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Sheet music for “American Heroes,” a march celebrating American military heroes from the Revolutionary War to the Spanish-American War. The cover features illustrations of seventeen of the heroes, including Theodore Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1901
Sheet music for “Alice Roosevelt Waltzes,” a waltz dedicated to Alice Roosevelt. The cover is red with a decorative design surrounding a portrait of Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1902
Sheet music for “Teddy Girl,” a song sung by Helen Hale in The Yankee Tourist. The lyrics state that this “Teddy girl loves her president.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1907
Sheet music for “Teddy After Africa,” an instrumental two-step. The brightly colored cover features African animals, including an elephant and giraffe, climbing up palm trees.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
Sheet music for “Our Presidents,” which celebrates United States presidents from George Washington to President Roosevelt. The lyrics for verse seven mention Roosevelt, “Now Teddy Roosevelt – sword in Hand! From New York’s Knicker-bocker Clan!” The cover features an illustration of Uncle Sam holding a rifle and standing atop a globe.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1904
Sheet music for “Our Presidents,” a patriotic song that names the presidents from George Washington to President Wilson. The cover features a red, white, and blue shield in front of a stylized eagle.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1913
Sheet music for “Goodbye My Dear Old G.O.P.,” an anti-Republican Party song from the 1916 election. Cover features an illustration of a standing elephant.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1916
Sheet music for “Teddy Will Carry It Through,” a song celebrating President Roosevelt’s accomplishments and dedicated to him. The cover features a portrait of Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1903
Sheet music for “If I Had a Little Boy Like You,” a non-political song dedicated to President Roosevelt. The last pages of the song are missing.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1907
Sheet music for “Alice Where Art Thou Going,” a song about a girl named Alice whose father is the president of a labor union. The song hints at Alice Roosevelt by mentioning the White House. The cover features an illustration of a young woman in an elaborate red dress and hat.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1906
Sheet music for “Hon. Theodore Roosevelt,” a campaign song in support of Roosevelt. The cover features an illustration of Roosevelt in a safari style outfit standing triumphantly over a lion.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1912
Pugh, Clara; Wrightson, Herbert J. (Herbert James), 1869-1949
Sheet music for “The True American,” a “Roosevelt rag-song” that praises Theodore Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1910
Sheet music for “Roosevelt for Mine,” a song praising Theodore Roosevelt and his nationwide popularity.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
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Sheet music for “The American Soldier,” a patriotic march published as a supplement in Hearst’s Boston Sunday American. The cover features an illustration of a soldier on horseback with a drawn sword. The soldier bears a resemblance to President Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1905
Sheet music for “The Dashing Cavalier,” an instrumental song dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1898
Sheet music for “Skidoo,” a comedic song based on the phrase “23 skidoo,” which means get out or leave quickly. Verse eight mentions the wedding of Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Representative Longworth. The cover is pink with four illustrations of scenes where people are using “skidoo.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1906
Sheet music for “Roosevelt Grand March and Two Step,” an instrumental tribute to President Roosevelt. The cover features a formal portrait of Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1905
Sheet music for “Teddy, We’re Glad You’re Here,” a song welcoming back Theodore Roosevelt from his African safari and imploring him to give up “the strenuous life” and let America love him. The cover features a portrait illustration of Roosevelt surround by hands reaching for the portrait and animals. There is also illustrations of the Sphinx and Roosevelt riding a camel.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1910
Republican Party song music for the 1908 presidential election. The cover features an illustration of the Republican ticket, William H. Taft and J. S. Sherman. Only a portion of the songbook is included.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1908
Sheet music for two patriotic songs, “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” and “God Save Our President.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1902
Goodale, Josephine C.; Petermann, J. H.; Smith, Samuel Francis, 1808-1895