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.
This collection is part of Brown University Library, hosted by Brown University.

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Boys we're going through

arranged by F.A. Mueller ; words and music by J. Jones. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Additional (soldier) verses: p. [4] Cover illustration: soldiers in battle.

Bon voyage and return: song

lyric by Janan Cecil ; music by W.S. Mygrant. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] War slogans: p. [4]

Bobby the bomber

Bobby the bomber

Brown University

by Chas McCarron [i.e. McCarron] and Carey Morgan. For voice and piano. Caption title. War slogans: p. [4] Advertisements for other songs: p. 3-[4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldier / Barbelle.

Blue ridge! I'm coming back to you

words and music by John Philip Sousa. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [6] Cover illustration: drawing of woman and soldier in landscape.

Bing! Bang! Bing 'em on the Rhine: comic song

lyric & music by Jack Mahoney and Allan Flynn. March for voice and piano. Cover title. "As Sung by Blanche Ring"--Cover. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] War slogans: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Blanche Ring; cover design by Starmer.

Billy boy

Billy boy

Brown University

words by Lester A. Walton ; music by C. Lucky Roberts. March for voice and piano. Cover title. Dedicated to: Col. William Hayward. Cover illustration: photograph of a soldier [William Hayward?]

Big Chief Kill-a-Hun

Big Chief Kill-a-Hun

Brown University

words by Alfred Bryan & Edgar Leslie ; music by Maurice Abrahams. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of indian holding three Germans in one hand and a tomahawk in the other / Barbelle.

Belgium forever: a patriotic song

words by Yvonne Townsend ; music by Natalie Townsend. March for medium voice and piano in B♭. Cover title. Cover illustration: Belgian crest. Also published for: high voice and piano in D.

Belgian rose

Belgian rose

Brown University

by Geo. Benoit, Robt. Levenson and Ted Garton. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Louise Glaum; roses.

Belgian rose

Belgian rose

Brown University

lyric by Will J. Hart ; music by Ed. Nelson. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other music: p. 3. Advertisement for "Sweet Siamese" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Madeleine Harrison.

Belgian rose

Belgian rose

Brown University

lyric by Will J. Hart ; music by Ed. Nelson. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other music: p. 3. Advertisement for "Sweet Siamese" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Madeleine Harrison.

Belgian rose

Belgian rose

Brown University

lyric by Will J. Hart ; music by Ed. Nelson. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other music: p. 3. Advertisement for "Sweet Siamese" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Madeleine Harrison.

Belgian rose

Belgian rose

Brown University

lyric by Will J. Hart ; music by Ed. Nelson. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other music: p. 3. Advertisement for "Sweet Siamese" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: photograph of Madeleine Harrison.

Battleship rag

Battleship rag

Brown University

words and music by Thos. S. Allen. For voice and piano. Caption title. Dedicated to: Col. Benter, bandmaster (R.I.) Advertisement for another song: p. [6] Cover illustration: drawing of a battleship / WMF.

Back in the old town to-night

words by Jeff Branen ; music by Arthur Lange. For voice and piano. Caption title. "Suggested by and dedicated to Company L. of the 12th Regiment, N.G.N.Y." Advertisements for other songs: p. [6] Cover illustration: drawing of soldier / De Takacs ; photograph of Clarence S. Wadsworth.

Baby's prayer will soon be answered

words and music by Billy Baskette and Van & Schenck. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other music: p. 3. Advertisement for "The Gem dance folio for 1919": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of girl praying and ship in New York harbor / Barbelle. Also available on sound discs and music rolls.

Baby's prayer will soon be answered

words and music by Billy Baskette and Van & Schenck. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other music: p. 3. Advertisement for "The Gem dance folio for 1919": p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of girl praying and ship in New York harbor / Barbelle. Also available on sound discs and music rolls.

Awake, America

Awake, America

Brown University

words & music by Jeanne Falconer Caithness. March for voice and piano. Caption title. "Dedicated to the Washington boys"--Cover.

Au revoir, but not good bye, soldier boy

words by Lew Brown ; music by Albert Von Tilzer. March for voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for other songs: p. [4] War slogans: p. [4] Cover illustration: U.S. soldier and woman holding hands / EE Walton.

At the Yankee military ball

words by Howard Johnson ; music by Harry Jentes. For voice and piano. Caption title. Advertisement for "What do you want to make those eyes at me for?" and other songs: p. [4] Cover illustration: drawing of battleship, military men dancing with Red Cross girls / [rose symbol]; photograph of Eleanor Fisher. Illustrator's name represented by a rose symbol on cover. Also published for: band, orchestra, male quartette.

At the Dixie military ball

words by Ballard Macdonald ; music by Harry Carroll. For voice and piano. Caption title. Pages 1-2 are unnumbered. Advertisement for another song: p. 3. Advertisement for "Gem dance folio for 1919": p. [4] War slogans: p. [4] Cover illustration: people in formal attire and a policeman / E.E. Walton.

As our president comes sailing home: as our boys come sailing home

words by Edith Rojean Orne ; music by George Lowell Tracy. For voice and piano. Cover title. Advertisement for another song: p. [4] Cover illustration: ship at sea and peace dove / E.S. Fisher. Accompanied by publisher's flyer with supplementary "Victory Liberty Loan" chorus.

Are you doing your bit: (for our soldier boys)

words and music by W.J. MacDonald & Billy James. For voice and piano. Caption title. War slogan on cover. Advertisements for other songs: p. 3-[4] Cover illustration: drawing of soldier.

Après la guerre: after the war : song

words and music by B.C. Hilliam. For voice and piano. Cover title. "Dedicated to my friend Jimmie Rice"--Caption. Advertisements for other songs: p. [2, 6] Advertisement for "The secret" and another song: p. [7] Advertisement for "A song for you" and another song: p. [8]

Apres la guerre: (after the war)

lyric and music by B.C. Hilliam. For voice and piano. Cover title. Sung by: Elsie Janis and her gang. "Dedicated to my friend Jimmie Rice"--Caption. Advertisements for other songs: p. [5-6] Cover illustration: photograph of Elsie Janis; drawing of toy soldiers.