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Mine, Alfred Solman, Joe Morris Music Co.
Mine, Alfred Solman, Joe Morris Music Co.
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of four men in a semi-circle at the bottom left corner of the page. Below the photo is says The Criterion Quartette Messrs. Quine, Snow, Noeker, Dumas
First line of song: If you could only read my heart, dear
Includes sheet music samples from the song "Just A dream of You , Dear"
Andante moderato
Alto or Baritone in Bb
By the composer of "If I Had A Thousand Lives To Live"
Words by James W. M. Gee and Paul Benedek
Music by Alfred Solman
Introduced by and Dedicated to Mr. William Wade Hinshaw, Baritone of …
When It's Apple Blossom Time In Normandie, Mellor Gifford, Francis, Day & Hunter
When It's Apple Blossom Time In Normandie, Mellor Gifford, Francis, Day & Hunter
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: The side profile of a couple looking in the right direction standing next to each other.
First line of song: On a farm in Normandy, there resided Rose Marie,
First line of chorus: When it's apple blossom time in Normandy!
Moderato con espressione
Includes sheet music samples from the songs "Love Dreams" and "The Maurice Tango"
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth's song success When It's Apple Blossom Time In Normandie
Sung by the writers in Lew Fiends' Production "The Sun Dodgers"
Written & Composed by Mellor Gifford & Trevor
1 score, (6p.), 32x25 cm
Published by Francis, Day …
Hold Your Tongue, Earle C. Jones, Roy L. Burch, Up-To-Date Music Co
Hold Your Tongue, Earle C. Jones, Roy L. Burch, Up-To-Date Music Co
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A sitting cat facing the right direction with a bow tie around its neck.
First line of song: This world is full of people who talk all the time, their heads are like a steeple with bells that always chime
First line of chorus: You hold your tongue, just hold your tongue,
Moderato
The Great Comic Song As Sung All Over The World
Words by Earle C. Jones Author of "Nobody" "Dr. Brown"
Music by Roy L. Burch composer of "Get Wise" "Alabama Rose"
1 score, (6p.), 34x28 cm
Published by Up-To-Date Music Co., Indiana
Sleep, Baby, Sleep (Irene's Lullaby), John J. Handley, F. E. Hathaway
Sleep, Baby, Sleep (Irene's Lullaby), John J. Handley, F. E. Hathaway
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A woman in a dress holding a child outside watching a man walking towards her with mountains and a house in the background.
First line of song: Sleep baby, sleep, close to my breast,
First line of Yodle: A - e - o - la - e - - - - O - le - a - e - du -
Andante
Refrain: p Dolce cres.
Refrain: dim.
Yodle: Tempo di Valse
Includes sheet music samples from the songs "Promise me", "Love's Answer", and " Absent"
Words and Music by John J. Handley
1 score, (6p.), 33x26 cm …
The Wriggley Rag, Worton David, George Arthurs, E. Ray Goetz, Malvin Franklin, Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
The Wriggley Rag, Worton David, George Arthurs, E. Ray Goetz, Malvin Franklin, Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A line of people boarding a cruise ship
First line of song: You've heard of Gaby and her Gaby Glide
First line of chorus: First give a glide, then a stride, then a slide, on your side as you twirl a bit
Includes sheet music sample from the song "Happy Little Country Girl"
Moderato
By Worton David and George Arthurs
Lew Fields Presents All Aboard!
Words by E. Ray Goetz
Music by E. Ray Goetz and Malvin Franklin
1 score, (8p.), 35x27 cm
Published by Waterson, Berlin and Snyder Co, New York
On The Mississippi, Ballard Macdonald, Carroll & Fields, M. Witmark & Sons
On The Mississippi, Ballard Macdonald, Carroll & Fields, M. Witmark & Sons
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of a crowd of people on a harbor dancing, playing a banjo and having fun while a paddle ship is coming into the background. There is a cabin in the far distant. In the lower left corner is a portrait of a man with the caption Palmer Hines.
First line of song: In my dreams I seem to hear a whistle shrill
First line of chorus: On the Mississippi, On the Mississippi, where those boats go puffin' along
Tempo di Marcia
Words by Ballard Macdonald
Music by Carroll & Fields
1 score, (6p.), 33x26 cm
Published …
Burglar Man, Arthur G. Schnadt, Herbert Binner, Betts & Binner Co.
