MONACO, JAMES V.

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I'm going to follow the boys : novelty song / words by Howard Rogers ; music by James V. Monaco. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: I've always had a lot of boys around me, wherever boys were, that's the place you found me

First line of chorus: I'm going to follow the boys over there, anywhere, I don't care

Note: Interior stamp states "Food will win this war - don't waste it"

Note: Advertisement on back for Evening brings rest and you / lyric by Edna Stanton Whaley ; music by F.H. Bishop.

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MORGAN, JIMMY.

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Don't bite the hand that feeds you / words by Thomas Hoier ; music by Jimmie Morgan. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1915. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Last night, as I lay a sleeping, a wonderful dream came to me

First line of chorus: If you don't like your Uncle Sammy, then go back to your home o'er the sea

Note: Advertisement on page [2] and back for music published by Leo Feist, Inc.

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MORSE, THEODORE.

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We'll knock the Heligo-into Heligo out of Heligoland / words by John O'Brien ; music by Theodore Morse. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: The men of the American Fleet

First line of text: The bo-sn' blew and a Yankee crew had stopped to hear him say

First line of chorus: We're on our way to Heligoland to get the Kaiser's goat

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

We'll knock the Heligo-into Heligo out of Heligoland

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MURPHY, C. W.

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Keep your head down, Fritzi boy / written and composed by C.W. Murphy & Norton David. New York : T.B. Harms, 1913. 1 score (7 pages).

First line of text: At the club one ev'ning Jones was telling all his pals

First line of chorus: Hold your hand out, naughty boy

Note: Soldier chorus by Lieut. Gitz Rice ; soldier version used by courtesy of Robert Emmett Keane.

Note: Advertisement on back for The sunshine of your smile / words by Leonard Cooke ; music by Lilian Ray.

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MURPHY, STANLEY.

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When we meet in the sweet bye and bye : song / words and music by Stanley Murphy. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: He was true, so would you be too, if you loved a girl like Sally

First line of chorus: In the sweet bye and bye, when the skies are clear and blue

Note: Advertisement on back for On the road to home sweet home / lyric by Otis Kahn ; music by Egbert Van Alstyne.

Note: Advertisements inside and on back for food rationing.

When we meet in the sweet bye and bye : song

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NELSON, ED.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

When Yankee Doodle learns to parlez vous Francais / words by Will. Hart ; music by Ed. Nelson. New York : A.J. Stasny Music Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: When Yankee Doodle came to Paris town, upon his face he wore a little frown

First line of chorus: When Yankee Doodle learns to parlez vous Francais, in the proper way

Note: Advertisment on back for Just you / words & music by Con Barth.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Welcome home / words by Bud Green ; music by Ed. Nelson. New York : A.J. Stasny Music Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Skies of gray have given way to brightness, hearts that once were sad are feeling gay

First line of chorus: Welcome home the day of peace on earth is here, welcome home what words of cheer

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by A.J. Stasny Music Co.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

She'll miss me most of all / words by Will J. Hart ; music by Ed Nelson. New York : A.J. Stasny Music Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Last night I joined the regulars, I'm glad I volunteered

First line of chorus: My sweetheart, when we part, she will sigh and cry, my old dad, he'll feel bad, as the troops march by

Note: Advertisement on back for Rose Dreams / poem by J.R. Shannon ; music by A.J. Stasny.

Note: Item states that the author called away for military duty and "unable to complete second verse."

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I've got a new job / words by Sam Landers ; music by Ed. Nelson. New York : A.J. Stasny Music Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Last night I met an old friend Willie Brown, I noticed on his face he wore a frown

First line of chorus: Oh, I've got a new job, a wonderful job, I'm so happy I could jump with joy

Note: Advertisement on back for Rose Dreams / poem by J.R. Shannon ; music by A.J. Stasny.

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NOVELLO, IVOR.

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Keep the home fires burning ('til the boys come home) / words by Lena Guilbert Ford ; music by Ivor Novello. New York : Chappell & Co., Ltd., 1915. 1 score (7 pages).

First line of text: They were summoned from the hillside, they were called in from the glen

First line of chorus: Keep the homefires burning, while your hearts are yearning

Note: Advertisements on page 2 and [8] for music published by Chappell & Co., Ltd.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Laddie in khaki : the girl who waits at home : song / words and music by Ivor Novello. New York : Chappell & Co. Ltd., 1915. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: There is a girl who waits at home who's full of charm and grace

First line of chorus: Laddie in khaki I'm waiting for you, I want you to know that my heart beats true

Note: Advertisement on page [2] and back for music published by Chappell & Co. Ltd.

