SAM DeVINCENT COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC, ca. 1790 - 1987
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Container List

Series 4: Songwriters, 1847-1975

by: Robert S. Harding & Cooby Greenway, 1994

Subseries 4.185: Joe Sanders, 1921-1941

Box 222

    Folder

    A -- General Songs, 1922-1941, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

     
    Includes: "Beloved," "Sittin' Around," and "What a Girl! What a Night!"  
    (30 items)

    B -- Instrumental Arrangements, 1928-1931

     
    Contains: "Southology" and arrangements for violin and piano for "Beloved."   
    (3 items)

    C -- Songs by Others, 1921-1937, featuring cover photos of Sanders.

     
    Includes: "Angry," "Hi-Diddle-Diddle," and "Little Old Sod Shanty on the Claim."  (19 items)

    D -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1926-1941

     
    Includes: "Daniel Boone," "I Want to Go Home," and "My Dear." (15 items)

Subseries 4.186: Jean Schwartz, 1901-1948

Box 223

    Folder

    A-E -- General Songs, 1919-1936, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

    A-B -- Collaboration with Others, 1901-1936; 1946

    A -- 1901-1936; 1946:

     
    Includes: "Back to the Carolina You Love," "Good Bye Virginia," and "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat." (27 items)

    B -- 1914-1917:

     
    Multiple editions of "I Love the Lades" and "I'm All Bound Round with the Mason Dixon Line."  (13 items)

    C-E -- Collaboration with William Jerome, 1901-1919

    C -- 1901-1908:

     
    Includes: "Any Old Place I Can Hang My Hat,"  "Miss Green, Don't Be So Mean," and "Mother Hasn't Spoken to Father Since."   (23 items)

    D -- 1909-1918:

     
    Includes: "Bamboo Lane" (missing front cover), "I Ain't Got No Ear for Music," and "I'll Make a Ring Around Rosie."  (26 items)

    E -- 1919-1936:

     
    Includes: "Day by Day in Every Way" and "Trust in Me."  (16 items)

    F -- Ethnic Songs Miscellaneous, 1902-1915

     
    Contains African American, Gypsy, Irish American, and Chinese subjects. Two editions of "Chinatown, My Chinatown" are back pages only.   (19 items)

    G -- Armed Conflict Songs, 1917-1918

     
    Contains:   "America Needs You Like a Mother" and "Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land."  (2 items)

    H-K -- Musical Theater Productions, 1901-1928

Box 224

    Folder

    H -- THE HAM TREE, 1905:

     
    Contains: "Drummer's Song," "Rajah Glide," "When the Cat's Away,"
    and "Where the Red, Red Roses Grow." (6 items)

            OUR AMERICAN BOY, 1914, "I Love the Ladies."  (5 items)

    I -- THE PASSING SHOWS of 1919-1923:

     
    Includes: "He Blew on His Bugle-e-oo," "Kiss Burglar," "Let's Have a
    Rattling Good Time," and  "On the Level You're a Little Devil."  (10 items)

    J -- GAIETIES OF 1919:

     
    Includes: "I've Made Up My Mind to Mind a Maid Made Up Like You." (4 items)

            PIFF, PAFF, POUF, 1904:

    Contains: "The Ghost That Walked," "The Radium Dance," and 
    "Under the Goo Goo Tree."  (3   items)

            SUNNY DAYS, 1928:

    Includes: "Hang Your Hat on the Moon."  (4 items)

    K-L -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1901-1923

    K -- 1901-1910:

