Music, Notated
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Catalog ID number: 006918643
Dedicatee: Dedicated to my father.
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Dedicatee: Gordon Furs.
Copyright: Oakley Stout, 1918.
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First line of text: Last night until late I was at the gate
First line of chorus: Only you in my thoughts
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First line of text: We can not read the history that lies within the future's maze
First line of text: I bring your dreams of bright and sunny hours
First line of text: Lady with the starry eyes, of you I am dreaming
First line of text: Katy's arranged her baking dress, busily stirring some doughy mess
First line of text: John Jones was born on Sunday and he was a proper child
First line of chorus: Classified just classified thus did Johnny start upon his slide
First line of text: Out in the west there's a little love nest, and the one I am longing to see
First line of chorus: Oh, how I am longing to be, out there were life is so free
Dedicatee: Eleanor Nesbitt Poehler.
First line of text: Break, break, break, on thy cold gray stones, o sea!
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Dedicatee: Agnes Griswold Kinnard.
First line of text: Sing sing to Apollo god of day
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Dedicatee: Francis Chamberlain.
First line of text: Alas, that Spring should vanish with the rose!
Note: From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
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Series note: Ripples of Melody : a collection of beautiful airs easily arranged for young people by Chas. D. Blake.
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Dedicatee: Mr. McElroy-Johnston.
First line of text: Eyes like a morning star, cheek a-like a rose, Lora was a pretty girl, ev'rybody knows
Dedicatee: Mrs. McElroy-Johnston, Kathleen Hart Bibb, Lora Lulsdorff, Wm. Goodfellow, respectively.
Note: Songs from Longfellow's "Hiawatha."
Contents note: 1. Hiawatha's song--2. Adjidaumo, the squirrel--3. The rainbow--4. Pau-puk-keewis dances.
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Dedicatee: Mrs. McElroy-Johnston.
First line of text: In the land of the Dacotahs lives the arrow maker's daughter, Minn-e-ha-ha, Laughing Water
First line of text: Then said Hi-a-wa-tha to him, O my little friend the squirrel
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Dedicatee: Dr. and Mrs. Elmquist.
Dedicatee: Mrs. F.H. Snyder.
First line of text: Sha-won-da-see fat and lazy had his dwelling far to south-ward
Series note: Songs from Longfellow's "Hiawatha."
Dedicatee: Minnie Carey Stine.
First line of text: There was silence on Pegãna save for the drumming of Skarl
Note: From the "The Gods of Pegana" Lord Dunsany.
Dedicatee: Florence Macbeth.
First line of text: With me along the strip of herbage strown
Series note: Songs of Omar.
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Dedicatee: Mr. and Mrs. Elbert L. Carpenter.
First line of text: Young and beautiful was Wabun, he it was who brought the morning
Series note: Songs from Longfellow's "Hiawatha."
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Dedicatee: Dr. Carl Martin, New York.
First line of text: I am not old though years have cast their shadows on my way
Note: Song for bass or baritone.
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First line of text: I never was in love, cause I never had a girl
First line of chorus: Peek-a-boo (peek-a-boo) I see you (yes I do)
Copyright: Great Western Music Co., St. Paul, 1909.
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Dedicatee: Written for Lucille Mulhall, the Bronco Queen and featured in her great vaudeville act.
Note: Containing the melodies of the brilliant song of the western plains, "Cowboys Song."
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Note: Also published as song and refrain.
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Copyright: Paul A. Schmitt, 1902.
Note: Piano solo ; a melodic gem of the celebrated Norwegian violinist.
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First line of text: Like a fairy, light and airy, pretty Margaret full of glee
First line of chorus: Oh come to me my pretty Margaret
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First line of text: Dear, I am so lonely, when you are not near.
First line of chorus: I love you dearly, and wish you near me
Dedicatee: Mrs. G.J. Kaplan.