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O'HARA, GEOFFREY.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

K-K-K-Katy / by Geoffrey O'Hara, Army song leader. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Jimmy was a soldier brave and bold, Katy was a maid with hair of gold

First line of chorus: K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy, you're the g-g-g-girl that I adore

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

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POWELL, FELIX.

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Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile / written by Geroge Asaf ; music by Felix Powell. New York : Chappell & Co., Ltd., 1915. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Private Perks is a funny little codger with a smile, a funny smile

First line of chorus: Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, and smile, smile, smile

Note: Advertisement on pages [6 and 7] and back for music published by Chapell & Co., Ltd.

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PRATT, W. A.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

When the fields are white with daisies I'll return / words by C.M. Denison ; music by W.A. Pratt. London : Arthur & Co., [190?]. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: I stood once in a harbour as a ship was going out on a voyage to a port beyond the sea

First line of chorus: When the fields are white with daisies, and the roses bloom again, let the love-flame in your heart more quickly burn

Note: Advertisement on back for Will you think of Devon sometimes.

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QUINN, CHARLES HENRY.

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Somewhere in France / words and music by Private Charles Henry Quinn and James C. Quinn. Los Angeles : Edw. L. Ballenger Music Co., 1916. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Somewhere in France at the close of a day, just as the sun tints the west

First line of chorus: Somewhere in France where the shot and shell are screaming

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Edw. L. Ballenger Music Publishing Co.

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RATH, FREDERICK.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

When the moon is shining somewhere in France / by Private Frederick Rath. New York : Jos. W. Stern & Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: Vidmer, George A., of the 306th Infantry.

First line of text: No matter where you chance to be, in America or France you'll see, the same old moon shines ev'rywhere

First line of chorus: When the moon is shining, somewhere in France, I'll send a wireless to you

Note: Advertisements for other music on pages 3, 6 and back for music published by Jos. W. Stern & Co.

Note: Patriotic song success featured by Frances White (of Rock & White).

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RATHBONE, LAURA.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Way back home in dear America / words and music by Laura Rathbone. Kenilworth, IL : Laura Rathbone, 1918. 1 score ([5] pages).

First line of text: It's a long way back to old America, to the only girl I long to see

First line of chorus: Way back home in dear America, there's a girl I long to see

Note: Advertisement on back for music written and published by Laura Rathbone.

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RICE, GITZ.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Dear old pal of mine / words by Harold Robe ; music by Gitz Rice. New York : G. Ricordi & Co., Inc., 1918. 1 score ([7] pages).

First line of text: All my life is empty, since I went away

Note: Advertisement on [page 7] and on back for music published by Ricordi & Co., Inc.

Note: Sung by Mr. John McCormack at all his engagements.

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ROBE, HAROLD.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Never swap horses when you're crossing a stream / by Harold Robe and Jesse Winne. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1916. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: My old friend Cole was an honest soul, who lived for America first

First line of chorus: Never swap horses, when you're crossing a stream, and let well enough alone

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist, Inc.

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ROBERTS, LEE S.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Smiles / words by J. Will Callahan ; music by Lee S. Roberts. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Dearie, now I know just what makes me love you so, just what holds me and endfolds me in its golden glow

First line of chorus: There are smiles that make us happy, there are smiles that make us blue

Note: Advertisement on back for Till we meet again / words by Raymond B. Egan ; music by Richard A. Whiting.

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RUBY, HARRY.

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And he'd say oo-la-la wee-wee / by Harry Ruby and George Jessell. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1919. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Willie Earl met a sweet young girl one day in France, her naughty little glance, put Willie in a trance

First line of chorus: She'd say, com-pron-ay voo, pa-pa, and he'd say oo-la-la, wee wee

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Oh! What a time for the girlies when the boys come marching home / words by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young ; music by Harry Ruby. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Why are all the girlies feeling great? Something's in the air

First line of chorus: Oh, what a time, what a time for the girlies when the boys come marching home

Note: Advertisement on back for Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody / words by Joe Young & Sam M. Lewis ; music by Jean Schwartz.

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SAWYER, HENRY S.

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Hurrah, hurrah for for the Christmas ship / words and music by Henry S. Sawyer. Chicago : McKinley Music Co., 1914. 1 score (4 pages).