     
    "Any Old Time at All," 1906, THE RICH MR. HOGGENHEIMER
    "At the Music Hall," 1904, THE ENGLISH DAISY
    "Chinatown, My Chinatown," 1910, UP AND DOWN BROADWAY
    "Come Down to Earth, My Dearie," 1910, UP AND DOWN BROADWAY
    "Come, Toddle Along," 1909, IN HAITI
    "Handle Me with Care," 1907, THE FOLLIES OF 1907
    "I'm Tired," 1901, THE STROLLERS
    "Julie," 1903, MR BLUEBEARD
    "Let's Make Love Among the Roses," 1910, THE YANKEE GIRL
    "Love Me Just Like Romeo Loved Miss Juliet," 1909, IN HAYTI (sic)
    "Mister Dooley," 1902, THE CHINESE HONEYMOON
    "My Irish Rosie," 1906, THE LITTLE CHERUB
    "Rip Van Winkle Was a Lucky Man," 1901, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY 
         AND THE BEAST
    "That Spoony Dance," 1909, THE SILVER STAR
    "They Always Follow Me," 1908, THE AMERICAN IDEA,
    Chicago Sunday Examiner, December 13, 1908
    "The Whitewash Man," 1909, THE CANDY SHOP 
    (22 items)

    L -- 1911-1923:

     
    "The Flower Garden Ball," 1913, WHEN CLAUDIA SMILES
    "Hello Centra! Give Me No Man's Land," 1918, SINBAD
    "I Find  Em, Fool  Em, Fondle and Forget  Em," 1923, THE DANCING GIRL 
    "I'm Simply Crazy over You," 1915, HANDS UP
    "Innocent Eyes," 1923, "Lovable Eyes," 1922, MAKE  IT SNAPPY
    "My Yiddisha Mammy," 1922, MAKE IT SNAPPY "Sas'parilla, Women, 
       and Song," 1919, OH, MY DEAR!
    "Shimmying Everywhere," 1919, HELLO ALEXANDER
    "String a Ring of Roses," 1912, A WINSOME WIDOW
    "When You Grow to Be Twenty-One," 1916, BETTY
    "When You Love," 1923, TOPICS OF 1923
    "Whistle It," 1912, THE WALL STREET GIRL
    "Why Didn't I Meet You Long Ago," 1920, PAGE MISTER CUPID 
    (18 items)

    M -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1912-1948

     
    Includes: "All Full of Empty" and "I Love to Hear an Irish Band." (13 items)

Subseries 4.187: Terry Shand, 1932-1950

Box 224

    Folder

    A -- General Songs, 1932-1946, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

     
    Includes: "Dance with a Dolly," "I Double Dare You," and 
    "My Extraordinary Gal." (17 items)

    B -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1933-1950

     
    Includes: "I Lost Another Sweetheart," "Possum Song," and "Sunshine Sally."   (16 items)

Subseries 4.188: Larry Shay, 1923-1946                               

Box 225

    Folder

    A-H -- General Songs, 1923-1938, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

    A -- 1923-1926:

     
    Includes: "Nothing Else to Do," "Sure As You're Born," and "That's Georgia."  
    (20 items)

    B -- 1924:

     
    Multiple editions of "Too Tired."  (5 items)

    C -- 1925:

     
    Multiple editions of  "By the Light of the Stars," "I'm Knee Deep in Daisies," and "Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again."    (33 items)

    D -- 1926:

     
    Multiple editions of  "I'd Love to Call You My Sweetheart."   (8 items)

    E -- 1927:

     
    Includes: "Beautiful," "Everywhere You Go," and "Highways  Are Happy Ways."   (18 items)

    F -- 1928-1938:

     
    Includes: "Get Out and Get Under the Moon," "Hobo Joe," and "When You're Smiling."  (21 items)

    G -- Patriotic Song, 1926, "America First, Last and Always."   (1 item)

    H -- Comic Strip Song, n.d.,   "Smitty."  (1 item)

    I -- Motion Picture Production, 1930, "Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy,"
          GOOD NEWS.  (2 items)

    J -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1923-1946

     
    Includes: "Corn on the Cob," "Kentucky, Sure As You're Born," and "Party Girl."  (31 items)

Subseries 4.189:   Seymour Simons, 1919-1944

Box 226

    Folder

    A-B -- General Songs, 1919-1936, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

    A -- 1919-1936:

