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Be
My Little Baby Bumble Bee
Lyrics by Stanley Murphy
Music by Henry Marshall (1912)
Most often regarded as a children's
song today,
this tune had its beginning in
vaudeville as a comedy duet
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My
Mammy
Words by Sam Lewis and Joe Young
Music by Walter Donaldson (1921)
Al Jolson's most famous song,
from the show Sinbad and the film The Jazz Singer
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I
Want A Girl
(Just
Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)
Words by William Dillon
Music by Harry Von Tilzer (1911)
The greatest song to honor Mothers
that was ever written.
All good boys want a good girl
to marry....just like Mom. :)
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Sweet
Hawaiian Moonlight
(Tell
Her Of My Love)
Music by F. Henri Klickmann (1915)
Lyrics by Harold G. Frost (1917)
A gorgeous Hawaiian ballad -
don't miss it.
Will sound really good if you
have a good steel string guitar MIDI instrument
for your computer's sound card.
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Kitten
On The Keys
Music by Zez Confrey
Lyrics by Sam Coslow
Publication: Mills Music, Inc.
New York (1922)
The prolific Tin Pan Alley song
lyricist Sam Coslow wrote words
to what is arguably Zez Confrey's
most famous novelty piano song.
They are really hard to sing!
This song page is only for the VERY BRAVE! :)
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Vienna,
My City Of Dreams
Music by Dr. Rudolf Sieczynski
English Version by Kim Gannon
(1914)
Beautiful, lilting classic Viennese
song
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Carolina
In The Morning
Words by Gus Kahn and Music by
Walter Donaldson
Publication: Jerome H. Remick
& Co., New York, 1922
Nothing is finer than being in
Carolina they say, especially with your sweetie.
A great classic song from one
of the best songwriting giants in the 20th century.
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Red
Wing
Music by Kerry Mills
Lyrics by Thurland Chattaway
Publication: F.A. Mills, New
York, 1907
By the composer of At A Georgia
Camp Meeting, this song
tells the bittersweet story of
an Indian maid who loves a brave and loses him.
My mother-in-law recalled her
mother singing this to her when she
was a child, so this song page
is for her.
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Rose
Of Washington Square
Lyrics by Ballard Macdonald
Music by James F. Hanley
Publication: New York: Shapiro,
Bernstein & Co., Cor. Broadway & 47th Street, 1920.
Introduced by Fanny Brice in
a Ziegfeld show, this beautiful ballad
has been sung in several films
and recorded by many bands and musicians over the decades.
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I
Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Words and Music by A.J. Piron
Publication: Clarence Williams,
New York (1922)
An energetic jazzy number usually
played in Dixieland style
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