First line of text: Jesus, hear my soul's confession, sin and grief have conquered me
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Note: Transcription of the composer's patriotic song success "We meet again, but not in battle."
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First line of text: Take a neat little girl by the hand, hold her tight little pal ain't it grand
First line of chorus: For we're swaying, we're swaying, while the band is playing
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Dedicatee: To my sister Virginia W. Collins.
Copyright: W.L. Dana, 1903; transferred to H.A. Chase, 1904; transferred to Pillsbury-Dana Company, 1905.
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Dedicatee: Written for and dedicated to Mrs. Jessie Whitridge DeWolf, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
First line of text: By the splendor in the heavens, and the hush upon the sea
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First line of text: Through all of life God sends us compensation
Series note: Denison's musical readings.
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First line of text: Girlie of mine for you I pine
First line of chorus: Meet me again in Roseland, down by the silv'ry stream
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Contents note: 1. Din moder / ord av John J. Daniels ; musik av Hanna Brooman.--2. Jag kommer, moder kär! / delvis av John J. Daniels ; musik av Charles M. Fillmore.
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First line of text: Here I am, but where are you, sweet-heart of yesterday
First line of chorus: Roses say at break of day I want you
Copyright: Harold D. Finkelstein, president of State Publishing Co., 1926.
First line of text: Just at the close of a weary day I get to thinking of you
First line of chorus: Little pal little pal how I miss you
Copyright: Harold D. Finkelstein, 1926.
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First line of text: Kissed by the ocean's rude billows, nestles a beautiful island
First line of chorus: So strive on, brave heroes, success will attend ye
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First line of text: You have heard of the firey demon on that fatal day
First line of chorus: Fathers and mothers weeping for loved one to them so dear
Copyright: C.C. Cleaveland, 1908.
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Dedicatee: The Roosevelt Club of Minneapolis.
Copyright: L.A. Savage of Minneapolis.
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First line of text: I used to think the hyacinth a flower most wondrous rare
First line of chorus: My cherry blossom you stole my heart
Note: Presented by Faribault Lodge 1166 B.P.O.E : A Japanese Musical Comedy with 50 Local Singers.
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Dedicatee: To our own little fairy.
First line of text: Did you ever hear tell of the fairy dell where deep in the ground is the fairy well
First line of chorus: Oh fairyland fairyland where ever that may be
Copyright: John Wilson Dodge, 1910.
Note: A romantic musical comedy in 3 acts by May Hewes Dodge and John Wilson Dodge produced under the auspices of Y.M.C.A. of Red Wing.
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First line of text: Mister leader man start your famous band
Note: Introduced and featured by Eddie Dunstedter and his Band.
Dedicatee: Mrs. Eberhart.
First line of text: When in the twilight of a perfect day, my longing thoughts will wander far away
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First line of text: Sweet solace and comfort only is known
First line of chorus: From far off Cuba that loveliest isle
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Dedicatee: Mildred.
First line of text: There's a quaint old legend true, told to me and told to you
First line of chorus: Strolling down the path, beside the silv'ry stream
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First line of text: I was so lonely for you dear, life didn't seem worth the while
First line of chorus: My dreams, my dreams I'm living within my dreams
Note: Vocal and instrumental gems and jokes by the Never Not Funny Comedians Matthews and Bulger as introduced in the Polite Comic Play.
Contents note: 1. Go ask Ruth! / written by Wheelock Upson ; composed by Raphael Fassett.--2. "Don't mine me" : an original couplet / written by Wheelock Upson ; composed by Raphael Fassett.--3. After the victory triumphal march / composed by Raphael Fassett.--4. Passing Faces / composed by Floyd McClure and Raphael Fassett.
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First line of text: I know the roses love morning dew
First line of chorus: Just for you, I am dreaming and scheming the whole day through
Copyright: Harold D. Finkelstein, 1929.