     
    Includes: "Ain't You Ashamed." Back covers are missing for one edition of "Breezin' Along with the Breeze" and for the only editions of "Just Can't Be Bothered with Me" and "Only a Midnight Adventure." "Wasn't It Nice?" is an arrangement for male quartette.  
    (24 items)

    B -- 1919-1922:

     
    Multiple editions of "Just Like a Gypsy" (one edition has back cover only) 
    and "Night." (11 items)

    C -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1919-1921

     
    "As We Sow, So Shall We Reap,"1920, HER FAMILY TREE
    "Just the Two of Us," 1919, LADIES FIRST
    "Ouija Board," 1920, HER FAMILY TREE
    "Remember the Rose," 1921, HER FAMILY TREE
    "When Cupid Flies Away," 1920, HER FAMILY TREE 
    (4 items)

    D -- Motion Picture Production, 1928, "Honey," HER HIGHNESS AND 
            THE BELLBOY. (1 item)

    E -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1922-1944

    Includes: "All of Me," "Take Along a Little Love" (the reverse has "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" by Dubin and Burke), and "Things That Money Can't Buy."  
    (15 items)

Subseries 4.190: Sunny Skylar, 1935-1959

Box 226

    Folder

    A -- General Songs, 1941-1959, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

     
    Includes: "Besame Mucho," "It's All Over Now," and "You're Breaking My Heart."  (32 items)

    B -- Motion Picture Production, 1941; 1943, "Amor," BROADWAY RHYTHM.  
            (2 items)

    C -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1935-1952

     
    Includes: "Be Mine Tonight," "Don't Cry," and "A Little Consideration." 
    (24 items)

Subseries 4.191: Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith, 1895-1939; n.d.

Box 227

    Folder

    A-B -- General Songs, 1890-1939, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

    A -- 1890-1939:

     
    Includes: "By the Sapphire Sea" and "The Sheik of Araby."  (15 items)

    B -- 1920:

     
    Multiple editions of "Bright Eyes."  (7 items)

    C-F -- Musical Theater Productions, 1895-1924

    C-D -- Harry B. Smith with Others, 1895-1906, n.d.

    C -- LADIES FIRST, 1918, and THE OFFICE BOY, 1903:

     
    Contains songs from these shows.  (7 items)

    D -- 1895-1924:    

     
    "Betty Behave," 1919, BETTY BE GOOD
    "The Bogie Man," n.d., SINBAD
    "Constantly," 1910, FOLLIES OF 1910
    "Gypsy Song," 1917, RAMBLER ROSE
    "Here Comes Pansy," 1903, THE BILLIONAIRE
    "I Can't Forget Your Eyes," 1915, ALL OVER TOWN
    "In Dreamland," 1896, (missing covers) WIZARD OF THE NILE
    "It's the Chink, Chink, Chink," 1900, THE CASINO GIRL
        (supplement of The New York Journal & Adv't's'r, July 8, 1900)
    "Kiss, Kiss, Kiss," 1906," THE PARISIAN MODEL
    "The Little Gypsy Maid," 1902, THE WILD ROSE
    "The Love Waltz," 1911, THE WEDDING TRIP
    "Music Caressing of Violins," 1911, THE SIREN
    "My Angeline," 1895, (missing covers) WIZARD OF THE NILE
    "My Little Pansy," 1903, THE BILLIONAIRE
    "Only a Hundred Girls," 1899, THE ROUNDERS
    "Play Gypsies, Dance Gypsies," 1924; 1926, COUNTESS MARITZA
    "Same Old Story, Nothing New," 1899, THE ROUNDERS
    "Same Sort of Girl," 1914, THE GIRL FROM UTAH
    "Sleigh Bells May Be Wedding Bells," 1909, THE SILVER STAR
    "Song of the Strollers," 1901, THE STROLLERS
    "Wall-Flower Sweet," 1911, THE SIREN
    (24 items)

    E -- Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith Together, 1903-1911; 1912