Dedicatee: The children of America

First line of text: Come, boys and girls, just listen to this news for you and me, they're going to send a Christmas ship across the great blue sea

First line of chorus: Hurrah, hurrah for the Christmas ship as it starts across the sea with its load of gifts and its greater load of loving sympathy

Note: Advertisement on back for the Christmas Ship.

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SCARMOLIN, A. LOUIS.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

We'll keep Old Glory flying : song / the words by Carleton S. Montayne ; the music by A. Louis Scarmolin. New York : Boosey & Co., 1917. 1 score (5 pages).

Dedicatee: "[m]y comrades in arms"

First line of text: No matter whey we go, or when, no matter where we go, our starry flag in grandeur proud, to us the way will show

First line of chorus: We'll keep Old Glory flying, fair, no matter where we are

Note: Advertisements for other music on pages [6-7] and back for music published by Boosey & Co.

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SCHMID, JOHANN C.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

You're a grand old bell / words by J.E. Dempsey ; music by Johann C. Schmid. Philadelphia, PA : H.A. Weymann & Son, 1909. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Father tell me, why do they cheer, for a bell, that is old and broken

First line of chorus: I've heard the chimes of Trinity, I've heard Westminster, too

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by H.A. Weymann & Son.

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SCHROEDER, WILHELM.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Help Sammy fight it out : the great drive song / words by Carrie McCune ; music by Wilhelm Schroeder. Chicago : National Music Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: We've heard the German yell and Sammy's answering shout

First line of chorus: Sammy's mother ev'ry day is knitting army socks

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SCHUSTER, IRA.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

The Navy took them over and the Navy will bring them back / words by Yeoman Howard Johnson, U.S.N. ; music by Ira Schuster. New York : Leo. Feist Inc., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Over there we hear of heroes, who've been fighting for you and me

First line of chorus: On the sea, we've other heroes, too, on the sea, our sailor boys in blue

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Leo. Feist Inc.

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SCHWARTZ, JEAN.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Hello central, give me no man's land / words by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young ; music by Jean Schwartz. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: When the gray shadows creep, and the world is asleep, in the still of the night, Baby creeps down a flight

First line of chorus: Hello Central give me no man's land, my daddy's there, my mamma told me

Note: As introduced by Al Jolson in Sinbad at the Winter's Garden, New York.

Note: Advertisement on back for They were all out of step but Jim / by Irving Berlin.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

Hello central, Give me no man's land / words by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young ; music by Jean Schwartz. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: When the gray shadows creep, and the world is asleep, in the still of the night, Baby creeps down a flight

First line of chorus: Hello Central give me no man's land, my daddy's there, my mamma told me

Note: Successfully introduced by William Smythe, "The American Irish Tenor."

Note: Advertisement on back for When Alexander takes his ragtime band to France / by Alfred Bryan, Cliff Hess, and Edgar Leslie.

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SILVER, ABNER.

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You can't blame the girlies at all : they all want to marry a soldier / words by Alex. Gerber ; music by Abner Silver. New York : Joe Morris Music Co., 1919. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: All the girls today are up to something, something's goin' to happen soon

First line of chorus: Ev'ry girl wants to marry a soldier, somehow all the girlies know

Note: Advertisement on back for That's why I can't forget / words by Arthur J. Lamb ; music by Alfred Solman.

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SNYDER, CHAS. A.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

I'm hitting the trail to Normandy so kiss me good-bye / words & music by Chas. A. Snyder. New York : Snyder Music Co., 1917. 1 score ([3]pages).

First line of text: Come, dear, kiss your boy good-bye, look me in the eye, promise you'll not cry

First line of chorus: For I'm hitting the trail to Normandy, so kiss me good-bye

Note: Includes alternate version of chorus for male or mixed voices, arranged by F. Henri Klickmann.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by McKinley Music Company.

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SPEAKS, OLEY.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

When the boys come home / words by John Hay ; music by Oley Speaks. New York : G. Schirmer, 1917. 1 score (7 pages).

First line of text: There's a happy time coming when the boys come home

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by G. Schirmer.

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SQUIRE, W. H.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

When you come home : song / the words by Fred. E. Weatherly ; the music by W. H. Squire. New York : Boosey & Co., 1917. 1 score (5 pages).

Dedicatee: The American Troops Overseas.

