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Teddy’s bears

Teddy’s bears

Sheet music for “Teddy’s Bears” written and published by William R. Haskins. The front cover shows nine teddy bears, four of them marching, in sepia. The next five pages contain the sheet music, with additional songs”Twilight Chimes” and “A Sunshine Shower.” Teddy bear music became popular in the early 1900s as a result of an incident and resulting cartoon involving President Roosevelt and a hunting trip to Mississippi. While most Teddy bear music is generic and bears no direct relationship to Roosevelt, several pieces do reference him in the lyrics, the title, or in the cover illustration. This piece infers a relationship with Roosevelt by using the possessive tense in the title, “Teddy’s Bears.”

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1907

Treaty of peace

Treaty of peace

Sheet music for “The Treaty of Peace,” a song celebrating President Roosevelt’s participation in the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War. The front cover shows a blue ink print of a fan, lantern, flowers, branch, and a Japanese scroll with writing.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1905

Voice of the west

Voice of the west

Sheet music for “Voice of the West,” which celebrates President Roosevelt sending the Great White Fleet on its circumnavigation of the globe. The cover features an illustration of a battleship and the likeliness of President Roosevelt and Secretary of War William H. Taft.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1908

Does it pay to raise your boy to be a soldier?

Does it pay to raise your boy to be a soldier?

Sheet music for “Does it Pay to Raise Your Boy to be a Solider?,” a patriotic, military readiness song published before the United States entered the First World War. The story of the song is told through “tearjerker lyrics” of a son lost to war and a grieving mother. The cover features a facsimile of a letter from Theodore Roosevelt commenting on the poem that comprises the song’s lyrics.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1916

Do your bit, help send a kit

Do your bit, help send a kit

Sheet Music for “Do Your Bit, Help Send a Kit,” a WWI patriotic song imploring the public to help ensure that the troops have tobacco products by buying a “kit” to be sent to France. The song is billed as the “Soldier’s and Sailor’s Official Tobacco Song.” In small print at the bottom of the cover there is quote from Theodore Roosevelt. “I wish you all possible success in your admirable effort to get tobacco to our boys in France.” Cover features illustrations of a solider and sailor using tobacco. The back cover contains instructions on how to buy a kit.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

March of the teddy bears

March of the teddy bears

Sheet music for “The March of the Teddy Bears,” an instrumental march. The cover features three teddy bears marching with rifles over their shoulder. A statement at the top of the cover indicates that the piece was written in hopes of stirring public sentiment for President Roosevelt to run for a third term in 1908.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Our presidents on parade

Our presidents on parade

Sheet music for “Our Presidents on Parade,” which mentions all presidents from George Washington to Franklin D. Roosevelt. The songs was written as a benefit for the Boy and Girl Scout movement. It is dedicated to the Boy and Girl Scout movements and Rosa Webb, the first Girl Scout leader in Michigan. The cover features an eagle and shield design in red, white, and blue.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1935