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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Marching song of freedom

text by Louise Ayres Garnett ; music by Henry Clay Work ; arranged by N. Clifford Page. March for mixed voices (SATB) and piano. Cover title. Advertisements for other songs: p. [6-8] Cover illustration: drawing of battle scene. Also published for: medium voice and chorus, men's voices with piano, and women's voices (three-part) with piano.

Marching song

Marching song

Brown University

words and music by David Donald. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Cover illustration: an eagle, a United States flag.

Marching along

Marching along

Brown University

written and composed by Florence M. Benjamin ; arranged by Jules Brazil. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by: Jules Brazil. "Dedicated to the soldiers of the first contingent who fell at St. Julien"--Cover.

March on! Over there: marching song

words by Arlo Bates ; music by Florence Atherton Spalding. March for voice and piano. Cover title. "To my son and the other sons over there"--Caption.

Mammy's Dixie soldier boy

words and music by Norman L. Landman. For voice and piano. Caption title. Author's name appears as Norman L. Landman on cover. Advertisements for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of departing soldier / Starmer.

Madelon (I'll be true to the whole regiment): song

lyric by Louis Bousquet ; English version by Alfred Bryan ; music by Camille Robert. March for voice and piano. English and French words. Caption title. Advertisements for other songs: p. [2] and [6]

Loyalty is the word today: loyalty to the U.S.A

words by Dee Dooling Cahill ; music by J.E. Andino. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Accompanied by: flyer advertising four Geo. M. Cohan songs. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of the Liberty Bell and an eagle / E.H. Pfeiffer. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

Loyalty is the word today: loyalty to the U.S.A

words by Dee Dooling Cahill ; music by J.E. Andino. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Accompanied by: flyer advertising four Geo. M. Cohan songs. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of the Liberty Bell and an eagle / E.H. Pfeiffer. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

Lorraine: (my beautiful Alsace Lorraine)

words by Alfred Bryan ; music by Fred Fisher. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "In the land o' yamo yamo": p. [4] War slogans: p. 2-3. Cover illustration: drawing of allegorical figure of French liberty, a woman, and a soldier / André C. de Takacs.

Look what my boy got in France

words by Will Dillon ; music by Con Conrad. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: woman with war medal on wrist.

Look what my boy got in France

words by Will Dillon ; music by Con Conrad. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: woman with war medal on wrist.

Look out over there

Look out over there

Brown University

words and music by John J. McCarty. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [6] Cover illustration: drawing of soldiers on battlefield.

Long live the 26th

Long live the 26th

Brown University

words and music by Frank A. Ryan. For voice and piano. Caption title. "Dedicated to the boys of the 26th Division A.E.F." Cover illustration: drawing of American flag.

Long boy

Long boy

Brown University

words by William Herschell ; music by Barclay Walker ; scenery by Gaar Williams. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Cover illustration: U.S. soldier leaving farm and family / Gaar Williams.

Long boy

Long boy

Brown University

words by William Herschell ; music by Barclay Walker ; scenery by Gaar Williams. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for other music: p. 3. Advertisement for "Indiana" and other songs: p. [4] printed in green ink. Cover illustration: U.S. soldier leaving farm and family / Gaar Williams.

Long boy

Long boy

Brown University

words by William Herschell ; music by Barclay Walker ; scenery by Gaar Williams. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for other music: p. 3. Advertisement for "Indiana" and other songs: p. [4] printed in green ink. Cover illustration: U.S. soldier leaving farm and family / Gaar Williams.

Little neutral dog: (O'Day and peasants)

words by Rida Johnson Young ; music by Emmerich Kalman. For solo voice, chorus and piano. Caption title. Sung by the characters 0'Day and peasants in the operetta "Her soldier boy" Advertisement for other music: p. [11]

Little gold star: song

Little gold star: song

Brown University

words by Will M. Maupin ; music by J.A. Parks. For medium voice and piano. Cover title. Dedicated to: John McCormack. Cover illustration: gold service star.

Little girl in Belgian blue: song

words by Florence M. Benjamin ; music by Jules Brazil. For voice and piano. Cover title. Cover illustration: soldier waving to a girl.