First line of text: When you come home, dear, all will be fair, home is not home if you are not there

First line of chorus: Birds in the garden, all day long, singing for me their happy song

Note: Advertisements for other music on pages [6-7] and back for music published by Boosey & Co.

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STERLING, ANDREW B.

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We're going over / by Andrew B. Sterling, Bernie Grossman, & Arthur Lange. New York : Joe Morris Music Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: The major wrote the chorus but he fell down on the verse

First line of chorus: We're going over, we're going over, they want to settle up that fuss, and they put it up to us

Note: Advertisement on back for Before the world began / words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Alfred Solman.

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Folio M1646.U5 C6

We're going over the top / by Andrew B. Sterling, Bernie Grossman, & Arthur Lange. New York : Joe Morris Music Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: The boys out in the trenches have a song you never heard, they wrote it going over, ev'ry man put in a word

First line of chorus: We're going over the top, we're going over the top, we're going O,V,E,R, over the top.

Note: advertisement on back for Before the world began / words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Alfred Solman.

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TIERNEY, HARRY.

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It's time for every boy to be a soldier : song / lyric by Alfred Bryan ; music by Harry Tierney. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Most ev'ry fellow has a sweet-heart, some little girl with eyes of blue

First line of chorus: It's time for ev'ry boy to be a soldier, to put his strength and courage to the test

Note: Advertisement on back for Alabama Moon / lyric by J. Will Callahan ; music by Egbert Van Alstyne.

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The universal peace song : God save us all / lyric by Alfred Bryan ; music by Harry Tierney. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: The tramp of armies marching now shakes the earth again, two years they have been fighting all in vain

First line of chorus: When England, France and Germany will all advance in peace and harmony

Note: Advertisement on back for Mammy's little coal black rose / words by Raymond Egan ; music by Richard A. Whiting.

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My little service flag has seven stars : song / lyric by Stanley Murphy ; music by Harry Tierney. Detroit : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: When the cruel war came o'er us I was in the Ziegfield chorus

First line of chorus: Billy's busy drillin' in the infantry, Artie's in the aviation corps

Note: Advertisement on back for Sweet Little Buttercup / words by Alfred Bryan ; music by Herman Paley.

Note: Advertisement on pages 2 and 3 and the back for food rationing.

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Jerry mon cheri : song / lyric by Stanley Murphy ; music by Harry Tierney. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Jerry McSherry was a number one top sergeant who sail'd for gay Paree

First line of chorus: Jerry mon cheri, I'm very very fond of you la la Jerry mon cheri

Note: Advertisement on back for Bing! Bang! Bing'em on the Rhine : song / words and music by Jack Mahoney & Allan Flynn.

Note: Advertisement on pages 2 and 3 and the back for food rationing.

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TROTH, DAWLEY.

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A bugle call to peace / lyric by Halbert McNenny ; music by Dawley Troth. New York : F.B. Haviland Pub. Co., 1916. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Why this noice of battle ever reaching our ears? Turning the world to sadness and tears

First line of chorus: May all the nations join in bringing reason to the warring world

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UDALL, LYN.

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Just as the sun went down: ballad / words and music by Lyn Udall. New York : M. Witmark & Sons, 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: After the din of the battles roar, just at the close of day

First line of chorus: One thought of mother, at home alone, feeble and old and gray

Note: Advertisements on pages 2, 3 and [4] for music published by M. Witmark & Sons.

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UNGER, JOHN E.

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Our Sammies : a song of cheer to our returning heros / by John E. Unger. [s.l.] : J.E. Unger, 1919. 1 score ([2] pages).

First line of text: Our hero boys are coming back on stormy rolling waves

Note: Score printed on bifold mimeograph sheet, with lyrics glued to back.

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VAN & SCHENCK.

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Don't try to steal the sweetheart of a soldier : song / lyric by Alfred Bryan ; music by Van & Schenck. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: He marched off and left his girl behind him, on that battle field of France you'll find him

First line of chorus: Don't try to steal the sweet-heart of a soldier, it's up to you to play a manly part

Note: Advertisement on back for The bravest heart of all / lyric by Raymond Egan ; music by Richard A. Whiting.

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VAN ALSTYNE, EGBERT.

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So long, Mother / lyric by Raymond Egan and Gus Kahn ; music by Egbert Van Alstyne. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Oh mother dear a little tear is gleaming in your eye

First line of chorus: So long my dear old lady don't you cry, just kiss your grown up baby boy good-bye

Note: Al Jolson's Mother song.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Jerome H. Remick & Co.