     
    "The Melody of Love," 1911, GYPSY LOVE
    "One Umbrella Would Be Big Enough for Two," 1904, A CHINA DOLL
    "The Queen of Vanity Fair," 1911, THE RED ROSE
    "When Two Little Hearts Beat Together," 1908; 1911; 1912, THE ROSE MAID
    (5 items)

    F-G -- Robert B. Smith with Others, 1904-1923

    F -- THE SPRING MAID, 1909;1910:

                   Includes: "Day Dreams, Visions of Bliss."  (9 items)

    G -- 1904-1923:  

     
    "All I Want in This Wide, Wide World Is You," 1908, A GIRL AT THE HELM
    "All the World Loves a Lover," 1911, MODEST SUZANNE
    "Don't Do Anything Till You Hear from Me," 1919, A LONELY ROMEO
    "I Might Be Your Once-in-a-While," 1919, ANGEL FACE
    "I Was Just Supposing," 1905, MEXICANA
    "Just My Style," 1904, FANTANA
    "Life Is a See-Saw," 1906, A KNIGHT FOR A DAY
    "Lilac Domino," 1911, LILAC DOMINO
    "The Little Girl Blue," 1907, A KNIGHT FOR A DAY
    "'Member When?"1923, SUNBONNET SUE
    "Not All, But Nearly," 1908, A GIRL AT THE HELM
    "Take It from Me," 1915, TOWN TOPICS 
    (14 items)

    H -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1898-1920; 1948

     
    Contains: "Bright Eyes" and "My Josephine."  (3 items)

Subseries 4.192: Lee Orean Smith, 1899-1914

Box 228

    Folder

    A -- General Songs, 1903-1907, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

     
    Contains: "The Cutest Girl in Town" and "Mary."  (3 items)

    B-C -- Instrumental Compositions and Arrangements, 1899-1914

    B -- Ethnic Covers and Titles, 1899-1904:

     
    Includes: "Campin' on de Ole Suwanee," "King Crap," and "Ole Eph's Vision."  (6 items)

    C -- General Subjects, 1902-1914:

     
    Includes: "Crimson Blushes" and "The Old Wedding Gown."  (10 items)

    D -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1902:

     
    "Sweet Clover," 1902, SWEET CLOVER
    "Under Southern Skies," 1902, UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES
    (4 items)

    E -- Professional/Artist Copy, 1901, "A Letter from the Front."  (1 item)

Subseries 4.193: Ted Snyder, 1903-1936

Box 228

    Folder

    A-D -- General Songs, 1904-1936, not related to stage, screen or other topical categories.

    A -- 1903-1917:

    Includes: "Foxy Moon," "In San Domingo," and "Say No! That's All."  (30 items)

    B -- 1908-1911:

    Multiple editions of "I'm Going to Do What I Please," "In the Land of Harmony,"   and "It's the Pretty Things You Say."  (17 items)

    C -- 1919-1936:

    Includes: "By the Sapphire Sea," "Dancing Fool," and "Under the Moon."  "One Night in June" and "You Gave Me Your Heart" are missing covers.    (26 items)

    D -- 1921-1923:

    Multiple editions of "I Wonder If You Still Care for Me,"  "The Sheik of Araby," and "Who's Sorry Now."  (20 items)

Box 229

    Folder

    E -- Ethnic Songs, Miscellaneous, 1906-1909

    Contains: "I'd Rather Be Outside A-Lookin' In Then Inside A-Lookin' Out" and "Ogalalla."  (2 items)

    F -- Armed Conflict Song, 1908; 1936, "My Dream of the USA."  (4 items)

    G -- Sacred Song, 1929, "The Load Is Heavy."   (1 item)

    H -- Instrumental Compositions, 1904-1914

    Contains: "Oraibi," "The Rose That Will Never Die," "Roses and Memories," "Rustling Silks," and "Wild Cherries."  (5 items)

