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Dee-lighted

Dee-lighted

This score and lyrics celebrate Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy as a veteran of the Spanish-American War and President of the United States. Lyrics by James Sprague. The back cover has a sample of sheet music by the same authors for “I’m sighing tears of love for you.”

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1910

Creator(s)

Braun, William F.

Three cheers for our side – he’s coming back

Three cheers for our side – he’s coming back

This sheet music for band and orchestra is “the ‘Official’ Song of ‘Good Times.’” Music by Joe Jordan and lyrics by Julie Jones and Alfred Anderson. The front cover features left-profile photo portraits of Theodore Roosevelt in grey wool suit with twill lining, wearing pince-nez glasses and a flower in his lapel. Floral art nouveau designs are on either side of the portrait, with a feather over the design.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1912

Creator(s)

Jordan, Joe, 1882-1971

Republican songs: Campaign of 1904

Republican songs:  Campaign of 1904

Booklet of campaign lyrics written to the tune of “familiar aires.” Songs include: “We’ll Vote for Roosevelt and Fairbanks,” “Roosevelt, my Roosevelt,” “Roosevelt for the Presidential Chair,” “Workingman’s Song,” “Roosevelt Forever!” “The Fame of Roosevelt,” “‘Teddy’ Roosevelt Is Our Man,'” and “He Tried to Change His Record.”

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1904

Creator(s)

Unknown

The Roosevelt campaign march

The Roosevelt campaign march

The campaign march written for Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 presidential campaign was “published for Theodore Henckels of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., by Hatch Music Co., Philadelphia.” The cover design features a three-quarter length portrait of TR standing beside a chair, hand on hip facing the camera. The photo is from Pach Brothers, New York. The back cover includes a letter from Theodore Henckels to Colonel Thad. M. Chapman, Chairman of the Vermont State Republican Committee.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1904

Creator(s)

Henckels, Theodore

We are with T. R.

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)

Shirley, John B.

We’re ready for Teddy again

We’re ready for Teddy again

Sheet music for a campaign song score, with lyrics by Harry D. Kerr, for Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912 bid for the presidency, run on the Progressive Party “Bull Moose” ticket. The cover background is a Pach Brothers portrait of Roosevelt, seated with his left leg crossed over right. Roosevelt wears a three piece grey herringbone suit and a ring on his left pinky. The back cover has sample sheet music for “Mine,” also by Alfred Solman.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1912

Creator(s)

Solman, Alfred, 1868-1937

The new campaign

The new campaign

Sheet music for “The New Campaign: March and Two-Step” by Will Hardy, endorsing Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks for election in 1904. Cover design features an illustration by F. P. Dean, depicting the title within a cloud of smoke. Below the title is an illustration of the White House with portraits of Roosevelt and Fairbanks flanking the White House. The portraits are framed with laurel wreaths. Blue and green design on yellow ground.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1904

Creator(s)

Hardy, Will (W. S.)