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Sheet music for “The Re-Born American Spirit,” which celebrates the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the new “American Spirit” which resulted. The cover features a large illustration of Roosevelt and smaller illustrations of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1933
Sheet music for an easy piano edition of “America the Beautiful.” The cover features a large photograph of Mount Rushomore and several scenic photographs.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
Unknown
Sheet music for “Underneath Mount Rushmore Moon,” which was written and presented to the Rushmore Breakfast Club in 1959. The song portrays Mount Rushmore as a “Shrine of Democracy.” The cover features a photograph of Mount Rushmore and the back cover credits Gutzon Borglum for creating the monument and provides interesting facts.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1960
Sheet music for “The Big Bull Moose,” a song written for Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912 presidential campaign. Roosevelt is described as a “Big Bull Moose,” wandering around with a smile on his face and able to accomplish anything. The cover features a green illustration of a woman with an elaborate headdress in profile with a halo.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1912
Sheet music for “When Teddy Goes Back,” which describes how happy people will be when Theodore Roosevelt returns from a safari in Africa. The cover features an illustration of Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1911
Sheet music for “He Went A-Hunting,” a comedic song using “hunting” as a vehicle to make humorous references to various situations. These include one stanza about Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s husband presenting her a “Teddy Bear” and another stanza about President Roosevelt hunting in the American South and finding a “coon,” disguised as Booker T. Washington, referencing the famous White House dinner between Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. Cover illustration features a man hiding from a bear by climbing up a tree.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1907
Sheet music for “Teddy, the Jungle Bogie-Man,” a comedic song from the stage play The Newlyweds and Their Baby. The lyrics employ Theodore Roosevelt’s safari in Africa to reference other tropes and themes often used around Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
Sheet music for “Alice Blue Waltzes,” a piano solo dedicated to Alice Roosevelt Longworth. The cover features a decorative frame around illustrations of Longworth and the White House.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1906
Sheet music for “Are You Half the Man Your Mother Thought You’d Be,” a sentimental song about growing up. The cover features images of famous men who made their mothers proud, including a number of American politicians such as Theodore Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1916
Sheet music for “I’m Getting Quite American, Don’t You Know,” which was sung by George Honey in In Harvard. The song makes reference to President Roosevelt and the strenuous life.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1902
Sheet music for “Won’t You Be My Billie Possum,” a reference to the opossum representing President Taft, similar to teddy bears representing Theodore Roosevelt. The cover features a baby playing with a possum doll.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
Sheet music for “Hold Firm the American Way,” a patriotic song. The cover features vignettes and quotes from several presidents, including Theodore Roosevelt. The back page features a photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the “American pledge.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1952
Sheet music for “Presidents on Parade,” a patriotic song with lyrics that mention all presidents from George Washington to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1933
“The President Song” lists each president in order through President Eisenhower.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1959
Sheet music for “The Brave Young Moose,” a 1912 Progressive Party campaign song. The cover features an illustration of a moose head in profile.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1912
“Bull Moose” celebrates the transition after the 1912 election and looks forward to President Wilson’s term.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1913
“An Irish Democrat’s Complaint” is a song in support of voting for Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks from the Democrat’s perspective.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
Unknown
Sheet music for “Teddy Our Hero,” a two-step and song by H. L. Berger. Cover is red, white, and blue with a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt in Rough Rider uniform on horseback.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1903
Sheet music for “Standard Oil,” a song about John D. Rockefeller and his history with Standard Oil. One verse mentions President Roosevelt and his efforts to break up the company. Cover is red, white, and black with a can of oil, a sign “J.D.R.,” and Uncle Sam. At the top of the cover, the sheet music is “dedicated to Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1907
Campaign song for the 1900 Republican nominees for president and vice-president, William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Back page features an advertisement for another McKinley campaign song, “He’s All Right!”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1900