    I -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1907-1921

    "Beautiful Eyes," 1909, MY HAMLET OF BROADWAY
    "How'd You Like to Be My Daddy," 1918, SINBAD
    "It's Moonlight on the Rhine," 1914, ONE GIRL IN A MILLION
    "The Sheik of Araby," 1921, MAKE IT SNAPPY
    "Tipperary Nora," 1907, ABOUT TOWN 
    (13 items)

    J -- Motion Picture Production, 1919, "The Brat," THE BRAT.  ( 1 item)

    K -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1907-1927; 1936; 1939

    Includes: "He's Coming Back" and "There's a Girl in This World for Every Boy."  (11 items)

Subseries 4.194: Alfred Solman, 1898-1926

Box 229

    Folder

    A-C -- General Songs, 1900-1925, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

    A-B -- Collaboration with Others, 1898-1926

    A -- 1898-1923

     
    Includes: "The Lily or the Rose" (Chicago Sunday American, July 10, 1904), and "Why Do You Make Me Care."   (39 items)

    B -- 1911-1916:    

     
    Multiple editions of  "In the Sweet Long Ago," "Mine," "There's a Quaker Down in Quaker Town," and "You're More Than the World to Me."  (28 items)

    C -- Collaboration with Arthur J. Lamb, 1904-1921

     
    Includes: "The Linger Longer Girl," "When the Bell in the Lighthouse Rings," and "Would You Take Me Back Again?"  (23 items)

Box 230

    Folder

    D -- Irish Songs, 1912-1915

     
    Contains: "In Old Ireland, Meet Me There" and "My Own Home Town in Ireland."  (3 items)

    E-F -- Sacred Songs, 1902-1919

    E -- 1902-1919:

     
    Includes "By the Old Cathedral Door" and "The Way of the Cross." (7 items)

    F -- 1907:

     
    Multiple editions of "The Hymns of the Old Church Choir."  (9 items)

    G -- Instrumental Composition, 1900, "Midnight Serenade."  (1 item)

    H -- Musical Theater Production, 1905, "Milo," BABES IN THE WOOD.  (1 item)

    I -- Song by Jeff Branen, 1913, "In the Valley of the Moon," harmonized by Solman.   (1 item)

    J -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1906-1925; 1945

     
    Includes: "By the Old Cathedral Door" and "A Thief in Paradise."   (10 items)

Subseries 4.29: John Philip Sousa, 1886-1915

Box 84

    Folder

    A-D -- March Music, 1886-1915:

    A -- 1886-1890:

      Includes: "The Gladiator," "The High School Cadets," and the well-known "The Washington Post." (10 items)

    B -- 1891-1895:

      Includes: "King Cotton," "The Liberty Bell," and "Manhattan Beach March." 
      (12 items)

    C -- 1896-1915:

      Includes: "El Capitan" from the operetta EL CAPITAN, "Hands Across The Sea," "The Charlatan March," and "The Pathfinder of Panama." (14 items)

    D -- 1897; 1954:

Subseries 4.195: Herbert Spencer & Fleta Jan Brown, 1903-1926

Box 230

    Folder

    A-E -- General Songs, 1903-1926, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

    A -- Songs by Herbert Spencer with Others, 1903-1906

     
    Contains: "Stella" and "Sweethearts May Come and Sweethearts May Go."    
    (4 items)

    B-C -- Songs by Fleta Jan Brown, Alone or with Others, 1908-1923

    B -- 1908-1923:

     
    Includes: "Come and Dream with Me in a Persian Garden" and "When the Lamps Are Low" (one edition is from The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sunday, Nov. 15, 1914).  (12 items)

    C -- 1917:

     
    Multiple editions of "There's Egypt in Your Dreamy Eyes."  (5 items)

    D-E -- Songs by Spencer and Brown Together, 1910-1926

    D -- 1910-1926:

     
    Includes: "Kiss Me with Your Eyes" and "Last Night."  (14 items)

    E -- 1915:

