Old Chestnuts


"A" You're Adorable Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise & Sidney Lippman .pdf format
Ain't She Sweet? Jack Yellen & Milton Ager .pdf format
Alabama Jubilee George Cobb & Jack Yellen .pdf format
Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party (see - Seeing Nellie Home;) (a.k.a. "When I Saw Nellie Home", "I Was Seeing Nellie Home") Frances Kyle & John Fletcher (1856) .pdf format
Aura Lee George R. Poulton & W. W. Fosdick .pdf format
Avalon Al Jolson, Bud DeSylva & Al Rose .pdf format
The Band Played On John E. Palmer & Charles B. Ward .pdf format
Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William, Now) Jack Yellen & Milton Yager .pdf format
Boodle-Am Shake Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams .pdf format
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? Edgar "Yip" Harburg & Jay Gorney .pdf format
Champagne Charlie George Leybourne & Alfred Lee / Leon Redbone / Blind Blake .pdf format
Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built For Two) Harry Dacre .pdf format
'Deed I Do Walter Hirsch & Fred Rose .pdf format
Dinah Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young & Harry Akst .pdf format
Duncan And Brady Traditional American .pdf format
The First Marine (parody of "Mademoiselle From Armentieres")) World War I Doughboy Song .pdf format
Five Foot Two Sam Lewis, Joe Young & Ray Henderson .pdf format
For Me And My Gal Edgar Leslie, E. Ray Goetz & George W. Meyer .pdf format
The Gang That Sang "Heart Of My Heart" (a.k.a. - "Heart Of My Heart") Ben Ryan (The Four Aces) .pdf format
Good Night Ladies Huddie William "Leadbelly" Ledbetter & John Lomax .pdf format
Goodnight, Irene Huddie Ledbetter & John Lomax .pdf format
Grandfather's Clock Henry Clay Work (late 1800s) .pdf format
Heart Of My Heart (see - The Gang That Sang "Heart Of My Heart") Ben Ryan (The Four Aces) .pdf format
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? Bob Merrill .pdf format
I Had But Fifty Cents (a.k.a. - "I Took My Girl To A Dance One Night", "(When) I Had But Fifty Cents", "The Half Crown Song", "Only Half-A-Crown", "The Social Hop", "Eighteen Pence", and "Pretty Little Dead / Betsey Brown") Various English-Speaking Traditions .pdf format
I Was Seeing Nellie Home (see - Seeing Nellie Home;) (a.k.a. "When I Saw Nellie Home", "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party") Frances Kyle & John Fletcher (1856) .pdf format
It's Been A Long, Long Time Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne .pdf format
Just Because Washington & Lee Swing (1911) via Shelton Bros. (1930s) .pdf format
Let Me Call You Sweetheart Beth Slater Whitson & Leo Friedman .pdf format
Madamoiselle From Armentieres (basic version) Traditional .pdf format
Madamoiselle From Armentieres (any variations version) Traditional .pdf format
Madamoiselle From Armentieres (incredibly offensive "straight from the trenches" version) Traditional .pdf format
Mean To Me Roy Turk & Fred E. Ahlert .pdf format
Mississippi Mud James Cavanaugh & Harry Barris .pdf format
Oh, Dem Golden Slippers James A. Bland .pdf format
Our Boys Will Shine Traditional American .pdf format
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (from "Lullaby Of Broadway) Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept & Bee Palmer / Michigan J. Frog .pdf format
Seeing Nellie Home (a.k.a. "When I Saw Nellie Home", "I Was Seeing Nellie Home" & "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party") Frances Kyle & John Fletcher (1856) .pdf format
Shine On, Harvest Moon Jack Norworth & Nora Bayes-Norworth .pdf format
Side By Side Harry MacGregor Woods .pdf format
The Sidewalks Of New York - a.k.a. "East Side, West Side" James Blake #38; Charles Lawlor .pdf format
Sweet Georgia Brown Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey & Maceo Pinkard .pdf format
Take Me Out To The Ballgame Jack Norworth & Albert Von Tilzer (1908) .pdf format
- a.k.a. "Tessie (You Are The Only, Only, Only)" Will R. Anderson (1902) .pdf format
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra J. R. Shannon .pdf format
When I Saw Nellie Home (see - Seeing Nellie Home;) (a.k.a. "I Was Seeing Nellie Home", "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party") Frances Kyle & John Fletcher (1856) .pdf format
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Traditional Irish .pdf format




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