First line of text: There's a girl I want more than the rest of them all
First line of chorus: Dear, Peggy dear, you have taken me completely
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First line of text: I'm so lonely and I don't know what to do
First line of chorus: Maybe you do, maybe you don't
Note: Featured in the musical production "Gypsy Romance."
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First line of text: The years have come and passed away, my darling, since last I called thee mine
First line of chorus: Pretty brown eyes, I am thinking of you
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First line of text: O Poland, beloved country, may you be bless'd o fatherland
Copyright: Polanie Publishing Company, 1949; this arrangement , same firm, by permission of Radio Record Recordi of Milan, Italy, 1957.
Note: Polish lyrics by Mateusz Glinski ; English translation by Victoria Janda.
First line of text: There are hundreds of things I'd like to ask of you dear
First line of chorus: There's just a couple of these, I'd like to make if you please
Copyright: The H.P. Myers Co., 1911.
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First line of text: How pleasant is the fisherman's life
First line of chorus: Merrily cheerily row merrily cheerily row we row
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First line of text: A girl and boy one summer day, out in a garden played
First line of chorus: Well, that's all right for you, if you loved me true
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First line of text: She's a plain faced little damsel, so demure and oh so sweet
First line of chorus: Wilhelmina Wilhelmina oh I love you till it seems
Note: Sung with great success by America's sweetest singer, Edna Bassett Marshall.
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Dedicatee: Fru Anna Lunbergs Triumfer I Amerika = For Anna Lunberg's triumph in America.
First line of text: Det varen unger bond drang, han gick seg en gang till kyrkanen morgon
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Dedicatee: To those innumerable patriots who were; to those who are; to those vast legions who will be.
First line of text: America of thee I sing
First line of chorus: Liberty and union ev'ry one for all
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First line of text: I'm a pilgrim and a stranger, in this world of sin and strife
First line of chorus: Oh, there's my homeland, beautiful homeland
First line of text: All my life was so sad, and my luck was so bad
Note: Also contains a special fox-trot chorus.
Dedicatee: Mr. Alfred B. Hush.
First line of waltz chorus: When I met you, I loved you, too
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First line of text: Miss Mary Cary, came from the prairie, some things she didn't know
First line of chorus: I wonder, I wonder what's like inside
Copyright: Burt Shinkle, 1915.
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First line of text: When morning came in with its bright blaze of light
First line of chorus: I danced with delight on that bright starry night, when I first met you
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First line of text: There's a quaint old town that's nestled down where loveland ought to be
First line of chorus: You're my sunshine, my little sunshine, and I want you all the while
Copyright: Frank C. Huston, Indianapolis, 1919.
Note: Compliments of Anderson, Gauper, Peyer, Inc., Minneapolis.
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First line of text: You are taking back a promise that you had no right to make
First line of chorus: Gone are the days when you meant the world to me
First line of text: Only a bit of orange blossom, tender and sweet with perfume rare
First line of chorus: Petals of the orange blossoms falling fill the air with fragrance as of good old days of old
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First line of text: When Jack Malone was courting Edna Stone
First line of chorus: For Ma likes you, and Pa likes you, and so do I
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First line of text: I know I never will forget
First line of chorus: Mother, you're a Christian soldier, seeking strength above
Note: As sung by Vernon Wick and his Quartet.
Copyright: W.F. Shaw, 1878.
Series note: Golden thoughts of favorite authors.
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First line of text: O ring, ring with joy old John Barleycorn's doom!
First line of chorus: John Barleycorn grimly is dying, his friends are now hopelessly crying
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First line of text: They tell me that love is all a dream
First line of chorus: My dear Alean, Alean my queen
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Dedicatee: Miss Rose Marie Schaller, Hastings, Minnesota.
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First line of text: Bless'd is the hour when alone I can roam
Copyright: Frederick Wick, Minneapolis, 1936.
Note: Original title : Sölvet.
Copyright: W.F. Shaw, 1874.
Series title: Lessons from the bee hive.