     
    Multiple editions of "Underneath the Stars."  (6 items)

    F -- Irish American Song, 1906, "She's an Irish Girl."  (1 item)

    G -- Instrumental Composition, 1912, "Kitty Gordon," by Brown.  (1 items)

    H -- Musical Theater Production, 1913, "In the Candlelight," MADAM
            PRESIDENT.   (6 items)

    I -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1911-1926

     
    Includes: "Come and Kiss the Blarney, Mary Darling."  (3 items)

Subseries 4.196: Harold Spina, 1931-1956

Box 231

    Folder

    A -- General Songs, 1931-1956, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

     
    Includes: "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore," "It's So Nice to Have a
    Man Around the House," and "You're So Darn Charming."  (18 items)

    B -- Motion Picture Production, 1936, "I Still Love to Kiss You Goodnight," 
           52ND STREET.  (1 item)

    C -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1931-1951

     
    Includes: "Don't Say a Word-Just Dance," "I Got Tookin," "I'm Pixilated Over You," and "Lou'siana Lullaby" (with piano arrangements in different keys).   
    (23 items)

Subseries 4.197: Sam H. Stept, 1919-1956

Box 231

    Folder

    A-B -- General Songs, 1919-1952; 1956, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

    A -- Collaboration with Bud Green, 1919-1931; 1956

     
    Includes: "Congratulations" (one edition missing inner page), "Good Little, Bad Little You," "I'll Always Be in Love with You," and "That's My Weakness Now."   "After the Dance" (by Caesar and Frisch) is on the reverse of "Ev'rything That's Nice Belongs to You." (18 items)

    B -- Collaboration with Others, 1925-1944

     
    Includes: "I Beg Your Pardon, Mademoiselle," "London on a Rainy Night," and "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone."  (14 items)

    C -- Songs Written Alone, 1943-1952

     
    Includes: I've Had This Feeling Before."  (5 items)

    D -- Armed Conflict Song, 1942, "This is Worth Fighting For."  (2 items)

    E -- Musical Theater Production, 1933, "Swingy Little Thingy," SHADY LADY.  
           (1 item)

    F -- Motion Picture Productions, 1929-1935


    "Dancing Feet," 1935, DANCING FEET
    "Do Something," 1929, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
    "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (cover only),  1930, 
    LULLABY OF BROADWAY (3 items)

    G -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1928-1950


    Includes: "I'll Always Be in Love with You," "Laughing Irish Eyes," and "Palsie-Walsie."  
    (44 items)

Subseries 4.30: Andrew B. Sterling, 1897-1935

Box 84

    Folder

    A-G -- General Songs, 1897-1929, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

    A -- 1900-1918, written exclusively by Sterling:

      Contains: "Hearts Win, You Lose," "My Own Wild Western Rose," and "She's Just Plain Sue." (5 items)

    B -- Collaboration with Kerry Mills, 1902-1909

      Contains: "In the City of Sighs and Tears," "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis," "Stop Making Faces at Me," and "You for Me When You're Sweet Sixteen." (7 items)

    C -- Collaboration with Arthur Lange, 1917-1918

      Includes: "It's a Short Way through Mother's Doorway but a Long Way Back to Mother's Knee."  (15 items)

    D-G -- Collaboration with Others, 1897-1927

Box 85

    Folder

    D -- 1897-1910:

      Includes: "The Homestead on the Hill," "Only a Bunch of Violets," "Set 'Em Up in the Other Alley," and "Strike Up the Band, Here Comes a Sailor." Also included are several Sunday newspaper supplements. (28 items)

    E -- 1903:

      Multiple editions of "In the Village by the Sea." (7 items)

    F -- 1912-1927:

      Includes:  "Of All My Wife's Relations I Love Myself the Best" and "You've Got to Stop It." (13 items)

    G -- 1920-1929:

      Multiple editions of  "When My Baby Smiles at Me," 
      (one edition may have Ted Lewis' signature).  (7 items)

