I live up-town

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]Subway station, fellow gay, meets a girlie [first line]I live uptown when lonely [first line of chorus]B flat [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Couple roses subway [illustration]F.P.C. [graphic artist]Publisher's advertisement on inside front and back cover [note]Jeanette Childs [performer

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

Dance and grow thin : Fox trot

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano [instrumentation]C major [key]Moderato [tempo]Ragtime. [form/genre]Man and woman dancing. [illustration]Respectfully dedicated to my esteemed fried Wilson Mizner. [dedication]Barbella. [engraver]Waterson, Berlin and Snyder Co., New York. [dealer stamp]Publisher's advertisement on back cover. [note

Wiggle-wag

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano [instrumentation]C major [key]Valse ragioso (not too fast) [tempo]Ragtime piano solo [form/genre]Decorative [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

Can't you be good?

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]F major [key]Moderato assai [tempo]Popular song [form/genre

Night-time is the right time to spoon with the girl you love

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano and voice. [instrumentation]G major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song. [form/genre]Man peeking through a door. [illustration]E. H. Pfieffer. [engraver]F. B. Haviland Pub. Co., New York. [dealer stamp]Publisher's advertisement on inside back cover and back cover. [note

In the land of sweet sixteen.

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]Through mem'ries haze I still can see sweet childhood days [first line]I'ts simply grand hand in hand in the land [first line of chorus]G major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Man, woman, boat; photo: Barry & Beck [illustration]Barbelle [engraver]Publisher's advertisement on front inside cover & back cover [note

If he looks good to mother don't look for another.

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]C major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Woman's face in rose growing from a heart ; photograph: Florrie Le Vere Trio [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note

That was before I met you

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano and voice. [instrumentation]F major [key]Popular song. [form/genre]Man and woman sitting, box of roses ; Portrait of George F. Britt. [illustration]E. Pfeiffer, New York. [engraver]F. B. Haviland Pub. Co., New York. [dealer stamp]Publisher's advertisement on back cover. [note

I'm a little blackbird looking for a bluebird.

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]Never had no happiness never felt noone's caress [first line]I'm a little blackbird looking for a bluebird toooooo [first line of chorus]G major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Black American dancing, paddlewheeler [illustration]R.S [engraver]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note