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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Friends of France

Friends of France

Brown University

words by Mary Gardenia ; music by John H. Densmore. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Cover illustration: flags of France and the United States

Frenchy, come to Yankee land

by Sam Ehrlich, Con Conrad. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Minnie, shimme for me": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of girl thinking of her sweetheart in France / E.E. Walton.

Freedom for all forever: patriotic song and chorus

lyric and music by B.C. Hilliam. March for voice and piano in F major. Cover title. Advertisement for "Everybody's waiting for a somebody else" and another song: p. [5] Advertisement for "Can't yo' heah me callin', Caroline" and another song: p. [6] Information about the song: p. [2] Also published: in keys of E♭ major, G major, and B♭ major.

Freedom for all forever: patriotic song and chorus

lyric and music by B.C. Hilliam. March for voice and piano in E♭ major. Cover title. Advertisements for other songs: p. [5-6] Information about the song: p. [2] Also published: in keys of F major, G major, and B♭ major.

France, we'll rebuild your towns for you

by Jack Coogan. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisements for other songs: p. 3-[4] Cover illustration: soldiers with picks and shovels marching in front of ruins / Barbelle.

France, we have not forgotten you

words by Grant Clarke & Howard E. Rogers ; music by Milton Ager. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for song book: p. [4] Cover illustration: Statue of Liberty. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

Forward! March! Columbia's calling

words & music by S. Joseph Quinn. For voice and piano. Caption title. "Dedicated to the Knights of Columbus"--Cover. Cover illustration: drawing of "Columbia" and soldiers, Knights of Columbus insignia.

Forward march!: Mississippi volunteers

words by Robert Levenson ; music by George L. Cobb. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for a magazine: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldiers standing at attention / Starmer.

For your country and my country

by Irving Berlin. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "The seven sweet ages of love": p. [6] Cover illustration: Uncle Sam playing drum, battleship, an eagle, and men marching / Barbelle.

For your country and my country

by Irving Berlin. March for voice and piano, with chords for guitar, ukulele and banjo. Caption title. Advertisement for three songs: p. [6] List of song titles in the series on cover.

For your country and my country

by Irving Berlin. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "Victory" and one other song: p. [4] Cover illustration: Uncle Sam playing drum, battleships, an eagle, and men marching / Barbelle.

For your boy and my boy: song

words by Gus Kahn ; music by Egbert Van Alstyne. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for Liberty Loan: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldier throwing grenade into trench.

For your boy and my boy: buy bonds! buy bonds!

words by Gus Kahn ; music by Egbert Van Alstyne. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for Liberty Loan: p. [4] War slogans: p. 2-3. Cover illustration: bugler and allegorical figure, Liberty, on hillside.

For you and me: (patriotic song)

words and music by Mary E. Whitney. For voice and piano. Caption title. "Dedicated to Our Soldier Boys Somewhere in France"--Cover. Advertisement for another song: p. [4

For the boys over there

For the boys over there

Brown University

words by Gus. Kahn ; music by Egbert Van Alstyne. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of two soldiers / Arthur William Brown; insignias of 8 service organizations.

For Old Glory: (Uncle Sam, we are preparing) : official march song (one step)

words & music by Walter Irving. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Dedicated to: the Chief Scouts. Letter from C.W. Doyen to the editor of the New York sun: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a Naval Scout and a Marine Scout with a U.S. flag / E.H. Pfeiffer; photographs of Admiral George Dewey, General George Barnett, Daniel M. Bedell.

For liberty

For liberty

Brown University

words by M.E. Allen ; music by Leo Friedman. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: flower basket and border design.

For flag and country

For flag and country

Brown University

words by Erma Clarke ; music by Harry A. Dinsmore. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of American flag / ES Fisher.

For Dixie and Uncle Sam: novelty march ballad

words by J. Keirn Brennan ; music by Ernest R. Ball. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "My rosary for you" and three other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Nora Bayes / Saxony, N.Y.; cover design by Starmer.

For Dixie and Uncle Sam: novelty march ballad

words by J. Keirn Brennan ; music by Ernest R. Ball. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "My rosary for you" and three other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Nora Bayes / Saxony, N.Y.; cover design by Starmer.

For Dixie and Uncle Sam: novelty march ballad

words by J. Keirn Brennan ; music by Ernest R. Ball. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for "My rosary for you" and three other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Nora Bayes / Saxony, N.Y.; cover design by Starmer.

For Dixie and Uncle Sam: novelty march ballad

words by J. Keirn Brennan ; music by Ernest R. Ball. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisements for other songs: p. 2-[6] Cover illustration: photograph of an unnamed man; cover design / Starmer.

For America and liberty

For America and liberty

Brown University

original text of "Varsity" by J. Fred Lawton ; music by Earl V. Moore ; words by L.L. Davis. For voice and piano. Caption title. "To the Sons of Old Glory of 1917." Advertisement for other songs: p. [6] Cover illustration: torch of liberty.

Follow the flag

Follow the flag

Brown University

words by Elizabeth Zerrahn ; music by Constance Zerrahn Bradley. For voice and piano. Caption title.

Follow the boys

Follow the boys

Brown University

lyric and music by Augustus Barratt. For voice and piano. Caption title. From musical comedy: Little simplicity. Advertisement for another song: p. [6] Cover illustration: drawing of a girl with a bonnet / Barbelle.

Follow me to Germany: (and victory) : song

lyric by William J. Hart ; music by Edward G. Nelson. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] War slogans: p. 2-[4] Cover illustration: moustached U.S. soldier with cane.