My Sweet Egyptian Rose Year 1917 < Click here to listen ! > Words by Edgar Allan Woolf Music by Anatol Friedland Jos. W. Stern & Co. Mark Stern Building 102-104 W. 38th St. New York

First Verse In love's garden filled with flowers rare, There is one that I love the best. There are roses growing ev'ry-where, Still I'd choose you from all the rest. And my love will never let you fade, Flowers all need such tender care, Queen of all roses, that I've ever seen, You're the only one I ever wear. Second Verse All the pansies and lilies fair, Used to win me with their charms, Heliotropes and dahlias so rare, They all thrilled me with love's sweet balms. But my dear, the moment I saw you, All the others seemed just like weeds, Love's sweetest symbol, sent from up above, None but Cupid could e'er plant such seeds. Chorus My sweet Egyptian Rose, Each fragrant breeze that blows, Seems to bring a message, dear, from you, Each little star at night That shed its silv'ry light Reflects the ardor of my love so true. The dainty Mignonette, The modest violet, I'll forget each one of them for you, dear, In Egypt's bower, There's just one flower, Egyptian Rose, that's you.

Turkish Trophies (An Oriental Rag) Year 1906 < Click here to listen ! > Music by Sara B. Egan Will Rossiter Chicago, Illinois

Bombay (A Hindoo Enchantment) Year 1907 < Click here to listen ! > Music by Dorothy Jardon Jerome H. Remick & Co. Detroit and New York

Temptation Rag Year 1909 < Click here to listen ! > Music by Henry Lodge M. Witmark and Sons New York

I've Lost You So Why Should I Care Year 1916 < Click here to listen ! > Music and Words by Richard Howard Daly Music Publisher 665 Washington St. Boston, Mass.

First Verse The beautiful story is ended, Our wonderful romance is through, And I might have known it was only a dream For it all seemed too good to be true. For the wrongs that we do we must suffer, And that's just the reason we met, You came that I might make atonement Through you I must pay ev'ry debt. Second Verse We bring nothing in the world with us, We can take nothing out when we go, So why should we care if we live or we die, When our gladness is turned into woe. I'll be glad when my sad life is over, When they lay me away to my rest, For while I must live broken hearted The worst can be only the best. Chorus Oh why should I care what becomes of me now I had nothing to live for but you Oh why should I care if I fall by the way When I know that no longer you're true My sorrow is sending me down to my grave 'Tis greater than I can bear, If they bar me away, from heaven some day, I've lost you so why should I care.

All The World Will Be Jealous Of Me Year 1917 < Click here to listen ! > Words by Al Dubin Music by Ernest R. Ball M. Witmark & Sons New York

First Verse I was jealous and hurt When your lips kissed a rose, Or your eyes from my own chanced to stray; I have tried all in vain Many times to propose, Now at last I've found courage to say: Second Verse Let's suppose that the lips I found kissing a rose Were to tell me to look in your eyes, if I'd find there a light that for me only glows, More and more would my heart realize; Chorus The roses all envy the bloom on your cheek, And the sun even envies your smile; The birds in the wildwood are stilled when you speak, Their songs don't seem half worth the while. The light in your eyes makes the bright stars grow pale, They're jealous as jealous can be; But when one word or sign tells them all you are mine, All the world will be jealous of me!

Another Rag Year 1911 < Click here to listen ! > Words by D. A. Esrom Music by Theodore Morse Theodore Morse Music Co. 167-9 Broadway New York City

First Verse What's that tune I'm hearing everywhere? What's that sound a floating in the air? What's that music all the brass bands play? Hear it in the morning every night and day. 'Taint like music Mister Wagner wrote, Got a funny, sneaky minor note, if you ask what they are playing, Everybody will be saying, "It's another rag, that's all" Second Verse That's some tune, it's got some feeling too You don't know just what has happened to you. Starts you jumping like a big jumping Jack sending chills a running up and down your back It's a lovey dovery sort of a strain Make you do things that you can't explain When the violins are scraping, Then you'll know there's no escaping, From another raggy rag. Chorus Another rag, another raggy rag, Another tune to set you spoony soon, Another crazy tune, another lazy tune, It's a slippy, dippy, creepy, sleepy "get you going rag, Another strain, another raggy strain, A hum and buzz just like a Pullman train stop! (stop) look! (look) Come on and listen, That's it! (That's that) Don't you know what that is? Why, that's another rag,a raggy rag.

I've Lived, I've Loved, I'm Satisfied (What More Is There To Say?) Year 1919 < Click here to listen ! > Words by Lew Brown and Ben Barnett Music by Albert Von Tilzer Broadway Music Corporation 145 West 45th St. New York

First Verse I found that life is worth living, That hope is rewarded some day. I thought I'd never find happiness, But at last it has come my way. Second Verse Some people long for great riches, For glory, some others will try. Heaven has blessed me with something that All the gold in the world can't buy. Chorus I longed for a wonderful sweetheart, 'Twas then dear that I met you. I dreamed of a cottage with roses, My dream of that cottage came true. I prayed for the love of a baby And my prayers were answered one day. I've lived, I've loved, I'm satisfied What more is there to say.

I'm Going Back To Carolina Year 1913 < Click here to listen ! > Words and Music by Billy Downs and Ernie Erdman Harold Rossiter Music Company Chicago

First Verse Don't ask me why I'm leaving, You see I'm not grieving, I'm really feeling grand, I'm waiting for the train dear, that takes me back again dear, To sweet old Dixieland. I'm thru with all the bright lights, The Cafes and the white lights, The hurly burly noise of old Broadway I hear that engine puffing, Believe me I'm not bluffing, good bye, I'm on my way. Second Verse I'm glad that I'm returning, For years I have been yearning, To see my home again. I seem to hear the crickets a chirping in the thickets Way down in lover's lane, It makes me feel like yelling, Ma's homemade pies I'm smelling Oh gee, I'm just as happy as can be I'll feel a grand sensation When I see my home station, I'm on my way, fare thee Chorus I'm going back, back, back to Carolina That's where I belong I'm going back, to Carolina And join the Dixie throng, come along come along I know the folks will all be glad to see me Just for Auld Lang Syne Here comes my train, ding, dong, Toot - toot, Farewell, so long I'm going back to Carolin'.

Plantation Melodies Medley Of Southern Airs Year 1905 < Click here to listen ! > Arranged by Eugene Walter Fred Heltman McKinley Music Co. Chicago, New York

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