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Dedicatee: Respectfully dedicated to West M.T.
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Dedicatee: Mrs. J.E. Rogers.
First line of text: Tattered was her little frock
First line of chorus: Pretty bunch of doll rags, red, white, green, and blue
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First line of text: I never dreamed like lovers dream or tried to find out how
First line of chorus: I'd love to watch the setting sun, or stars in the sky of blue
First line of text: First we were strangers, then we were friends
First line of chorus: Promise me we'll still be sweethearts after graduation day
Note: "George Abbott presents Barefoot Boy with Cheek."
Dedicatee: Lieut. Gov. T.H. Armstrong.
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First line of text: We from childhood played together, my dear comrade Jack and I
First line of chorus: We were comrades, comrades ever since we were boys
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First line of text : Sweet dreamland faces, passing to and fro
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First line of text: Vidden klara rand afen blommig strand
Note: Sång med ackompagnement af pianoforte af Peter R. Melin.
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First line of text: Twilight reminds me of love's days of yore
First line of chorus: Could I but live love's days as of yore
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First line of text: I know an isle in the southern sea
First line of chorus: Down on dreamy isle beneath the magic moon
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First line of text: Don't I wish I was a millionaire or something?
First line of chorus: I guess I'll go have to see my uncle, my funds are running low
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Dedicatee: Rena Vivienne, the American Madame Butterfly with Henry W. Savage, English Grand Opera Company.
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Dedicatee: Mrs. Stephan Dysinger, St. Paul.
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First line of text: There dwells a brownie king in green and brown
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First line of text: Sing for me, the night is falling
First line of text: Golden stars are faintly gleaming
First line of chorus: Oh, solitude, thy cherished story
First line of text: Rose, like a flower bloomed one day
First line of chorus: Brooks by the lane, murmer your name, Melody Rose
Note: Waltz ballad as originally featured by Osborne and his Band.
First line of text: I know that I'm a lucky fellow to win a girl like Lou
First line of chorus: Say it with diamonds, the perfect blue diamonds and you'll win the heart of a girl
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First line of text: With your day's work completed, with friends you are seated
First line of chorus: Zum zum zum al weis that is the music we all love to hear
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Note: As played by Watson's 1st Regt. Band.
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First line of text: Little Miss Mandy was all for the candy of all the girls she was the prize
First line of chorus: There are boys with eyes so true
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First line of text: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Uniform title note: Sacred solos from the oratorio "Isaiah."
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Dedicatee: Dedicated to all ye faithful rooters.
Note: Most likely written for followers of college football, particularly for fans of the University of Minnesota.
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First line of text: This world was made for us to all enjoy
First line of chorus: Peace on earth is nearing
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First line of text: Come this Christmas to the Christmas city I'll go
First line of chorus: Christmas city, wonderful city, all dressed in snow and mistle-toe
First line of text: Hills of homes with lights of laughter
First line of chorus: Christmas city, Christmas city, Christmas city
Dedicatee: Miss Ethel Hedman.
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First line of text: When duty's calling, when she's needed, ever faithful stands the woman in white
First line of text: Any question in my mind was eagerly explained by "know it alls"
First line of chorus: No one ever told me, when my dreams were new
Note: 1. Sleep, my baby, sleep / arranged by Edmund Lukaszewski--- 2. Dorotka / arranged by Rose Polski Anderson--3. Cradle song / arranged by Franciszek Przybylski-- 4. Hush baby / arranged by Felicjan Szopski-- 5. Lullaby / composed by M. Surzynski-- 6. Clockmaker's song / composed by Frederick Chopin ; arranged by Rose Polski Anderson-- 7. Comes the sandman / arranged by Rose Polski Anderson-- 8. Lullaby, sweet Jesus / arranged by Rose Polski Anderson.
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First line of text : Klokkeklang, englesang, julernaer! Herrenaer! Hor du den klang?