    H -- African American Songs, 1899-1910

      Includes: "I've Got a White Man Working for Me," "The Lady with the Auburn Hair" (one edition is a musical supplement to the Chicago Sunday Chronicle, February 17, 1901), and "The Queen of Charcoal Alley" (one edition is a musical supplement to the New York Sunday Press, November 25, 1900). (10 items)

    I -- Ethnic Songs Miscellaneous, 1917-1926

     
    Contains: "Bridget O' Flynn" and "When Rosie Riccoola Do Da Hoola Ma Boola." (2 items)

    J-K -- Armed Conflict Songs, 1900-1918. All songs are related to World War I except as noted.

    J -- 1900-1918:

      Includes: "After the War Is Over," "Raus Mit Der Kaiser," and "Merrily We Roll Along." "The Good Old Songs of the Blue and Grey" and "Just a Lock of Hair for Mother" (a musical supplement to the Philadelphia Press, Sunday, September 30, 1900) are related to the Civil War. (19 items)

    K -- 1917-1918:

      Multiple editions of "America, Here's My Boy," "We're Going Over," and "What'll We Do with Him Boys?" (24 items)

    L --  Musical Theater Production, Miscellaneous, 1910-1920

     
    "All the Boys Love Mary," 1920, ZIEGFELD MIDNIGHT FROLIC
    "Oh How I Love You," 1920, FRIVOLITIES OF 1920
    "When My Baby Smiles at Me," 1920, THE GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES
    "Whoop 'Er Up," 1910, JUDY FORGOT 
    (8 items)

    M -- Motion Picture Production, 1929, "Sleepy Valley," THE RAINBOW MAN 
            (6 items)

    N -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1903-1923; 1935

     
    Includes: "Before the World Began "and "Meet Me in St Louis, Louis." 
    (8 items)

Subseries 4.198: Charley Straight, 1911-1930

Box 232

    Folder

    A-B -- General Songs, 1911-1930, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

    A -- 1911-1918:

     
    Includes: "Old Fashioned Roses for Old Times Sake," "Red Rose," and "Way Back in Tennessee."  (10 items)

    B -- 1919-1930

     
    Includes: "Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do," "I Found a Way to Love You," "I Love You Sunday" (one back page missing), and "Little Thoughts."   (19 items)

    C -- Ethnic Songs, Miscellaneous, 1912-1920

     
    Contains African American, Chinese, and Irish subjects.  (7 items)

    D -- Ragtime, 1912-1918

     
    Includes: "Everything Is Ragtime Now" and "Mocking Bird Rag." (9 items)

    E -- Musical Theater Production, 1921, "June Moon," PASSING 
           SHOW OF 1921.   (1 item)

    F-G -- Songs by Others, 1925-1926, covers feature photos of Charley Straight.

    F -- 1925-1926:

     
    Includes "Beside a Garden Wall," "Someone Is Losin' Susan," and "Tweedle-Dee Tweedle-Doo."  (8 items)

    G -- Ethnic Song, 1926, "Oh, How I Hate Bulgarians."   (1 item)

    H -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1919-1929

     
    Contains: "Ev'rybody Calls Me Honey," "Funny, Dear," and "I Love You Sunday."  (3 items)

Subseries 4.31: Jule Styne, 1922-1967

Box 86

    Folder

    A-B -- General Songs, 1922-1946, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

    A -- 1922-1946:

      Includes: "I'll Walk Alone," "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" 
      "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)," and "Sunday." 
      (11 items)

    B -- 1945-1946:

      Multiple editions of "Five Minutes More" and "It's Been a Long, Long Time." 
      (11 items)

    C -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1947-1967:

