Our President
Score for a march and two-step “Respectfully dedicated to President Roosevelt.” On the front cover is written “He’s Good Enough for Me!”
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1904
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The jungle king
Score for a march and two-step “respectfully dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt on his 52nd birthday.”
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1911
Creator(s)
La quasina
Score for a march and two-step “Respectfully Dedicated to Col. Roosevelt’s Rough Riders.”
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1898
Creator(s)
The great American
Piano score for a one-step, march and two-step dedicated to the American Legion in memory of Theodore Roosevelt. Samples for other sheet music are included on the back cover.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1919
Creator(s)
Our Teddy
Score for a march dedicated to the National Republican Party. The back cover includes a sample of another piece of music.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1904
Creator(s)
The Rough Riders march militaire
Score for a military march dedicated to the Rough Riders.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1898
Creator(s)
Our next president (Roosevelt)
Score for a march celebrating Theodore Roosevelt winning the 1904 Presidential election. Arranged by Professor F. Mueller.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1904
Creator(s)
Moving day in jungle town
A musical number from the Ziegfeld Revue, The Follies of 1909, describing the fear of the jungle animals when they hear of Theodore Roosevelt’s arrival, based on his trip to Africa from 1909-1910. Lyrics by A. Seymour Brown.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1909
Creator(s)
When Teddy comes marching home
Music and lyrics for “When Teddy Comes Marching Home,” written to the tune of “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” and endorsing Theodore Roosevelt to run for President in 1912. The song was the “battle cry” of the Back from Elba Club which apparently sang this song at the 25th anniversary dinner of the Gridiron Club in 1910. Lyrics are on one side of the sheet, music on the reverse side.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1912
Creator(s)
We are with T. R.
Sheet music for “We Are With T. R.,” the “Campaign Song of the Progressive Party.” Words by A. W. Loudon, music by John B. Shirley. Cover displays a head and chest, black and white, 1904 photograph of Theodore Roosevelt by Pach Brothers. Roosevelt is angled three-quarters to his left, wearing a suit jacket, vest, tie and pince-nez glasses. Title at top is written in black in all capital letters. Text is black on white ground. Back page lists the principles of the Progressive Party.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1912
Creator(s)
A toast to Roosevelt
Sheet music for “A Toast to Roosevelt” by Jules Jordan, supporting Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 presidential campaign. The cover displays the title in bold black letters at the top of the page with a flourish underneath and a black and white, 1902 photograph of Roosevelt standing three-quarters to his right, left hand on waist. Roosevelt is wearing a long coat, striped pants, vest, tie, and pince-nez glasses.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1904
Creator(s)
Throw your hat into the ring
Sheet music for “Throw Your Hat into the Ring” by Raymond S. Barlow, supporting Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party against the political “Bosses.” The cover design features the title cast diagonally across the page. An illustration of Roosevelt’s Rough Rider hat appears in the upper left corner. The word “ring” is encircled by a ring. Brown script letters on cream ground. Inside, the piece is dedicated “To Colonel Roosevelt.”
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1913
Creator(s)
Songs to be sung at the First National Progressive Convention
Lyrics for ten patriotic songs to be sung by the assembly at the First National Progressive Convention at the Coliseum in Chicago beginning Monday, August 5, 1912. The first song is called “Roosevelt,” written by C. H. Congdon, adapted from “Maryland, My Maryland.” Black text on white ground.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1912
Creator(s)
The Rough Riders patrol
Piano score for a march and two-step dedicated “To Colonel Roosevelt and his gallant Rough Riders.” The last two pages include samples of other music and an advertisement.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1898
Creator(s)
The charge of the Roosevelt Rough Riders
Piano score for a march, “inscribed to Mr. W. A. Corey of New York City,” concerning the Rough Riders led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish American War. The back cover includes samples of other music.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1898
Creator(s)
Rough Riders
Score for a military march inspired by the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War. This copy includes pencil notation throughout. Samples of other music are included on the back cover.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1898
Creator(s)
I’d rather be with Teddy in the jungle
Sheet music for “I’d Rather be with Teddy in the Jungle” from “Melville & Higgins Great Tropical Success,” composed by George J. Leavitt and lyrics written by Harry Meyer. The cover design is green on white ground with illustration of grinning Theodore Roosevelt’s head in the jungle. Photo portraits of Rob Higgins and Mae Melville also are on the cover. The back cover is sample piano music for “The Man who Swung a Pick at Panama.”
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1909
Creator(s)
Teddy comes back
Music and lyrics, by Wilbur D. Nesbit, for a 1910 song that calls upon Theodore Roosevelt to come home from his African trip and return to the presidency. Cover design features a 1908 Clinedinst photo portrait of Roosevelt seated, facing the camera, hands on his knees, wearing a suit. Under the title is a panorama illustration of Theodore Roosevelt hunting a lion, rifle raised.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1910
Creator(s)
The Rough Riders
Score, by J. E. McClellan, and lyrics, by Joseph Maxwell Jones, for a 1904 march inspired by the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, 1898.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1904
Creator(s)
The Bull Moose glide
Popular score, by Will B. Morrison, and lyrics, by J. Will Callahan, to a dance inspired by Theodore Roosevelt and his family, “The Bull Moose Glide.” Cover design features an illustration of a moose, head and rack, alongside a woman dressed in a star hat and pearl necklace. Both the moose and the woman are smiling. Orange and white on burgundy ground. Advertisement on front and back covers for “The sensation sentimental ballad, ‘My Dear Old Hoosier Home’.”
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1912