48 research outputs found

    The Lonely Nest.

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    Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Book by Fred de Gresac [note]Piano vocal [instrumentation]This house is roomy and ought to do me [first line]It's only a lonely nest I'm lonely [first line of refrain]F major [key]Moderato espressivo [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Sylph, Pan, castle [illustration]CE Millard [engraver]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

    Feeling the way I do.

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    Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]What heartaches heartbreaks I've been through [first line]I can't go on feeling the way I do weeping [first line of chorus]C major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Garden ; woman [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on front inside cover & back cover [note

    Virginia.

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    Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Book by Frank Mandel & Laurence Schwab ; Book staged by Edgar MacGregor ; Musical numbers staged by Sammy Lee [note]Piano vocal [instrumentation]Why did nature have to be provided only by heredity? [first line]Virginia! Virginia! The devil is in ya Virginia don't go too far [first line of refrain]E flat major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Constance Binney [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

    I'l build a stairway to paradise

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    Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Reprint date unknown [note]Piano vocal guitar [instrumentation]All you preachers who delight in panning the dance [first line]C major [key]Animato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre

    I won't say I will but I won't say I won't.

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    Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]You're a very naughty boy when you ask me [first line]I won't say I will but I won't say I won't! [first line of refrain]G major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Irene Bordoni (photograph) [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on front inside cover & back cover [note

    Look for the silver lining.

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    Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Book & lyrics by Guy Bolton & Clifford Grey ; Staged by Edward Royce.Piano vocal [instrumentation]E flat major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Man, woman, dishes [illustration]Chappell & Co. Ltd., Toronto [dealer stamp]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

    Oh baby (don't say no - say maybe).

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    Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]Pretty Mary Grady was a bashful little lady [first line]Oh baby oh baby don't say no say maybe [first line of chorus]C major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Woman [illustration]Perret [engraver]Publisher's advertisement on front inside cover & back cover [note

    I found a four leaf clover.

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    Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Book by Andy Rice and George White [note]Piano vocal [instrumentation]I never could ever be said I'm superstitious [first line]I found a four-leaf clover and the next day [first line of refrain]B flat major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Newspapers [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

    Coo-coo

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    Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]In a tree that I can see each morn when I arise [first line]Coo-coo you've got me coo-coo! [first line of chorus]E flat major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Al Jolson (photograph) [illustration]Sunshine Music Co. Inc. [lithographer]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

    April showers.

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    Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]Life is not a highway strewn with flowers [first line]Though April showers may come your way [first line of refrain]G major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Photograph: Al. Jolson [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note
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