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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Joan of Arc: they are calling you

words by Alfred Bryan & Willie Weston ; music by Jack Wells ; French version by Liane Held Carrera. For voice and piano. English and French words. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: Joan of Arc leading attack / Barbelle.

Joan of Arc: they are calling you

words by Alfred Bryan & Willie Weston ; music by Jack Wells ; French version by Liane Held Carrera. For voice and piano. English and French words. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: Joan of Arc leading attack / Barbelle.

Joan of Arc: they are calling you

words by Alfred Bryan & Willie Weston ; music by Jack Wells ; French version by Liane Held Carrera. For voice and piano. English and French words. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: Joan of Arc leading attack / Barbelle.

Joan of Arc: they are calling you

words by Alfred Bryan & Willie Weston ; music by Jack Wells ; French version by Liane Held Carrera. For voice and piano. English and French words. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: Joan of Arc leading attack / Barbelle.

Joan of Arc: they are calling you

words by Alfred Bryan & Willie Weston ; music by Jack Wells ; French version by Liane Held Carrera. For voice and piano. English and French words. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: Joan of Arc leading attack / Barbelle.

Joan of Arc: they are calling you

words by Alfred Bryan & Willie Weston ; music by Jack Wells ; French version by Liane Held Carrera. For voice and piano. English and French words. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: Joan of Arc leading attack / Barbelle.

Joan of Arc: they are calling you

words by Alfred Bryan & Willie Weston ; music by Jack Wells ; French version by Liane Held Carrera. For voice and piano. English and French words. Caption title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: Joan of Arc leading attack / Barbelle.

Joan of Arc they're calling you

lyric and music by Frank Sturgis. For voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by C. William Kolb and Max M. Dill in the musical production "This way out" Advertisements for other songs: p. 1, 5-6. Cover illustration: photographs of C. William Kolb and Max M. Dill; drawing of clown riding pig / De Takacs.

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

Brown University

words by Alfred Bryan & Willie Weston ; music by Jack Wells. For voice, with right-hand part for piano accompaniment. Caption title. Artists copy.

Jimmie boy: a patriotic march ballad

words and music by Edward I. Boyle. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Cover illustration: photograph of Edward I. Boyle; drawing of a soldier / John Shaw, Jr.

Jim, Jim: I always knew that you'd win

lyric by Ben Ryan and Bert Hanlon ; music by Harry Von Tilzer. For voice and piano. Caption title. Page 1 is unnumbered. Advertisement for "Somebody's waiting for someone" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldier with two women and soldiers charging / Barbelle.

Jim, Jim: I always knew that you'd win

lyric by Ben Ryan and Bert Hanlon ; music by Harry Von Tilzer. For voice and piano. Caption title. Page 1 is unnumbered. Advertisement for "Somebody's waiting for someone" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldier with two women and soldiers charging / Barbelle.

Jim, Jim: I always knew that you'd win

lyric by Ben Ryan and Bert Hanlon ; music by Harry Von Tilzer. For voice and piano. Caption title. Page 1 is unnumbered. Advertisement for "Somebody's waiting for someone" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldier with two women and soldiers charging / Barbelle.

Jerry: you warra a warrior in the war

words by Dannie O'Neil ; music by Billy Baskette. For voice and piano. Cover title. Dedicated to: Jerry Vogel. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of seacoast / R.S.; photograph of Margaret Young / Hixon-Connelly, K.C. Also published for: male or mixed voices; band or orchestra.

Jerry: you warra a warrior in the war

words by Dannie O'Neil ; music by Billy Baskette. For voice and piano. Cover title. Dedicated to: Jerry Vogel. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of seacoast / R.S.; photograph of Margaret Young / Hixon-Connelly, K.C. Also published for: male or mixed voices; band or orchestra.

Jerry: you warra a warrior in the war

words by Dannie O'Neil ; music by Billy Baskette. For voice and piano. Cover title. Dedicated to: Jerry Vogel. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of seacoast / R.S.; photograph of Margaret Young / Hixon-Connelly, K.C. Also published for: male or mixed voices; band or orchestra.

