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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When Yankee Doodle learns to parlez vous francais

words by Will Hart ; music by Ed. Nelson. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Page 1 is unnumbered. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: soldier dancing with two women / Barbelle.

When Yankee Doodle learns to parlez vous francais

words by Will Hart ; music by Ed. Nelson. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Page 1 is unnumbered. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: soldier dancing with two women / Barbelle.

When Yankee Doodle learns to parlez vous francais

words by Will Hart ; music by Ed. Nelson. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Page 1 is unnumbered. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: soldier dancing with two women / Barbelle.

When Yankee Doodle learns to parlez vous francais

words by Will Hart ; music by Ed. Nelson. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Page 1 is unnumbered. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: soldier dancing with two women / Barbelle.

When Yankee Doodle learns to parlez vous francais

words by Will Hart ; music by Ed. Nelson. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Page 1 is unnumbered. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: soldier dancing with two women / Barbelle.

When we wind up the watch on the Rhine

words by Gordon V. Thompson ; music by Gordon V. Thompson and William Davis. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement A76 for "Songs the soldiers and sailors sing" beginning "You'll never regret...": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldier and woman sitting on watch printed in blue, gold, and green ink / EHP; photograph of Gordon V. Thompson. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

When we wind up the watch on the Rhine

words by Gordon V. Thompson ; music by Gordon V. Thompson and William Davis. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement A76 for "Songs the soldiers and sailors sing" beginning "You'll never regret...": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldier and woman sitting on watch printed in blue, gold, and green ink / EHP; photograph of Gordon V. Thompson. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

When we wind up the watch on the Rhine

words by Gordon V. Thompson ; music by Gordon V. Thompson and William Davis. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement A76 for "Songs the soldiers and sailors sing" beginning "You'll never regret...": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldier and woman sitting on watch printed in blue, gold, and green ink / EHP; photograph of Gordon V. Thompson. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

When we reach that old port somewhere in France

words by Al Selden ; music by Sam H. Stept. March for voice and piano. Caption title. As sung by: Anna Chandler. Advertisement for "Just you": p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Anna Chandler / Strauss Peyton, KC; drawing of soldier and woman / Barbelle.

When we reach that old port somewhere in France

words by Al Selden ; music by Sam H. Stept. March for voice and piano. Caption title. As sung by: Anna Chandler. Advertisement for "Just you": p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Anna Chandler / Strauss Peyton, KC; drawing of soldier and woman / Barbelle.

When we meet in the sweet bye and bye: song

words and music by Stanley Murphy. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "On the road to home sweet home" and other songs: p. [4] War slogans: p. 2-[4] Cover illustration: soldier and woman holding hands in moonlight.

When we meet in the sweet bye and bye: song

words and music by Stanley Murphy. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "On the road to home sweet home" and other songs: p. [4] War slogans: p. 2-[4] Cover illustration: soldier and woman holding hands in moonlight.

When we meet in the sweet bye and bye: song

words and music by Stanley Murphy. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "On the road to home sweet home" and other songs: p. [4] War slogans: p. 2-[4] Cover illustration: soldier and woman holding hands in moonlight.

When Uncle Sammy sings "The marseillaise"

lyric by Earle C. Jones ; music by Herman Avery Wade. March for voice and piano. Caption title. "As sung by Henri Leoni in 'The Parisian model'"--Cover. "Respectfully inscribed to Lucian L. Bonheur." Advertisement for other songs: p. [8] Cover illustration: drawing of George Washington, Uncle Sam, and Napolean; photograph of Henri Leoni.

When Uncle Sam gets ready

words and music by O.W. Lane. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Cover illustration: drawing of Uncle Sam with sword / E.S. Fisher.

When Uncle Sam calls "come"

words by James T. Sullivan ; music by Samuel L. Studley. For voice and piano. Caption title. "Dedicated to our boys in khaki and blue on land and sea"--Cover. Cover illustration: drawing of soldier leaving his children.

When Uncle Joe steps into France

words by Bernie Grossman ; music by Billy Winkle. For voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by: Eddie Cantor. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Eddie Cantor; drawing of soldiers marching with Eiffel tower / [E.H. Pfeiffer]

When Tony goes over the top

words by Billy Frisch and Archie Fletcher ; music by Alex. Marr. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "When the sun goes down in France" and another song. Cover illustration: photograph of Harry Hines; border design by E.H. Pfeiffer.

When Tony goes over the top

words by Billy Frisch and Archie Fletcher ; music by Alex. Marr. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "When the sun goes down in France" and another song. Cover illustration: photograph of Harry Hines; border design by E.H. Pfeiffer.

When Tony goes over the top

words by Billy Frisch and Archie Fletcher ; music by Alex. Marr. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "When the sun goes down in France" and another song. Cover illustration: photograph of Harry Hines; border design by E.H. Pfeiffer.

When Tony goes over the top

words by Billy Frisch and Archie Fletcher ; music by Alex. Marr. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "When the sun goes down in France" and another song. Cover illustration: photograph of Harry Hines; border design by E.H. Pfeiffer.

When Tony goes over the top

words by Billy Frisch and Archie Fletcher ; music by Alex. Marr. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "When the sun goes down in France" and another song. Cover illustration: photograph of Harry Hines; border design by E.H. Pfeiffer.

When Tony goes over the top

words by Billy Frisch and Archie Fletcher ; music by Alex. Marr. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "When the sun goes down in France" and another song. Cover illustration: photograph of Harry Hines; border design by E.H. Pfeiffer.

When Tony goes over the top

words by Billy Frisch and Archie Fletcher ; music by Alex. Marr. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "When the sun goes down in France" and another song. Cover illustration: photograph of Harry Hines; border design by E.H. Pfeiffer.

When they come back, or, When our soldier boys come back

words & music by Morris Manley. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Pages 1-4 are unnumbered. Sung by: Mildred Manley. Cover illustration: photograph of soldiers marching; photograph of Mildred Manley; drawing of ship at sea and border design / H.M.

When the Yankees yank the Kaiser off his throne: (the Yanks are on the way)

words by A.M. Robinette ; music arranged from American Airs by W.J. Quinn. For voice and piano. Adaptation by W.J. Quinn of several American folk tunes. Caption title. "Written for and dedicated to 'The Bravest of the Brave' The Uniformed Man of the U.S.A."--Cover. Cover illustration: U.S. soldier dethroning caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm / R.

When the war is over I'll return to you

words by Bide Dudley ; music by Fredric Watson. For voice and piano. Caption title. Dedicated to: Justine Johnstone. Advertisement for "When the war is over I'll return to you" for male quartette: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Justine Johnstone / Sarony, N.Y.; border design / E.H. Pfeiffer.

When the sun goes down in France

words and music by Gilbert C. Tennant. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Could the dreams of a dreamer come true": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a bugler / E.H. Pfeiffer; photograph of Marval Gunn.

When the sun goes down in France

words and music by Gilbert C. Tennant. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Could the dreams of a dreamer come true": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a bugler / E.H. Pfeiffer; photograph of Marval Gunn.