Standard Songs Page Twenty 

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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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