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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I don't care where they send me

words by Schuyler Greene ; music by Geoffrey O'Hara. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [6] War slogans: p. [6]

I didn't raise my dog to be a sausage: comic song

lyric by Chas. McCarron ; music by Herman Paley. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "I'm on my way to Dublin Bay" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: dog and sausages, printed in dark brown ink / Starmer.

I didn't raise my dog to be a sausage: comic song

lyric by Chas. McCarron ; music by Herman Paley. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "I'm on my way to Dublin Bay" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: dog and sausages, printed in dark brown ink / Starmer.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

lyrics by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son / [rose symbol]; photograph of Chee Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co. / White, N.Y. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Photographs on p. [6]: Kitty Gordon and Gus Van & Joe Schenck.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

lyrics by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son / [rose symbol]; photograph of Chee Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co. / White, N.Y. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Photographs on p. [6]: Kitty Gordon and Gus Van & Joe Schenck.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

lyrics by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son / [rose symbol]; photograph of Chee Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co. / White, N.Y. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Photographs on p. [6]: Kitty Gordon and Gus Van & Joe Schenck.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

lyrics by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son / [rose symbol]; photograph of Chee Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co. / White, N.Y. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Photographs on p. [6]: Kitty Gordon and Gus Van & Joe Schenck.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

lyrics by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son / [rose symbol]; photograph of Chee Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co. / White, N.Y. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Photographs on p. [6]: Kitty Gordon and Gus Van & Joe Schenck.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

lyrics by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son / [rose symbol]; photograph of Chee Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co. / White, N.Y. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Photographs on p. [6]: Kitty Gordon and Gus Van & Joe Schenck.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

lyrics by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son / [rose symbol]; photograph of Chee Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co. / White, N.Y. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Photographs on p. [6]: Kitty Gordon and Gus Van & Joe Schenck.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

lyrics by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son / [rose symbol]; photograph of Chee Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co. / White, N.Y. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Photographs on p. [6]: Kitty Gordon and Gus Van & Joe Schenck.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

lyrics by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son / [rose symbol]; photograph of Chee Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co. / White, N.Y. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Photographs on p. [6]: Kitty Gordon and Gus Van & Joe Schenck.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

lyrics by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son / [rose symbol]; photograph of Chee Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co. / White, N.Y. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Photographs on p. [6]: Kitty Gordon and Gus Van & Joe Schenck.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

lyrics by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son / [rose symbol]; photograph of Chee Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co. / White, N.Y. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Photographs on p. [6]: Kitty Gordon and Gus Van & Joe Schenck.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

lyrics by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Variant advertisements. Cover illustration: drawing of a mother embracing her son / [rose symbol]; photograph of Chee Toy of the Ching Ling Foo Co. / White, N.Y. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on cover. Photographs on p. [6]: Kitty Gordon and Gus Van & Joe Schenck.

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier

words by Alfred Bryan ; music by Al. Piantadosi. March for voice and piano. Caption title. "Respectfully dedicated to Every Mother--Everywhere." Professional copy.

I cannot bear to say good-bye

words and music by Anita Owen. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldier and woman embracing / Barbelle.

I can always find a little sunshine: in the Y.M.C.A

by Irving Berlin. For voice and piano. Caption title. From musical revue: Yip-yip-yaphank, a military musical "mess" cooked up by the boys of Camp Upton. Advertisement for "I'll take you back to Italy" and another song: p. [6] Cover illustration: a soldier.

I can always find a little sunshine: in the Y.M.C.A

by Irving Berlin. For voice and piano. Caption title. From musical revue: Yip-yip-yaphank, a military musical "mess" cooked up by the boys of Camp Upton. Advertisement for "I'll take you back to Italy" and another song: p. [6] Cover illustration: a soldier.

I am neutral: humoreuse

I am neutral: humoreuse

Brown University

words by Thos. M. Proctor ; music by Frank V. Weaver. For voice and piano. Cover title. Cover illustration: country road / E.S. Fisher.

I ain't got weary yet!: (Je m'en fais pas encore)

French text by Louis Delamarre ; [English] words by Howard Johnson ; music by Percy Wenrich. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for 3 songbooks: p. [4] Cover illustration: 4 scenes with soldiers. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

I ain't got weary yet!

I ain't got weary yet!

Brown University

words by Howard Johnson ; music by Percy Wenrich. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Good morning, Mr. Zip-zip-zip" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: 4 scenes with soldiers. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

I ain't got weary yet!

I ain't got weary yet!

Brown University

words by Howard Johnson ; music by Percy Wenrich. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Good morning, Mr. Zip-zip-zip" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: 4 scenes with soldiers. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

Hymn of the Allies

Hymn of the Allies

Brown University

words by Elizabeth Curtis Holman ; music by F. Ernest Holman. Hymn for chorus (SATB) Caption title. "Dedicated to the Orphans of France and Belgium whose Fathers died that Democracy might live"--Cover. First line of chorus: Fight for it, die for it!

Hurrah for the Yankees

Hurrah for the Yankees

Brown University

words by Elma Elsworth Braun ; music by Cora Wyse-Fournier. For voice and piano. Caption title. Cover illustration: border design with American eagles.

Hunting the Hun

Hunting the Hun

Brown University

words by Howard E. Rogers ; music by Archie Gottler. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of American soldiers capturing a German soldier / Barbelle.