Burglar Man, Arthur G. Schnadt, Herbert Binner, Betts & Binner Co.
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front Cover: A burglar in a mask pointing a gun
First line of song: Twas a dark and stormy night everybody sleeping tight.
First line of chorus: In the middle of the night, hear that sound, hear that sound, that must be a burglar.
Moderato
Includes sheet music samples from the song "There Is No Little Girl Like You"
Words by Arthur G. Schnadt
Music by Herbert Binner
1 score, (6p.), 34x27 cm
Published by Betts & Binner Co, Chicago
Aloha Oe, H. M. Queen Lihuokalani, Frank Sheridan, The John Frnaklin Music Co.
Aloha Oe, H. M. Queen Lihuokalani, Frank Sheridan, The John Frnaklin Music Co.
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of a girl dressed in Hawaiian wear, on an island surrounded by palm trees, the bay, and a mountain in the background.
Includes sample sheet music from the songs "Ma Cherie" and "My Heart Is Thine!"
Moderato
Composed by H.M. Queen Lihuokalani
English Lyric by Frank Sheridan
Oliver Morosco's Production The Bird Of Paradise By Richard Walton Tully
1 score, (6p.), 33x26 cm
Published by The John Franklin Music Co, New York
You're My Baby, A. Seymour Brown, Nat D. Ayer, Jerome H. Remick & Co.
You're My Baby, A. Seymour Brown, Nat D. Ayer, Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of woman standing side ways with a hat on her head with big ruffles. The caption says: Dorothy Brenner
First line of song: There's something the matter with me dear
First line of chorus: You're my baby, you're a wonderful child.
Includes sheet music samples from the song "On A Beautiful Night with A Beautiful Girl"
Moderato
Words by A Seymour Brown
Music by Nat D. Ayer
Popular Edition
Song by A. Seymour Brown and Nat. D. Ayer composers of "Oh, You Beautiful Doll"
1 score, (6p.), 35x27 cm
Published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., …
O Lovely Night!, Edward Teschemacher, Landon Ronald, Enoch & Sons
O Lovely Night!, Edward Teschemacher, Landon Ronald, Enoch & Sons
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: No cover art
First line of song: O lovely night! Thou sweet and gentle maiden
Tempo I
Adagio ma non troppo
Words by Edward Teschemacher
Music by Landon Ronald
Arranged as a Duet for Soprano and Tenor
From the Song-Cycle "Summertime"
'Cello Obbligato
1 score, (8p.), 30x24 cm
Published by Enoch & Sons, London
The Ragtime Violin, Irving Berlin, Ted Synder Co
The Ragtime Violin, Irving Berlin, Ted Synder Co
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of an individual playing the violin. Portrait of women in bottom right corner with the words Kathleen Kay.
First line of song: Mister Brown, Mister Brown had a violin, went around all around with his violin.
First line of chorus: Fiddle up, fiddle up on your violin
Moderato
Includes sheet music samples from the song "June Honeymoon"
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
1 score, (6p), 35x27 cm
Published by Ted Synder Co, New York
That Mysterious Rag, Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder, Norton & Maple, Ted Snyder Co.
That Mysterious Rag, Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder, Norton & Maple, Ted Snyder Co.
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of a women in a long dress with a big hat on her head playing the piano, while a man with a long red coat holds his hand to his head. In the bottom left corner is a photo of a man and women with the caption Norton & Maple.
First line of song: Did you hear it? were you near it?
First line of chorus: That mysterious rag
Includes sheet music sample from the song "That Peculiar Rag".
Allegro moderato
By Berlin & Synder
Norton & Maple
1 score, (6p.), 34x27 cm
Published by Ted …
Oh, You Wonderful Girl, George M. Cohan, Choan And Harris Publishing
Oh, You Wonderful Girl, George M. Cohan, Choan And Harris Publishing
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
George M. Cohan's Newest Musical Play The Little Millionaire
Direction of Cohan & Harris
Moderato
Words and Music by George M. Cohan
Jerome H. Remick & Co. New York and Detroit Selling Agents for "The Little Millionaire" Music
Front cover: On the right side of the cover is a photo of a man standing, wearing a formal suit and derby hat leaning on a cane. Above the photo are the monogrammed initials CH
First line of song: I think you're a wonderful girl, honest and true I do dear
First line of chorus: Oh you wonderful girl, what a wonderful …
You Can't Expect Kisses From Me, Roger Lewis, Rubey Cowan, Will Rossiter
You Can't Expect Kisses From Me, Roger Lewis, Rubey Cowan, Will Rossiter
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: Three sisters sitting together reading some music with names above them Rosalie, Gertrude, and Regina.
