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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Dear old pal of mine

Dear old pal of mine

Brown University

words by Harold Robe ; music by Gitz Rice. For voice and piano in G. Caption title. Sung by: John McCormack. Advertisement for "Rockin' the boat" and another song: p. [7]-[8] Cover illustration: full -length photograph of Gitz Rice. Also published in keys of F, A♭, B♭

Dear old pal of mine

Dear old pal of mine

Brown University

words by Harold Robe ; music by Gitz Rice. For voice and piano in G. Caption title. Sung by: John McCormack. Advertisement for "Rockin' the boat" and another song: p. [7]-[8] Cover illustration: full -length photograph of Gitz Rice. Also published in keys of F, A♭, B♭

Dear old pal of mine

Dear old pal of mine

Brown University

words by Harold Robe ; music by Gitz Rice. For voice and piano in A♭ Caption title. Sung by: John McCormack. Advertisement for "On the road that leads back home" and another song: p. [7]-[8] Cover illustration: half-length photograph of Gitz Rice. Also published in keys of F, G, B♭ Library's copy 1 inscribed: Rhodes.

Dear old pal of mine

Dear old pal of mine

Brown University

words by Harold Robe ; music by Gitz Rice. For voice and piano in F. Caption title. Sung by: John McCormack. Advertisement for "On the road that leads back home" and another song: p. [7]-[8] Cover illustration: half-length photograph of Gitz Rice. Also published in keys of G, A♭, B♭

Dear old pal of mine

Dear old pal of mine

Brown University

words by Harold Robe ; music by Gitz Rice. For voice and piano in F. Caption title. Sung by: John McCormack. Advertisement for "On the road that leads back home" and another song: p. [7]-[8] Cover illustration: half-length photograph of Gitz Rice. Also published in keys of G, A♭, B♭

Dear old pal of mine

Dear old pal of mine

Brown University

words by Harold Robe ; music by Gitz Rice. For voice and piano in B♭ Caption title. Sung by: John McCormack. Advertisement for "Little mother of mine": p. [8] Cover illustration: full-length photograph of Gitz Rice. Also published in keys of F, G, A♭

Dear old pal of mine

Dear old pal of mine

Brown University

words by Harold Robe ; music by Gitz Rice. For voice and piano in F. Caption title. Sung by: John McCormack. Advertisement for "On the road that leads back home" and another song: p. [7]-[8] Cover illustration: half-length photograph of Gitz Rice. Also published in keys of G, A♭, B♭

Dear lad o' mine: song with piano accompaniment

words by Katherine Hale ; music by Gena Branscombe. March for soprano or tenor and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Also published for alto or baritone and piano.

Daddy, please, don't let them shoot you

words & music by J.O. Donovan. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [6] Cover illustration: drawing of a girl saying goodbye to her father / De Takacs.

Daddy, I want to go

Daddy, I want to go

Brown University

words by Joseph F. Dunn ; music by Eddie Stembler ; arr. by Fredric Watson. For voice and piano. Caption title. As sung by: Grace La Rue and Sailor Reilly. "Dedicated to the naval militia of the state of New York"--p. [4] Cover illustration: photographs of Grace La Rue and Sailor Reilly; drawing of sailor and little boy / E.H. Pfeiffer.

Daddy, I want to go

Daddy, I want to go

Brown University

words by Joseph F. Dunn ; music by Eddie Stembler ; arr. by Fredric Watson. For voice and piano. Caption title. As sung by: Grace La Rue. "Dedicated to the naval militia of the state of New York"--p. [4] Cover illustration: photographs of Grace La Rue and an unidentified sailor; drawing of sailor and little boy / E.H. Pfeiffer.

Comprenez-vous Papa: "compranay-voo" Papa, song

lyric by Alfred Bryan ; music by Ray Lawrence. Polka for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Madelon": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldier and woman / F.S.M.

Comprenez-vous Papa: "compranay-voo" Papa, song

lyric by Alfred Bryan ; music by Ray Lawrence. Polka for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Madelon": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldier and woman / F.S.M.

Comprenez-vous Papa: "compranay-voo" Papa, song

lyric by Alfred Bryan ; music by Ray Lawrence. Polka for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "Madelon": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldier and woman / F.S.M.

