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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Hello central, give me no man's land

words by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young ; music by Jean Schwartz. For voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by: William Schoen. Variant advertisments. Cover illustration: drawing of battle scene and little girl with telephone / Barbelle; photograph of William Schoen.

Hello central, give me no man's land

words by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young ; music by Jean Schwartz. For voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by: William Schoen. Variant advertisments. Cover illustration: drawing of battle scene and little girl with telephone / Barbelle; photograph of William Schoen.

Hello central, give me no man's land

words by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young ; music by Jean Schwartz. For voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by: William Schoen. Variant advertisments. Cover illustration: drawing of battle scene and little girl with telephone / Barbelle; photograph of William Schoen.

Hello central, give me no man's land

words by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young ; music by Jean Schwartz. For voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by: William Schoen. Variant advertisments. Cover illustration: drawing of battle scene and little girl with telephone / Barbelle; photograph of William Schoen.

Hearts of the world

Hearts of the world

Brown University

words and music by Lee Johnson. For voice and piano. Caption title. Pages 1-2 are unnumbered. From movie: Hearts of the world. "Respectfully Dedicated to the Super-Genius of the Film--D.W. Griffith."--Cover. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photographs of D.W. Griffith, Robert Harron, Lillian Gish; drawing of a globe and a heart pierced with an arrow / L. Willson.

He's well worth waiting for

lyric by Garfield Kilgour ; music by Harry Von Tilzer. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other music: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of unidentified woman and drawing of soldier's portrait; photograph of Harry Von Tilzer. Photograph of Harry Von Tilzer: p. [4]

He's had no lovin' for a long, long time

words by Wm Tracey ; music by Maceo Pinkard. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: woman with outstretched arms / EE Walton.

He's got those big blue eyes like you, Daddy mine

by Lew Wilson & Alfred Dubin. For voice and piano. Caption title. Sung by: Lew Wilson. War slogan: p. 2-3. Advertisements for other songs: p. 2-3. Advertisement for "Evening brings rest and you": p. [4 Cover illustration: photograph of Lew Wilson; cover design / Starmer.

He sleeps beneath the soil of France

by Tell Taylor. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of man and woman by fireside; photograph of Tell Taylor.

He fell in France

He fell in France

Brown University

Bates Torrey ; arr. by George Lowell Tracy. March for voice and piano. Caption title. "Dedicated to the American Hero"--Cover.

Hats off to Uncle Sam: song

by Emily D. Wilson. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Cover illustration: drawing of Uncle Sam and Kaiser Wilhelm.

Hats off to the red, white and blue: the patriotic march song

words by Chester R. Hovey ; music by Ralph F. Beegan. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Page 1 unnumbered. Dedicated to: General John J. Pershing. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] War slogans: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of John J. Pershing and drawing of Uncle Sam.

Hats off to a soldier

Hats off to a soldier

Brown University

words and music by Mary A. Clarke. For voice and piano. Caption title. Pages 1-2 are unnumbered. Advertisement for a men's clothing shop: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldiers parading and men waving hats / designed by E.R. Burke.

Hark, here come the soldiers

words & [cover] design by Olive M. Skelton ; music by Olive Pearl Cochrane. March for voice and piano, with optional drum roll and bugle call. Caption title. Cover illustration: soldier holding U.S. flag, soldier reading under tree, world globe / design by Olive M. Skelton.

Hark the call of liberty

words by George Thornton Edwards ; music by H.C. Work. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Cover illustration: drawing of American flag.

Gunner Jim

Gunner Jim

Brown University

words by Harold L. Cool ; music by Arthur J. Daly. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4 Cover illustration: drawing of a battle at sea / Barbelle. Orchestration available.

Gunner Jim

Gunner Jim

Brown University

words by Harold L. Cool ; music by Arthur J. Daly. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a battle at sea / Barbelle. Orchestration available.

Greatest battle-song of all

lyrics by Jack Wilson and Harold Atteridge ; music by Sigmund Romberg. For voice and piano. Caption title. From musical production: A World of pleasure. Advertisements for other songs: cover and p. [6] Cover illustration: drawing of people dancing / Plummer.

Great Lakes, or, The boys in navy blue

words and music by John Philip Sousa. March for voice and piano. Caption title. "To Captain W.A. Moffett U.S.N. Commandant, Naval Training Station, Great Lakes"--Cover. Advertisement for other songs: p. [6] Cover illustration: drawing of sailor. Photograph of John Philip Sousa: p. [6]

Goodbye, Mother Machree: march ballad

lyric by J. Keirn Brennan ; music by Ernest R. Ball. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for other songs: p. 2, [4] Advertisement for "Daddy mine": p. 3. Cover illustration: photograph of Jane Jennings and Walter McGrail.

Goodbye Mother dear

Goodbye Mother dear

Brown University

[words and music] by Morris Manley. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for another song: p. [6] Cover illustration: photograph of Morris Manley. Orchestrations available.

Goodbye Mary

Goodbye Mary

Brown University

words by Harry Bewley ; music by Jimmie McHugh. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of woman / White, Boston; cover design printed in brown ink / F.

Goodbye Germany

Goodbye Germany

Brown University

words by J. Edwin McConnell and Lincoln McConnell ; music by J. Edwin McConnell. For voice and piano. Caption title. Cover title. Cover illustration: drawing of two U.S. shields.

Goodbye Germany

Goodbye Germany

Brown University

words by J. Edwin McConnell and Lincoln McConnell ; music by J. Edwin McConnell. For voice and piano. Caption title. Page 1 is unnumbered. Advertisement for "Cheerful blues" and three other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of German soldier being crushed by Uncle Sam's boots.

Goodbye Germany

Goodbye Germany

Brown University

words by J. Edwin McConnell and Lincoln McConnell ; music by J. Edwin McConnell. For voice and piano. Caption title. Page 1 is unnumbered. Advertisement for "Cheerful blues" and three other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of German soldier being crushed by Uncle Sam's boots.