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First line of text: Wish I was a kid again in Minnesota, back on the farm
First line of text: With a wrist of steel, I swing my lash
First line of chorus: Mush on! Mush on! In the land of the midnight sun
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Note: Fifth edition.
Note: Graduate of the N.Y. City Institution for the Blind.
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Dedicatee: To his friend Elmer A. Brooks, Minneapolis.
Copyright: E.A. Brooks, 1890.
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Dedicatee: Dedicated to my friend Mrs. C.D. Griffith.
Copyright: By permission of N.Y. World.
Note: Characteristic piece for piano.
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Note: Piano solo.
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Dedicatee: The Sons of the Desert.
Note: As sung by the Minneapolis Masonic Quartet.
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First line of text: There is a morning star my soul
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Dedicatee: Mrs. W.N. Porteous.
First line of text: The sky is dark and the hills are white as the storm-king speeds from the north tonight
Note: A Norse lullaby.
Uniform title note: Three lullabys.
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Dedicatee: Mrs. Genevra Johnstone Bishop.
First line of text: Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night, sailed off in a wooden shoe
Note: A Dutch lullaby.
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First line of text: Herran af himlen är kommen till jorden
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First line of text: The song-birds are still dear, 'tis twilight
First line of text: Just like day dreams that whisper and linger
First line of chorus: You sailed into my harbor of love dear
Dedicatee: To my friend Willard Patton.
First line of text: Blow, blow wind o' the west-land, bring me the dreams of long ago
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First line of text: Crystals of beauty the tree-tops adorn, when seen in the woods in the morning
First line of text: Oh, honey dear, my honey dear
First line of chorus: But take it slow and easy, if you want to get along with me
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Dedicatee: In honor of Admiral George Dewey, the Hero of Manila.
Note: Printed by Skogg and Delander music printers, Minneapolis.
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Dedicatee: To my sister.
First line of text: Flow'rets are budding
Copyright: Marion Lindsey, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1922.
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First line of text: With a firm determination with hearts that beat as one
First line of chorus: Steady boys do not waver
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First line of text: Two little children, one summer day, down in a back yard played
First line of chorus: I'll be true, baby blue, tho' I go away from you
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First line of text: I was strolling toward the cabin which I once had called home
First line of chorus: My own sweet Montana Rose, she knows not this world of woes
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Dedicatee: Misses K. and H. Ruddy.
First line of text: Long years ago in life's bright morning
First line of chorus: My rose of June, my rose of June, my flower withered all too soon
Note: Introduced with great success by D'Arlington Reohr, the famous baritone.
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First line of text: Oft-times have I wondered what the future held for me
First line of chorus: Over the hill there must be happiness
Note: The original "Over the Hill" fox-trot ballad.
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Dedicatee: Wilmot E. Stevens.
First line of text: Billie, dear, I love you so
First line of chorus: Please say you love me 'cause I love you
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First line of text: Lovers we'll always be sweetheart
First line of chorus: Helen, when you are mine, sweetheart, Helen when you are mine
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First line of text: Moonlit waters softly rippling sounding like music of love
First line of chorus: Drifting in the moonlight
Copyright: J.G. Ness, 1931.
Note: Successfully introduced by Wally Erickson and his orchestra.
First line of text: Have you heard about the little buggy?
First line of chorus: Pushing the little buggy along, singing a little baby song
Dedicatee: Dedicated to the eminent composer John T. Hall.
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Dedicatee: Miss Kate F. Culver.
First line of text: Climbing the rocks by the side of the sea
First line of chorus: So o'er and over and over again
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Dedicatee: Miss Mary F. Trulle, Boston, Mass.
First line of text: I know a maid, I'm not afriad to match against the world
First line of chorus: Sweet little blue eyes, sparkle ever
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Dedicatee: Miss Emma Graham.
First line of text: Fair lady laugh with me a spell
First line of chorus: Then with a laugh ha! ha! Ha!
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