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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

I’d rather be with Teddy in the jungle

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

Teddy comes back

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