Jerry: you warra a warrior in the war

words by Dannie O'Neil ; music by Billy Baskette. For voice and piano. Cover title. Dedicated to: Jerry Vogel. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of seacoast / R.S.; photograph of Margaret Young / Hixon-Connelly, K.C. Also published for: male or mixed voices; band or orchestra.

Jerry: you warra a warrior in the war

words by Dannie O'Neil ; music by Billy Baskette. For voice and piano. Cover title. Dedicated to: Jerry Vogel. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of seacoast / R.S.; photograph of Margaret Young / Hixon-Connelly, K.C. Also published for: male or mixed voices; band or orchestra.

It's time for every boy to be a soldier: song

lyric by Alfred Bryan ; music by Harry Tierney. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Somewhere on Broadway" and other music: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a soldier, U.S. Capitol, Abraham Lincoln, and Woodrow Wilson / LPN.

It's time for every boy to be a soldier: song

lyric by Alfred Bryan ; music by Harry Tierney. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Somewhere on Broadway" and other music: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a soldier, U.S. Capitol, Abraham Lincoln, and Woodrow Wilson / LPN.

It's time for every boy to be a soldier: song

lyric by Alfred Bryan ; music by Harry Tierney. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Somewhere on Broadway" and other music: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a soldier, U.S. Capitol, Abraham Lincoln, and Woodrow Wilson / LPN.

It's time for every boy to be a soldier: song

lyric by Alfred Bryan ; music by Harry Tierney. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Somewhere on Broadway" and other music: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a soldier, U.S. Capitol, Abraham Lincoln, and Woodrow Wilson / LPN.

It's time for every boy to be a soldier: song

lyric by Alfred Bryan ; music by Harry Tierney. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Somewhere on Broadway" and other music: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a soldier, U.S. Capitol, Abraham Lincoln, and Woodrow Wilson / LPN.

It's the same old chow

It's the same old chow

Brown University

lyric by Edward Anthony ; music by Lou. G Merrill. For voice and piano. Caption title. From musical: Good luck, Sam! Advertisement for other songs: p. [6] Cover illustration: a horseshoe.

It's the flag!

It's the flag!

Brown University

words and music by Lottie Wallace Simmons. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Cover illustration: drawing of soldiers marching through a city, with American flags / E.H. Pfeiffer.

It's America first

It's America first

Brown University

composed by G. Goodson Wright ; arranged by H.O. Wheeler. For voice and piano. Caption title. Cover illustration: drawing of American revolutionary soldier and figure of Columbia, with American eagle and banner with stars and stripes.

It's a long, long way-from the U.S.A.

text for U.S.A., H.A. Parker ; words and music by Langton Marks. March for voice and piano. Caption title. "Dedicated to the Honorable Mrs. Pleydell-Bouverie." "Origianal title: It's a Long, Long Way--(From the Colonies to London Town), Copyright 1917 by Cary & Co."--P. 2. Advertisement for other songs: p. [6] Cover illustration: soldier standing at attention.

It's a long, long way to the U.S.A. and the girl I left behind

words by Val Trainor ; music by Harry Von Tilzer. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Says I to myself, says I" and other music: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldier dreaming of woman's face / E.H. Pfeiffer, N.Y.; photograph of Harry Von Tilzer. Photograph of Harry Von Tilzer: p. [4]

It's a long, long way to the U.S.A. and the girl I left behind

words by Val Trainor ; music by Harry Von Tilzer. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Says I to myself, says I" and other music: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldier dreaming of woman's face / E.H. Pfeiffer, N.Y.; photograph of Harry Von Tilzer. Photograph of Harry Von Tilzer: p. [4]

It's a long, long way to the U.S.A. and the girl I left behind

words by Val Trainor ; music by Harry Von Tilzer. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Says I to myself, says I" and other music: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldier dreaming of woman's face / E.H. Pfeiffer, N.Y.; photograph of Harry Von Tilzer. Photograph of Harry Von Tilzer: p. [4]