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What are you going to do to help the boys? : song / lyric by Gus Kahn ; music by Egbert Van Alstyne. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Your Uncle Sam is calling now on ev'ry one of you if you're to old or young to fight there's something else to do

First line of chorus: What are you going to do for Uncle Sammy, what are you going to do to help the boys

Note: Runners on inside bottom advertise "Wheat wins the war--share it with the Allies for Victory!" and "Join the Army of the Majority, Save! And use food substitutes!"

Note: Advertisement on back for So dress up your dollars in Khaki / words by Lister R. Alwood ; music by Richard A Whiting.

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What are you going to do to help the boys? : song / lyric by Gus Kahn ; music by Egbert Van Alstyne. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Your Uncle Sam is calling now on ev'ry one of you if you're to old or young to fight there's something else to do

First line of chorus: What are you going to do for Uncle Sammy, what are you going to do to help the boys

Note: Runners on inside bottom advertise "Food is ammunition--don't waste it" and "The food you save in your kitchen goes to the soldier' mess at the front."

Note: Advertisement on back for So dress up your dollars in Khaki / words by Lister R. Alwood ; music by Richard A Whiting.

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For your boy and my boy / words by Gus Kahn ; music by Robert Van Alstyne. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Hear the bugle call, the call to arms for liberty

First line of chorus: For your boy and my boy and all of the boys out there, Let's lend our money to the U.S.A. and do our share

Note: Runner on inside bottom advertises "Win the war with bread and lead."

Note: Advertisement on back for Fourth United Liberty Loan.

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VON TILZER, ALBERT.

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The alcoholic blues / words by Edward Laska ; music by Al. Von Tilzer. New York : Broadway Music Corporation, 1919. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: I love my country, 'deed I do, but oh, that war has made me blue

First line of chorus: I've got the blues, I've got the blues, I've got the alcoholic blues.

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Broadway Music Corporation.

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I may be gone for a long, long time / lyric by Lew Brown ; music by Albert Von Tilzer. New York : Broadway Music Corporation, 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Good-bye dear, I'm leaving you today, don't cry dear, just dry those tears away

First line of chorus: I may be gone for a long, long time, long, long time, long, long time

Note: Grace La Rue's instantaneous success in Raymond Hitchcock & E. Ray Goetz's new musical review Hitchy-koo

Note: Advertisement on back for When the sun goes down in Dixie : and the moon begins to rise / words by Chas. McCarron ; music by Albert Von Tilzer.

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Don't take my darling boy away / words by Will Dillon ; music by Albert Von Tilzer. New York : Broadway Music Corporation, 1915. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: A mother was kneeling to pray, for loved ones at war far away

First line of chorus: Don't take my darling boy away from me, don't send him off to war

Note: Advertisement on back for Pigeon walk : fox trot / by James V. Monaco.

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Au revoir, but not goodbye, soldier boy / words by Lew Brown ; music by Albert Von Tilzer. New York : Broadway Music Corporation, 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Though you're leaving me today, never fear, in my thoughts you'll always be ever near

First line of chorus: Au revoir but not goodbye, soldier boy, brush that tear drop from your eye, soldier boy

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Broadway Music Corporation.

Note: Advertisement on back for food rationing.

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VON TILZER, HARRY.

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Keep the trench fires going for the boys out there / words by Eddie Moran ; music by Harry Von Tilzer. New York : Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Uncle Sammy's boys are somewhere over there in France

First line of chorus: Keep the trench-fires going for the boys out there

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.

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Under the American flag / words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Harry Von Tilzer. New York : Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co., 1915. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: I've trotted all around the globe, I've been in ev'ry clime

First line of chorus: No more I'll roam, I'll build a home, under the American flag

Note: Advertisement on back for Close to my heart / words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Harry Von Tilzer.

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The man behind the hammer and the plow / by Harry Von Tilzer. New York : Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: America, the world is calling you, America, it needs you badly, too

First line of chorus: It's the man behind the hammer and the plow, who made this country what it is today

Note: "Proclamation by the President to the People" published on back.

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Bring back the Kaiser to me : a patriotic plea / lyric by Adele Rowland and Eddie Moran ; music by Harry Von Tilzer. New York : Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Now little Johnnie was a volunteer, he kissed his girl goodbye

First line of chorus: I do not care for a diamond ring, a string of pearls

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.