Coming home

Coming home

Brown University

words and music by Caroline L. Sumner ; arr. by Geo. L. Cobb. March for voice and piano. Caption title. "Dedicated to General Pershing and the Victory Boys" Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: border design with U.S. shields. Also published as: male quartet, orchestra, march one step.

Come on, America!

Come on, America!

Brown University

words by Edmund Vance Cooke ; music by Kenneth M. Murchison. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for other songs in the series: p. [6] Parts available: band, orchestra.

Come on papa

Come on papa

Brown University

words and music by Edgar Leslie & Harry Ruby. For voice and piano. Cover title. Introduced by: Eddie Cantor in Ziegfeld Follies. Advertisement for "The music of wedding chimes": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of man and woman driving / Barbelle; photograph of Eddie Cantor.

Come on papa

Come on papa

Brown University

words and music by Edgar Leslie & Harry Ruby. For voice and piano. Cover title. Introduced by: Eddie Cantor in Ziegfeld Follies. Advertisement for "The music of wedding chimes": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of man and woman driving / Barbelle; photograph of Eddie Cantor.

Come on papa

Come on papa

Brown University

words and music by Edgar Leslie & Harry Ruby. For voice and piano. Cover title. Introduced by: Eddie Cantor in Ziegfeld Follies. Advertisement for "The music of wedding chimes": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of man and woman driving / Barbelle; photograph of Eddie Cantor.

Come on papa

Come on papa

Brown University

words and music by Edgar Leslie & Harry Ruby. For voice and piano. Cover title. Introduced by: Eddie Cantor in Ziegfeld Follies. Advertisement for "The music of wedding chimes": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of man and woman driving / Barbelle; photograph of Eddie Cantor.

Come on papa

Come on papa

Brown University

words and music by Edgar Leslie & Harry Ruby. For voice and piano. Cover title. Introduced by: Eddie Cantor in Ziegfeld Follies. Advertisement for "The music of wedding chimes": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of man and woman driving / Barbelle; photograph of Eddie Cantor.

Come on papa

Come on papa

Brown University

words and music by Edgar Leslie and Harry Ruby. For voice and piano. Introduced by: Eddie Cantor in Ziegfeld Follies. Cover title. Advertisement for "Waltzing the scales": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of a man and woman driving / Barbelle; photograph of Eddie Cantor.

Come back Daddy

Come back Daddy

Brown University

words and music by Marguerite Jean Beasley. For voice and piano. Data on composer and composition on t.p. Cover illustration: photograph of composer.

Come across

Come across

Brown University

words by Grace C. Foote ; verse melody by John Hermann Loud ; chorus by Myra E. Fiske. Waltz for voice and piano. Caption title. "Dedicated to Our Defenders in khaki and blue"--Cover. Cover illustration: drawing of soldier and sailor.

Columbia's call: march

Columbia's call: march

Brown University

singing chorus by George L. Cobb ; [music] by Bob Wyman. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Dedicated to: Miss Isabelle Linford Smith, Brookline, Mass. Advertisement for a magazine: p. [4 Cover illustration: drawing of figure of Columbia with soldier and sailor and four inset scenes of workers / Starmer.

Coaling up in Colon town: song

lyric by Raymond Egan ; music by Richard A. Whiting. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "How's every little thing in Dixie": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of sailors and women dancing on beach / Starmer.

Coaling up in Colon town: song

lyric by Raymond Egan ; music by Richard A. Whiting. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "How's every little thing in Dixie": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of sailors and women dancing on beach / Starmer.

Clap your hands my baby: (for your daddy's coming home)

lyric by Frankie Wiliams ; music by Edw. G. Nelson. For voice and piano. Caption title. "This song can be played as a ballad, fox trot or one step"--P. 2. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: baby with picture of father / E.E. Walton.

Chimes of Normandy

Chimes of Normandy

Brown University

words by Alfred Bryan ; music by Jack Wells. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "The sunshine of your smile": p. [6] Cover illustration: landscape with church.

Chimes of Normandy

Chimes of Normandy

Brown University

words by Alfred Bryan ; music by Jack Wells. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "The sunshine of your smile": p. [6] Cover illustration: landscape with church.