      "Bye Bye Baby," 1949, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
      "Everything's Coming Up Roses," 1959, GYPSY
      "Hallelujah, Baby," 1967, HALLELUJAH, BABY!
      "How Do You Speak to an Angel?" 1952, HAZEL FLAGG
      "I Still Get Jealous," 1947, HIGH BUTTON SHOES
      "Johnny Freedom," 1960, FREEDOMLAND
      "Just in Time," 1956, BELLS ARE RINGING
      "Papa, Won't You Dance with Me?" 1947, HIGH BUTTON SHOES
      "The Party's Over," 1956, BELLS ARE RINGING
      "Who Are You Now?" 1963 (unpub.) & 1964, FUNNY GIRL
      (12 items)

    D -- Motion Picture Productions, Miscellaneous, 1941-1959:

      "Ev'ry Day I Love You (Just a Little Bit More)," 1948, TWO GUYS 
        FROM TEXAS
      "I Don't Want to Walk without You," 1941, SWEATER GIRL
      "I Believe," 1947, IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN
      "I Gotta Gal I Love," 1946, LADIES' MAN
      "It's Magic," 1948, ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS
      "I've Heard That Song Before," 1942, YOUTH ON PARADE
      "Let Me Entertain You," 1959, GYPSY
      "Poor Little Rhode Island," 1944, CAROLINA BLUES
      "Put 'Em in a Box," 1948, ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS
      "There Goes That Song Again," 1944, CAROLINA BLUES
      "What Am I Gonna Do about You?" 1946, LADIES' MAN
      (12 items)

    E-F -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1940-1956

    E -- 1940-1956:

      Includes: "Bells Are Ringing," "Don't Worry," "In the Cool of the Evening," "Make Yourself at Home," and "The Party's Over." (29 items)

    F -- 1942-1949, with Sammy Cahn:

      Includes: "Five Minutes More," "Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry," 
      "I'll Walk Alone," "It's the Same Old Dream," and "It's Been a Long, 
      Long Time." (22 items)

Subseries 4.32: Arthur S. Sullivan, 1865-1941; n.d.

Box 86

    Folder

    A-C -- General Songs, 1865-1899; 1908; 1923; 1935; n.d, not related to stage, screen, or other topical categories.

    A -- 1865-1876; n.d.:

      Includes: "Country Guy," lyrics by Sir Walter Scott, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," lyrics by E. H. Sears but Sullivan's melody is not our modern one; and "Let Me Dream Again." (16 items)

    B -- 1877; 1908-1935:

      Multiple editions of "The Lost Chord," lyrics by Adelaide Proctor. Includes two editions with violin arrangements, one with arrangement for Hawaiian guitar, and one as printed in the Fireside Companion. (12 items)

    C -- 1899:

      Contains: "The Absent-Minded Beggar," a rare facsimile reproduction of the original hand-written manuscript; cover photos of Lord Robert of Kandahar and Col. R. S. S. Baden Powell; the inside front cover features an illustration of a soldier by R. Caton Woodville.
      (1 item)

Box 87

    Folder

    D-H -- Musical Theater Productions, 1878-1890; 1910-1939

    D -- HMS PINAFORE, c. 1878; 1936:

      Contains: a modern edition of "I'm Called Little Buttercup," and two 
      Fireside Companion
      publications with several songs. (3 items)

    E -- IOLANTHE, 1883:

      Contains: "Hustle the Horse Waltz," an instrumental, and "I Said to 
      Myself, Said I." (2 items)

    F -- THE MIKADO, 1885; 1939:

      Contains: "The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring," "The Moon and I," "Three Little Maids from School," "The Sun the Moon and I," "Tit-Willow," and "A Wandering Minstrel"; also two instrumental selections. (11 items)

    G -- Contains: a vocal score and a folio of selections from THE MIKADO. (2 items)

    H -- THE GONDOLIERS, 1890:

      Contains "Cachucha," an instrumental. (1 item)

    I-J -- Folios, 1929-1941; n.d.

    I -- Contains: collections of songs from various operettas and part of a folio that
          includes other composers.  (4 items)

    J -- Contains: A Treasury of Gilbert and Sullivan, 1941, a hardcover volume 
          with songs from 11 operettas. (1 item)

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