First line of song: Central Hello! Hello! Give me one nine eight-o,
Chorus p-f
First line of chorus: Take the flow'rs from the bees, and you never have honey, Hide the
Modto
Words by Roger Lewis Author of "Oceana Roll"
Music by Rubey Cowan
1 score, (6p.), 34x26 cm
Published by Will Rossiter, Chicago
My Pretty Eileen Good-Night (My Pretty Eileen Good Night), Frank Rose, J. R. Shannon, Grinnell Bros
My Pretty Eileen Good-Night (My Pretty Eileen Good Night), Frank Rose, J. R. Shannon, Grinnell Bros
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of a women in a dress standing by a river surrounded by trees. There is also an inset portrait of a man in a suit with the words "Frank Rose"
First line of song: In the Country of Kilkenny, In Erin's balmy Isle lives a sweet Colleen of twenty with a roguish eye and smile
First line of chorus: I count the moments one by one, while I'm away from you
Includes sheet music sample from the song " Tales My Mother Told To Me"
An Irish Ballad
Successfully Sung By Frank Rose
Poem & Music …
The Harbor Of Love, Earle C. Jones, Charlotte Blake, Jerome H. Remick & Co
The Harbor Of Love, Earle C. Jones, Charlotte Blake, Jerome H. Remick & Co
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of people in a boat getting ready to sail off into the sea, while others are standing onshore watching. Numerous cherubs surround the boat.
First line of song: Sometimes I think our love is like a dreamy Southern sea, where every thought is like a wave that ripples back to me
First line of chorus: You are my Harbor of love, dear, you are my bright golden sea
Includes sheet music from the songs "My Only One" and "The Hour That Gave Me You"
Lyrics by Earle C. Jones
Music by Charlotte Blake
Popular Edition
Andte …
Take Me Back To The Garden Of Love, E. Ray Goetz, Nat. Osbourne, Ted Snyder Co
Take Me Back To The Garden Of Love, E. Ray Goetz, Nat. Osbourne, Ted Snyder Co
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of a woman's side profile wearing a hat with blue flowers on it. In the bottom left corner is a portrait of a man with the caption H. J. Haekler.
First line of song: Sweet thoughts of first love are filling me
First line of chorus: Take me back to your Garden of Love
Includes sheet music sample from the song "June Honeymoon"
Andante
Chorus: Valse Mod'to
Words by E. Ray Goetz
Music by Nat. Osborne
Respectfully dedicated to Miss Mabel McKinley
1 score, (6p.), 32x25 cm
Published by Ted Snyder Co, New York
Golden Dreams, Billy B. Van, Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Golden Dreams, Billy B. Van, Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of abstract shapes
First line of song: Last night I had a dream, I dreamed of you above
First line of chorus: Golden dreams, golden dreams, beautiful dreams of you
Includes sheet music samples from the songs "You'll Do The Same Thing Over Again" and "Maybe That Is Why I'm Lonely"
Temp di Valse
Operatic Edition
Billy B. Van and The Beaumont Sisters in "A Lucky Hoodoo"
Direction Stair & Havlin
Words and Music by Billy B. Van
1 score, (6p.), 35x27 cm
Published by Jermone H. Remick & Co., New York
Whispering Hope, Alice Hawthorne, Hannah J. Winner, Oliver Ditson Company
Whispering Hope, Alice Hawthorne, Hannah J. Winner, Oliver Ditson Company
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A women leaning up against a fence leaning close to a cherub.
