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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Goodbye America: march song

words by W.J. McKeever ; music by James A. Brennan. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Cover illustration: photographs of W.J. McKeever, Captain C.W. Godfrey, Lt. Vincent H. Godfrey / Notman.

Goodbye America: march song

words by W.J. McKeever ; music by James A. Brennan. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Cover illustration: photographs of W.J. McKeever, Captain C.W. Godfrey, Lt. Vincent H. Godfrey / Notman.

Good-bye, Slim

Good-bye, Slim

Brown University

by Walter Donaldson. For voice and piano. Caption title. Dedicated to: Private Louis "Slim" Gaut. War slogans: p. [4] Advertisements for other music: p. 3-[4] Cover illustration: cartoon of a soldier leaving his hometown on a train.

Good-bye, my pretty baby

words by Walter Hirsch ; music by Howard Steiner ; arr. by Jean Walz. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Cover illustration: drawing of man and woman bidding goodbye.

Good-bye, my little lady

words by Joe Goodwin ; music by James F. Hanley. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other songs: p. 3-[4] Cover illustration: soldier and woman embracing, a chair and window / Keller 17; photograph of Avon Comedy Four.

Good-bye, dear old girl good-bye

words & music by Elmer J. Pourmon. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldier kissing woman before ship sails / E.H. Pfeiffer.

Good-bye Mother! So long Dad! Hello Uncle Sam

words by W.E. Browning ; music by C.A. Grimm. For voice and piano. Caption title. "Dedicated to your Mother and my Mother." Advertisement for other music: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldiers marching, man saying good-bye to his parents; photograph of C.A. Grimm.

Good-bye dear old America

words & music by John A. Provenzano ; arr. by Harry Weston. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Cover illustration: Statue of Liberty with battleship and airplanes.

Good-bye Daddy dear

Good-bye Daddy dear

Brown University

words and music by Ben Black. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a soldier holding a child / W.R. Delappe.

Good-bye Daddy dear

Good-bye Daddy dear

Brown University

words and music by Ben Black. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a soldier holding a child / W.R. Delappe.

Good-bye Broadway, hello France!

words by C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis ; music by Billy Baskette. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by: Bernard Granville. Advertisement for "Hawaiian butterfly" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illstration: U.S. soldier shaking hands with French soldier.

Good-bye Broadway, hello France!

words by C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis ; music by Billy Baskette. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by: Bernard Granville. Advertisement for "Hawaiian butterfly" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illstration: U.S. soldier shaking hands with French soldier.

Good-bye Broadway, hello France!

words by C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis ; music by Billy Baskette. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by: Bernard Granville. Advertisement for "Hawaiian butterfly" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illstration: U.S. soldier shaking hands with French soldier.

Good-bye Broadway, hello France!

words by C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis ; music by Billy Baskette. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by: Bernard Granville. Advertisement for "Hawaiian butterfly" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illstration: U.S. soldier shaking hands with French soldier.

Good-bye Broadway, hello France!

words by C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis ; music by Billy Baskette. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Introduced by: Bernard Granville. Advertisement for "Hawaiian butterfly" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illstration: U.S. soldier shaking hands with French soldier.

Good-bye Broadway, hello France

words by C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis ; music by Billy Baskette. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Special artist's copy.

Good-bye Broadway, hello France

words by C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis ; music by Billy Baskette. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Special artist's copy.

Good-bye Bill

Good-bye Bill

Brown University

words by Richard Fechheimer ; music by W.B. Kernell. For voice and piano. Caption title. From musical: Goodbye Bill, a play with music. Advertisement for "Knitting": p. [6] Cover illustration: caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Good-bye Alexander: good-bye honey-boy

by Creamer and Layton. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "After you've gone": p.[4] Cover illustration: woman waving to Afro-American soldier / EE Walton.

Good-bye Alexander: good-bye honey-boy

by Creamer and Layton. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Little girl": p. [4] Cover illustration: woman waving to Afro-American soldier, printed in green ink / EE Walton.

Good-bye Alexander: good-bye honey-boy

by Creamer and Layton. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "After you've gone" and another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: woman waving to Afro-American soldier / EE Walton.

Good-bye "Sally": good luck to you

words and music by Sam Habelow ; arranged by Jos. Solman. For voice and piano. Caption title. Pages 1-2 are unnumbered. Cover illustration: photograph of Salvation Army center in France; drawing of ships / Starmer, N.Y.

Good-bye "Sally": good luck to you

words and music by Sam Habelow ; arranged by Jos. Solman. For voice and piano. Caption title. Pages 1-2 are unnumbered. Cover illustration: photograph of Salvation Army center in France; drawing of ships / Starmer, N.Y.

Good morning, Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip!

written around a Fort Niagara fragment by Robert Lloyd. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Songs the soldiers and sailors sing": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of woman in military uniform / Henry Hutt. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

Good morning, Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip!

written around a Fort Niagara fragment by Robert Lloyd. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Songs the soldiers and sailors sing": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of woman in military uniform / Henry Hutt. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

Good morning, Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip!

written around a Fort Niagara fragment by Robert Lloyd. For voice and piano. Caption title. Page 1 is unnumbered. Advertisement for "Songs the soldiers and sailors sing": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of woman in military uniform. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

Good morning, Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip!

written around a Fort Niagara fragment by Robert Lloyd. For voice and piano. Caption title. War slogan: cover. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of woman in military uniform / Henry Hutt. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.