18 research outputs found
Prince of wails.
Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Successfully introduced by Joe Darcy [note]Piano vocal [instrumentation]They call me a prince a regular fellow [first line]Love's been failing I've been ailing [first line of chorus]F major [key]Popular song [form/genre]Joe Darcy (photograph) [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note
Farewell blues
Performance Medium: Piano and Chord
Ten little miles from town
Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal ukulele banjulele banjo [instrumentation]If you're feeling sort of all run down [first line]Hop in my car [first line of chorus]C [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular music [form/genre]House garden bird [illustration]R.S. [engraver]Mason & Risch, Limited Brantford sheet music department [dealer stamp]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note
Farewell blues.
Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]Sadness just makes me sigh I've come to say goodbye [first line]G major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Photographs: Bob Causer, The Collegians Orchestra [illustration]Publisher's advertisement on front inside cover & back cover [note
Spanish mamma.
Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal ukulele [instrumentation]C major [key]Genre [form/genre]Lady dancing, men playing music [illustration]Adler's Music Stores, Aurora IL [dealer stamp
The House of David blues.
Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]A little story that I want to tell about a certain band [first line]Gee! but aint it grand to hear that band play the "House of David Blues" [first line of chorus]B flat major [key]Popular song [form/genre]Men, musical instruments [illustration]Barbelle [engraver]Publisher's advertisement on front inside cover & back cover [note
Florida stomp
Performance Medium: Piano Onl
Nobody's sweetheart.
Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]You were ev'rybody's sweetheart not so long ago [first line]You're nobody's sweetheart now [first line of chorus]G major [key]Moderato [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Constance Moore, Dennis O'Keefe, Helen Parrish & Lewis Howard (photograph) [illustration]IM-HO [engraver]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note
Negra consentida (my pet brunette)
Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.as recorded sensationally by Andy Russell on capitol record #189 [note]Piano vocal [instrumentation]Night time, night time, love's message I [first line]Love me, my pet brunette [first line of refrain]E flat major [key]Moderately [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Woman ; Andy Russell (photograph) [illustration]Merritt [graphic artist]Publisher's advertisement on inside front cover and back cover [note
Lazy blue waltz.
Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]B flat major [key]Valse Andante [tempo]Waltz song [form/genre]Portrait of Elsie Clark; bird [illustration]Barbelle [engraver]Jack Mills Inc., New York [dealer stamp]Publisher's advertisement on front inside cover and back cover [note