First line of song: Soft as the voice of an angel, breathing a lesson unheard
First line of chorus: Whispering Hope, oh, how welcome thy voice
Includes sheet music samples from the song "For You"
Soprano Dolce
Duet for Soprano and Alto
Vocal Duet
Copyright by Hannah J. Winner
1 score, (6p.), 31x24 cm
Published by Oliver Ditson Company, Boston
The Girl Of My Dreams, Wilbur D. Nesbit, Otto Hauerbach, Karl Hoschna, M. Witmark & Son
The Girl Of My Dreams, Wilbur D. Nesbit, Otto Hauerbach, Karl Hoschna, M. Witmark & Son
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Joseph M. Gaites Presents John Hyams & Leila Mc Intyre in the Musical Play The Girl of My Dreams
Book by Wilbur D. Nesbit and Otto Hauerbach
Music by Karl Hoschna, composer of "The Three Twins", "Bright Eyes", "Madame Sherry", ETC, ETC.
First line of chorus: You're my little dream girl, You're the girl I knew,
Front cover: A woman wearing hat with curly hair holding a rose and a small picture of couple on the left bottom corner.
First line of the song: Back in the May - time of my boyhood days, I read of ladies fair and …
Chauncey Olcott's Greatest Song Successes (I Love The Name Of Mary), George Graff Jr., Chauncy Olcott, Ernest R. Ball, M. Witmark & Sons
Chauncey Olcott's Greatest Song Successes (I Love The Name Of Mary), George Graff Jr., Chauncy Olcott, Ernest R. Ball, M. Witmark & Sons
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: Picture of a man insert into a circle in a flower
First line of song: I have wandered around but I never have found the heart that was meant for me.
First line of chorus: I love the name of Mary, Gentle and sweet nor airy tender as e'er a fairy Just as true
Moderato
Valse Moderato Tenderly
Moderately, with expression
Includes sheet music samples from the songs "Let Us Have Peace!", "Wild Rose" and "My Dear"
Lyric by George Graff Jr.
Music by Chauncey Olcott & Ernest R. Ball
1 score, (8p), 33x26 cm
Published by M. …
Jimmy Valentine (Lookout For Jimmy Valentine), Edward Madden, Gus Edwards, Gus Edwards Music Pub. Co.
Jimmy Valentine (Lookout For Jimmy Valentine), Edward Madden, Gus Edwards, Gus Edwards Music Pub. Co.
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of a man playing the piano for five boys and four girls. The words Gus Edwards', "Song Revue" are at the bottom center.
First line of song: When the stars above are blinking and the house is dark and still
First line of chorus: Look out, look out, look out for Jimmie Valentine
Includes sheet music samples from the song "Lucy-Anna- Lou"
Moderato
Words by Edward Madden
Music by Gus Edwards
Dedicated to Harry B. Warner
Song successes from Gus Edwards' Song Revue Vaudeville's Greatest Sensation A company of 30, Mostly Girls- All beauties with Gus …
When Nancy Brown Kissed Hiram, Collin Davis, Arthur Gillespie, Jos. E. Howard, Chas. K. Harris
When Nancy Brown Kissed Hiram, Collin Davis, Arthur Gillespie, Jos. E. Howard, Chas. K. Harris
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of two men on the left side of the page and one picture of a man on the right side of the page.
First line of song: Nancy was a country maiden pretty, and Hiram he was more than twenty one.
First line of Chorus: Goodbye Hiram, Nancy said to Hiram Green.
Mr. Albert Campbell presents at the Whitney Opera House, Chicago, Ill. Lower Berth Thirteen
Founded on a story by Howard Whitney Swope
A Farce with Music
Book & Lyrics by Collin Davis and Arthur Gillespie
Music by Jos. E. Howard
1 score, (8p.), 36x28 …
All That I Ask Of You Is Love, Edgar Selden, Herbert Ingraham, Maurice Shapiro
All That I Ask Of You Is Love, Edgar Selden, Herbert Ingraham, Maurice Shapiro
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front Cover: Photo of a man sitting with the caption William Pruette at the bottom.
First Line of Song: I care not what the world may say, Or if it mock and jeer; I'd care not for its smiles or frowns, If you were always near me.