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WALKER, BARCLAY.

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Long boy / words by William Herschell ; music by Barclay Walker. New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: He was just a long, lean country gink from 'way out West where the hop-toads wink

First line of chorus: Goodby Ma, goodby, Pa, goodby, mule, with yer old hee-haw

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.

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WATSON, HARRY L.

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Khaki Bill : march song / words and music by Harry L. Watson. Oskaloosa, Iowa : C.L. Barnhouse, 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: The "Khaki Bills" of the U.S.A.

First line of text: Banners flying, sweethearts sighing, boys go marking along, singing liberty's song

First line of chorus: Goodbye, you boys of liberty, we sing farewell, farewell to thee

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by C.L. Barnhouse.

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When the taps are softly blowing : we are dreaming all of you / words and music by Harry L. Watson Oskaloosa, Iowa : C.L. Barnhouse, 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Sammy said to Tommy Britain, here's a letter, it was written in the good old U.S.A.

First line of chorus: When taps are softly blowing, flowing melody of rest, all through the night comes showing, glowing light of golden West

Note: Advertisement on back for music published by [C.L. Barnhouse].

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WELLS, JACK.

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Joan of Arc they are calling you / words by Alfred Bryan & Willie Weston ; music by Jack Wells. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: While you are sleeping, your France is weeping, wake from your dreams, maid of France

First line of chorus: Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc, do your eyes, from the skies, see the foe

Note: Advertisment on back for Paddle addle : in your little canoe / by Ted Snyder.

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WENDLING, PETE.

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Oh! how I wish I could sleep until my daddy comes home / words by Sam. M. Lewis & Joe Young ; music by Pete Wendling. New York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Early to bed, early to rise, I heard my mother say to her angel eyes

First line of chorus: Oh, how I wish I could sleep until my Daddy come home

Note: Advertisement on back for Don't you remember the day / words and music by Cliff Hess.

Note: Advertisement on pages 2 and 3 for food rationing.

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WHITING, RICHARD A.

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The bravest heart of all : song / lyric by Raymond Egan ; music by Richard A. Whiting. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: I saw a mother and a baby on an ocean pier today, I heard the baby cry for daddy, when the big ship sail'd away

First line of chorus: My little laddie boy, oh my laddie boy, you're only five years old today

Note: Advertisement on back for Don't try to steal the sweetheart of a soldier / lyric by Alfred Bryan ; music by Van & Schenck.

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Till we meet again / words by Raymond B. Egan ; music by Richard A. Whiting. Detroit : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: There's a song in the land of the lily, each sweetheart has heard with a sigh

First line of chorus: Smile the while you kiss me sad adieu, when the clouds roll by I'll come to you

Note: Advertisement on back for Smiles / words by J. Will Callahan ; music by Lee S. Roberts.

Note: Advertisement on pages 2 and 3 for food rationing.

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I'll love you more for losing you a while : song / lyric by Raymond Egan ; music by Richard A. Whiting. Detroit : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Ev'ry heart must learn the sadness of the words "au revoir"

First line of chorus: We learn to love the flowers when the snows are here

Note: Advertisement on back for On the road to home sweet home / lyric by Gus Kahn ; music by Egbert Van Alstyne.

Note: Advertisement on pages 2 and 3 and the back for food rationing.

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WOODRUFF, JOSEPH.

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After the war is over / words by E.J. Pourmon and Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Joseph Woodruff. New York : Joe Morris Music Co., 1918. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Heroes are marching, marching to the war

First line of chorus: After the war is over when the battle's done

Note: advertisement on back for Before the world began / words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Alfred Solman.

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WOODS, ROBERT MANN.

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Our flag shall conquer : first prize song / words and music by Robert Mann Woods. Chicago : Robert Mann Woods, 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: O'er us that flag doth wave, our flag shall conquer

First line of chorus: Ever the stripes and stars, borne thro' our bloody wars

Note: Arranged by Richard R. Trench.

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YOUNG, BARNEY G.

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When the flag of peace is waving I'll return / words by Mary Ruth Meyer ; music by Barney G. Young. Brunswick, Georgia : Glover Brothers, 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: In a crowded railway station a maiden stood in tears, by her side her soldier lover vainly tried to calm her fears

First line of chorus: When the flag of peace is waving and victory we've won

Note: Advertisement on back for music and literature published by Mary Ruth Meyer of Brunswick, Georgia.

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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:: World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music.

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