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

Series 7: SPORTS, 1834-1983

by: Robert S Harding and Yaraslav Senyk, 1997

Subseries 7.5: Gambling and Games of Chance, 1891-1980

Box 7

    Folder

    A-D -- Songs relating to Cards Games, 1880-1980

    A -- General Songs about Cards, 1892-1952

    Contains: "The Deck of Cards," "Leonard's Great Absurdity,"
    "Love Is Like a Game of Cards," "Oh Death Where Is Thy
    Sting," and "We Ought to Be Thankful for That." (9 items)

    B -- Songs with Names of Cards in the Title, 1902-1966

    Contains: "The Ace in the Hole," "Grace, You're the Ace of
    Them All," "The Joker Went Wild," "The King Isn't King Any
    More," "The Queen of Hearts," "The Queen of Spades," and
    "You're the Best Little Queen in the Pack." (11 items)

    C -- Songs about Card Gamblers, 1892-1978

    Contains: "The Gambler," "Gambler in Hearts," "Gambler's
    Song of the Big Sandy River," "Gambler's Guitar," "The
    Gambling Man," "The Million-Dollar-Gambler from the West,"
    "Moonlight Gambler," "A Pack of Cards," "The Rovin'
    Gambler," and "Those Gambler's Blues." (15 items)

    D -- Songs about Various Card Games, 1891-1980

    Contains: " The Canasta Song," "The Irish Poker Club," "The
    Queen of Draw Poker Town," and "Solitaire." (6 items)

    E -- Instrumental Compositions, 1880-1929

    Contains: "Clubs Are Trump," "Danse des Valets," "Finesse,"
    "The Lone Hand," "Lucky Jim," and "A Spade Flush."(8 items)

    F -- Marches by Abe Losch, 1906-1912

    Contains: "The Four Aces," "The Four Deuces," "The Four
    Jacks," "The Four Queens," "A Full Hand," "Jack of Spades,"
    "The Joker," "King of Hearts," "Kings and Queens," and "A
    Royal Flush." (13 items)

    G -- Songs relating to other Games of Chance, 1893-1952

    Contains: "Bingo! Went My Heart," "Carnival Bingo," "Seven
    or Eleven," "Shootin' Craps," "Since Ma Is Playing Mah Jong,"
    and "Wheel of Fortune." (9 items)

    H -- Musical Theater Productions, Miscellaneous, 1897-1923, 1950

    "Auction Pinochle Song," 1914, AUCTION PINOCHLE
    "Bequilin' Smilin' Eyes," 1923, JACK OF HEARTS
    "Drawing the Line," 1919, AUCTION PINOCHLE
    "A Game of Poker," 1959, SARATOGA
    "I Ask You Why Dear," 1914, AUCTION PINOCHLE
    "Love is Like a Game of Cards," 1920, OH,OH, CINDY
    "My Love's a Gamblin' Man," 1897, AT GAY CONEY ISLAND
    "Rollin' de Bones at Coblenz on de Rhine," 1919, COME ALONG
    "So'n Bischen Tralala," 1912, AUCTION PINOCHLE
    "Who Played Poker with Pocahontas," 1919, MONTE CRICTO JR
    (10 items)

    I -- Motion Picture Productions, Miscellaneous, 1930, 1951

    "Always In All Ways," 1930, MONTE CARLO
    "March of the Cards," 1951, ALICE IN WONDERLAND
    (2 items)

    J -- Professional/Artist Copies, 1909-1959

    Includes: "Aces and Eights," "From a Jack to a King,"
    "Gambella," "The Gambler's Last Seven," "Gin Rummy
    Boogie," "I Was a Gambler in Texas," "Lady Love," "One -Eyed
    Sam," "Roll 'Em Brother Roll Em," and "So It's Bridge Again
    Tonight." (16 items)

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