First Line of Chorus: All that I ask is love, All that I want is you
In Medium Bb
Lyric by Edgar Selden
Melody by Herbert Ingraham
Ballad
Includes lyrics and lines for Male Quartette
1 score, (6p.), 32x25 cm
Published by Maurice Shapiro, New York
Dear Old Wintertime, A. Seymour Brown, Nat. D. Ayer, Ribe Danmark, Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Dear Old Wintertime, A. Seymour Brown, Nat. D. Ayer, Ribe Danmark, Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of a couple sitting next to each other on a settee with the curtains pulled back from the window showing a full moon and snow.
First line of song: People think summer makes you spoon and poets say you must have a moon, but I know better
First line of chorus: Dear old, dear old winter time, with ice and snow and the breezes that blow.
Includes sheet music sample from the song "We've Kept The Golden Rule"
Marcia moderato
Words by A. Seymour Brown
Music by Nat D. Ayer
Includes sheet music for quartette for …
A Twilight Memory, Irma Taylor Wilson
A Twilight Memory, Irma Taylor Wilson
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: No cover art
First line of song: Thro' the twilight dark'ning shadows softly drifting down the light,
Moderato
Words & Music by Irma Taylor Wilson
To my Mother
1 score, (6p.), 32x26 cm
Published by Irma Taylor Wilson, Chicago, Illinois
Every Little Movement, Otto A. Hauerbach, Karl Hoschna, M. Witmark & Sons
Every Little Movement, Otto A. Hauerbach, Karl Hoschna, M. Witmark & Sons
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A portrait of a girl in a oval frame in the middle wearing a big hat and dress.
First line of song: No longer does the lithesome miss, Cavort in catchy waltz,
First line of chorus: Ev'ry little movement has a meaning all its own,
Allegretto grazioso
Moderato grazioso
Messrs H H Frazee & George W Leaderer's Presentation of the Fascinating Lina Abarbanell In Madame Sherry A Three Act French Vandeville
Personally Staged by Mr Lederer
Lyrics by Otto A. Hauerbach
Music by Karl Hoschna
Madame Sherry
Lyrics identified for Lulu and Leonard
1 score, (6p.), 34x27 cm …
Alma, George V. Hobart, Jean Briquet, Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Alma, George V. Hobart, Jean Briquet, Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of a woman with a furry hat holding a purse standing, leaning on a chair with the words Lottie Kendall. There is images of plants on each side and a portrait of a man in the upper left corner.
First line of song: Why are the men bold? Why do they stare at me?
First line of chorus: Alma, sweet Alma, Oh! where do you live?
Moderato
Lyrics by George V. Hobart
Music by Jean Briquet
Joseph Weber presents the sensational musical play "Alma Where Do You Live?" From the German of Adolf Philipp
English Version …
Come Along My Mandy, Nora Bayes, Jack Norworth, Tom Mellor, Alf. J. Lawrence, Harry Gifford, T. B. Harms & Francis Day & Hunter
Come Along My Mandy, Nora Bayes, Jack Norworth, Tom Mellor, Alf. J. Lawrence, Harry Gifford, T. B. Harms & Francis Day & Hunter
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A man embracing a women looking looking to the right.
First Line of Song: Mandy put your best clothes on and come along, Mandy now don't be long!
First Line of Chorus: Come along my Mandy sweet as sugar candy.
Brightly
Includes sheet music samples from the song "In Roseland".
American Version
Written & Sung by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth
Introduced in Lew Fields Production "The Jolly Bachelors"
Written and Composed by: Tom Mellor, Alf. J. Lawrence, and Harry Gifford
1 score, (6p.), 34x26 cm
Published by T.B. Harms & Francis Day & Hunter, New York
For You Bright Eyes, O. A. Hauerbach, Karl L. Hoschna, Cecil Lean, Florence Holbrook, M. Witmark & Sons
For You Bright Eyes, O. A. Hauerbach, Karl L. Hoschna, Cecil Lean, Florence Holbrook, M. Witmark & Sons
Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive
Front cover: A picture of a woman with a huge hat on her head while wearing black gloves with her fingers parted up to her face and a smile on her face.
First line of song: I love your cheeks so tender, I love your angels face
First line of chorus: Bright eyes that beam for me, Gleam for me
Includes sheet music samples from the song "Teach me to Pray",
By the writers of "Three Twins"
Book by Charles Dickson
Lyrics by O.A. Hauerbach
Music by Karl L. Hoschna
With Cecil Lean and Florence Holbrook, Direction of Morris URI …