World War I Sheet Music

The World War I digital sheet music collection is drawn from the Sheet Music Collection at the John Hay Library. It is composed of over 1,800 titles that relate in some way to the events of World War I, and the impact of that war on American society. There are patriotic songs, songs relating to specific military units, romantic songs of love and loss, comic songs, and songs that look to the war’s end.
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There's a vacant chair in every home tonight

words by Alfred Bryan ; music by Ernest Breuer. Waltz for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of two women sitting at home; cover design / E.H. Pfeiffer, N.Y.

There's a vacant chair in every home tonight

words by Alfred Bryan ; music by Ernest Breuer. Waltz for voice and piano. Caption title. Pages 1-2 are unnumbered. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a woman reading a letter / Barbelle.

There's a sweet little girl: (and she's waiting for me)

words by Paul Wilson ; music by R.A. Browne. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other music: p. [4] War slogans: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of an unnamed woman; drawing of soldiers, shoulder to shoulder / Dunk, N.Y.

There's a service flag flying at our house

words by Thomas P. Hoier and Bernie Grossman ; music by Al. W. Brown. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "We're going over" and another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldiers marching in a parade / Starmer.

There's a service flag flying at our house

words by Thomas P. Hoier and Bernie Grossman ; music by Al. W. Brown. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "We're going over" and another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldiers marching in a parade / Starmer.

There's a service flag flying at our house

words by Thomas P. Hoier and Bernie Grossman ; music by Al. W. Brown. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "We're going over" and another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldiers marching in a parade / Starmer.

There's a service flag flying at our house

words by Thomas P. Hoier and Bernie Grossman ; music by Al. W. Brown. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "We're going over" and another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldiers marching in a parade / Starmer.

There's a service flag flying at our house

words by Thomas P. Hoier and Bernie Grossman ; music by Al. W. Brown. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "We're going over" and another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldiers marching in a parade / Starmer.

There's a picture in my old kit bag

words and music by Al. Sweet. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldier looking at picture.

There's a little gold star in the service flag

words by Joe Cronson ; music by Harold B. Freeman. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: service flag with gold star hanging in front of house / EH Pfeiffer.

There's a little butterfly in Normandy

words and music by Harold Shaw. For voice and piano. Caption title. Pages 1-2 are unnumbered. Advertisement for "Good-bye Sammy dear" and three other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Mae Chesterley; drawing of butterfly, church, and flowers printed in blue, orange, and brown ink.

There's a lily field

There's a lily field

Brown University

words by Florence Ripley Mastin ; fr. trans. by Nathan Haskell Dole ; music by Louise Souther. For voice and piano. French and English words. Caption title. "To the Brave Soldiers of France"--Cover. Cover illustration: drawing of lilies.

There's a light shining bright: in the window to-night

words & music by C. Arthur Pfeiffer. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for six war songs: p. 2-3. Advertisement for "Indianola": p. [4 War slogans: p. [4 Cover illustration: woman and girl in window with service star flag / E.H. Pfeiffer. First line of text: Oh mother dear why don't my Daddy come home? First line of chorus: There's a light shining bright for your Daddy.

There's a light shining bright: in the window to-night

words & music by C. Arthur Pfeiffer. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for six war songs: p. 2-3. Advertisement for "Indianola": p. [4 War slogans: p. [4 Cover illustration: woman and girl in window with service star flag / E.H. Pfeiffer. First line of text: Oh mother dear why don't my Daddy come home? First line of chorus: There's a light shining bright for your Daddy.

There's a battlefield in every mother's heart

words by Howard E. Rogers ; music by M. Kay Jerome. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Hello Central! Give me No Man's Land": p. [4] Cover illustration: a mother looking at a picture of her soldier son / Barbelle.

There'll be nothing too good for the boys

words and music by George L. Boyden. For voice and piano. Cover title. Cover illustration: drawing of the Statue of Liberty, a soldier and a sailor / Fisher.

There'll be a hot time when the boys get mustered out

words by Leland Yerdon ; music by Harold Dixon. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldiers returning to the United States "Orchestrations 10 parts and Piano 25 [cents]"--P. 3.

There'll be a hot time for the old men: (while the young men are away)

words by Grant Clarke ; music by Geo. W. Meyer. For voice and piano. Advertisement for songbook "Songs the soldiers and sailors sing": p. [4] Cover illustration: people dining and rose design / [rose symbol]; photograph of Maurice Burkhart. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

There'll be a hot time for the old men: (while the young men are away)

words by Grant Clarke ; music by Geo. W. Meyer. For voice and piano. Advertisement for songbook "Songs the soldiers and sailors sing": p. [4] Cover illustration: people dining and rose design / [rose symbol]; photograph of Maurice Burkhart. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

There'll be a hot time for the old men: (while the young men are away)

words by Grant Clarke ; music by Geo. W. Meyer. For voice and piano. Advertisement for songbook "Songs the soldiers and sailors sing": p. [4] Cover illustration: people dining and rose design / [rose symbol]; photograph of Maurice Burkhart. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

The Yankee boys for me

The Yankee boys for me

Brown University

words by Ward Douglas ; music by Arnulf Cintura. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: a soldier, a sailor, a bi-plane, U.S. flag, French flag, and eagle and U.S. shield.

The worst is yet to come

words by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young ; music by Bert Grant. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "That tumble-down shack in Athlone": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldier about to bayonette the Kaiser / Barbelle.