Song Sheets from the Roaring Twenties

During the times directly prior to WWI the music sheets were predominantly songs about leaving home and going to war, leaving loved ones behind, patriotic songs. But when 1920 hit, the mood was more exuberant and loose.

You can see  changes in the times from the 1910’s to the 1920’s, in the songs and cover artwork from

these music sheets from the 1920s. The song sheets include:

·         Some Sunny Day - Irving Berlin

·         Forgive Me – Jack Yellin & Milton Ager

·         Buy, Buy For Baby  (Or Baby Will Bye Bye You) -Irving Caesar & Joseph Meyer

·         Boo-Hoo-Hoo You’re Gonna Cry When I’M Gone  -Bob Nelson & Al Lentz

·         Pagan Love Song – Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown

·         What Do We Do on a Dew-Dew-Dewy Day – Howard Johnson, Chas Tobias & Al Sherman

·         When It’s Springtime in the Rockies  - Mary Woolsey, Robert Sauer & Milt Taggart

·         I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Fallilng – Billy Rose, Harry Link and Thos. Waller

·         While You Were Making Believe (I Fell in Love With You) – Jack Stern & Ben Bard

·         Limehouse Blues – Douglas Furber & Philip Braham

·         Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 – Irving Berlin

·         Bashful Baby – Cliff Friend & Abner Silver

·         Lazy Lou’siana Moon -Walter Donaldson