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Bill
Bailey, Won't You Please...Come Home?
Words and Music by Hughie Cannon
Publication: New York: Howley, Haviland & Dresser,
1260-1266 Broadway, 1902.
Caricatures of African-American couples in song
were all the rage at the
turn of the century; this one is probably the most
famous, still played
quite often in Dixieland Bands.
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Tell
Me Pretty Maiden
(Are
There Any More At Home Like You?)
A landmark turn of the century song for romantic
comedies,
this number was the big hit from the show Florodora,
written
by Leslie Stuart and Owen Hall
Publication: Harms, Inc., 1900
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A
Perfect Day
Words and Music by Carrie Jacobs-Bond
Publication: Chicago: The Bond Shop, by Carrie
Jacobs-Bond & Son, Inc.,
726 South Michigan Avenue, 1910.
One of the best-selling musical titles written
by a woman, its charm and simplicity
still hold up well to this day.
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Sweet
Rosie O'Grady (1896) and The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1918)
Respectively: written by Maude Nugent / Monty Brice
and Walter Donaldson
Ah, those Irish Girls like the O'Gradys, they are
certainly worth prizing!
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Second
Hand Rose
Words by Grant Clarke and Music by James Hanley
Publication: New York: Shapiro, Bernstein &
Co., Cor. Broadway & 47th Street, 1921.
Big hit for Fanny Brice in the Ziegfeld Follies
of 1921
Also sung by Barbra Streisand in the film musical
Funny Girl
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The
Love Nest
From George M. Cohan's musical comedy "Mary"
Book and Lyrics by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel
Music by Louis A. Hirsch (1920)
This adorable song about love and domesticity was
the chosen theme song
of George Burns and Gracie Allen for their radio
and tv shows
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My
Buddy
Words by Gus Kahn and Music by Walter Donaldson
Publication: New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co.,
(1922)
This song had a lot of poignancy for many American
families, written
only a few years after World War One ended. It
reminded people of the sons who did not return home
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Medley Of Three Beautiful Songs
From the 19th Century
The
Sweet Home Medley
Just a Song At Twilight (Love's Old
Sweet Song)
Over the Banister (sung by Judy Garland
in "Meet Me In St. Louis")
Home, Sweet, Home
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TWO PRECIOUS SONGS ABOUT MOTHERING
BABIES
Baby
Shoes
Music by Al Piantadosi
Words by Joe Goodwin and Ed Rose (1916)
Publication: Shapiro, Bernstein and Co., 224 West
47th Street, New York
Every mother and grandmother will absolutely love
this song...it's sweet that three men wrote it
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Rock-A-Bye
Baby
Words and Music by Effie I. Canning
From a 19th century collection called Songs Of
The Old Homestead (1886)
Most people are familiar with the chorus, but not
the verses on this one,
so enjoy listening to the entire song from the
original sheet music
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