Ireland never seemed so far away

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]Just today I got a letter [first line]Ireland never seemed so far away [first line of chorus]E flat [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Woman leaning against brick wall in forest [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on inside front and back cover [note

I'm crazy 'bout the turkey trot

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]Down in Perkins barnyard ev'ry [first line]Gobble, gobble [first line of chorus]C [key]Allegro moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Anna Chandler (photograph) [illustration]EH Pfeiffet [graphic artist]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

Can you blame me \u27cause I fell in love with you, what else was [first line of chorus]

Performance Medium: Piano and Voice (with lyrics

Mother plays a rag upon the sewing machine, [first line of chorus]

Performance Medium: Piano and Voice (with lyrics

Then I'll stop loving you.

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]E flat major [key]Popular song [form/genre]Man & woman in canoe on water [illustration]Musgrave (Dominion Music Co), Toronto ON [dealer stamp]Publisher's advertisement on back inside cover & back cover [note

There's a vacant chair at home sweet home

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Also being sung in Vaudeville and on the Concert Stage by all the leading artists of America [note]Piano vocal [instrumentation]C major [key]Waltz moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Man, woman, chair, silhouette [illustration]Wohlman [engraver]Publisher's advertisement on front inside cover & back cover [note

When mother plays a rag on the sewing machine

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]A quaint old fashioned homestead in a [first line]Mother plays a rag upon the sewing machine [first line of chorus]A flat [key]Andante moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Father and daughter dancing while mother uses sewing machine at home [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note]Respectfully dedicated to our pal, Ed. Morton [note

Billy (I always dream of Bill.)

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano and voice [instrumentation]D major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Woman and man in different settings, i.e. office, dinner date, on walk. [illustration]Dedicated to our friend Billy "Single" Clifford. [dedication]Edgar Keller [engraver]Kendis & Paley, N. Y. [dealer stamp]Publisher's advertisement on back cover. [note

Your daddy did the same thing fifty years ago

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]"Come in!" said Father Johnson [first line]Your daddy did the same thing fifty years ago [first line of chorus]E flat [key]Tempo di marcia [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Old man putting hand on shoulder of young man sitting in armchair [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on inside front and back cover [note]Photo by Scott & Yan Altena [note

The ragtime dream

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]E flat major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Monkeys ; photograph: Lloyd & Tarver [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note