Nostalgia Songs

100 Favorites Of Yesteryear


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midi A Bird In A Gilded Cage (Piano / Vocal)

Mp3 A Bird In A Gilded Cage


midi A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Piano / Vocal)

Mp3 A Good Man Is Hard To Find


midi A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody (Piano / Vocal)

Mp3 The A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody


midi Ain't We Got Fun?
(Piano / Vocal) The original score from 1921

Mp3 Ain't We Got Fun?


* midi Alexander's Ragtime Band
(Piano / Vocal) - Irving Berlin
This is the original sheet music as published in 1911

Mp3 Alexander's Ragtime Band


midi All By Myself
(Piano / Vocal) - Irving Berlin Introduced in The Music Box Revue 1921

Mp3 All By Myself


midi Any Time
(Piano / Vocal) - Herbert Happy Lawson

MP3 Any Time


midi April Showers
(Piano / Vocal) Al Jolson

mp3 April Showers


midi Avalon
(Piano / Vocal) Al Jolson

mp3 Avalon


midi Auf Wiedersehn
(Piano / Vocal) - Sigmund Romberg Copyright 1915 by Schirmer Inc.

This is the original score

Mp3 Auf Wiedersehn (Piano / Vocal)


midi The Banana Boat Song
(Piano / Vocal) traditional Jamaican folk song

Mp3 The Banana Boat Song


midi The Band Played On
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1895

Mp3 The Band Played On


midi Carolina In The Morning
(Piano / Vocal) Gus Kahn & Walter Donaldson

Mp3 Carolina In The Morning


midi Casey Jones
"The Brave Engineer" (Piano / Vocal)

Mp3 Casey Jones "The Brave Engineer"


midi Chicago
"That Toddlin' Town" (Piano / Vocal) (c) 1922

Mp3 Chicago


midi Ciribiribin
(Piano / Vocal) Neapolitan Folk Song

Mp3 Ciribiribin


midi (The) Crawdad Song
(Piano / Vocal) Trinidad Folk Song

Mp3 (The) Crawdad Song


midi Danny Boy
"Londonderry Aire" (Piano / Vocal)

Mp3 Danny Boy


midi Do It Again
"Gerorge Gershwin" (Piano / Vocal)

Mp3 Do It Again


midi Down Yonder
(Piano / Vocal)

Mp3 Down Yonder


midi Everybody Step
(Piano / Vocal) Irving Berlin

Mp3 Everybody Step


midi Everybody's Doing It Now
(Piano / Vocal) Irving Berlin The Original 1921 Edition"

Mp3 Everybody's Doing It Now


midi For He's A Jolly Good Fellow
(Piano / Vocal)

Mp3 For He's A Jolly Good Fellow


midi For Me And My Gal
(Piano / Vocal)

1940's Movie Version

Mp3 For Me And My Gal


midi For Me And My Gal
(Piano / Vocal)

1917 Original Version

Mp3 For Me And My Gal


midi Frankie And Johnny
(Piano / Vocal) American Folk Song

Mp3 Frankie And Johnny


midi Funiculi, Funicula
(Piano / Vocal) Neapolitan Song

Mp3 Funiculi, Funicula


midi The Girl On The Magazine Cover
(Piano / Vocal) Irving Berlin

Mp3 The Girl On The Magazine Cover


midi Give My Regards To Broadway
(Piano / Vocal) George M. Cohan

Mp3 Give My Regards To Broadway


midi Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here
(Piano / Vocal) Arthur Sullivan

Mp3 Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here


midi Harrigan
(Piano / Vocal) George M. Cohan

From the 1907 Broadway Production of "George M."

Mp3 Harrigan


midi Home On The Range
(Piano / Vocal) Cowboy Song (c) 1935

Mp3 Home On The Range


midi Home Sweet Home
(Piano / Vocal)

<-------- 1857 sheet music pictured (?)

Mp3 Home Sweet Home


midi How'd You Like To Spoon With Me
(Piano / Vocal) Jerome Kern 1905 edition

Mp3 How'd You Like To Spoon With Me


midi I Love A Piano
(Piano / Vocal) Irving Berlin

This is the 1915 Original Edition

Mp3 I Love A Piano


midi I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
(Piano / Vocal)

Mp3 I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate


midi I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time
(Piano / Vocal) © 1921

Mp3 I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time


midi I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
(Piano / Vocal) George Gershwin

Mp3 I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise


midi I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
(Piano / Vocal) Original 1892 Arrangement

- with Four Voice Chorus as written by the composer

Mp3 I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen


midi I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
Men's Chorus - Original 1892 Arrangement

Four Voice Chorus as written by the composer

Mp3 I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen


midi I'm Just Wild About Harry
(Piano / Vocal) Eubie Blake

1922 Witmark Edition

Mp3 I'm Just Wild About Harry


midi I've Got Rings On My Fingers
(Piano / Vocal) s introduced in "The Yankee Girl"

The original arrangement

Mp3 I've Got Rings On My Fingers


midi If I Knock The "L" Out Of Kelly
(Piano / Vocal)

The Original 1916 Arrangement

Mp3 If I Knock The "L" Out Of Kelly


midi Indian Summer
(Piano / Vocal) Victor Herbert

Mp3 Indian Summer


midi Ja-Da (Piano / Vocal)

The Original1918 Arrangement

Mp3 Ja-Da


midi The Japanese Sandman
(Piano / Vocal) - Original 1920 Arrangement Plus A "Bonus Piano Chorus"

Mp3 The Japanese Sandman


midi La Cucaracha
(Piano Solo)

Mp3 La Cucaracha


midi Let Me Call You Sweetheart
(Piano / Vocal) Version 1 (1910)

Mp3 Let Me Call You Sweetheart


midi Let Me Call You Sweetheart
(Piano / Vocal) Version 2 (Hal Leonard)

Mp3 Let Me Call You Sweetheart


midi Limehouse Blues
(Piano / Vocal) © 1917

Mp3 Limehouse Blues


midi (That) Lonesome Road
(Piano / Vocal) American Folk Song

Mp3 (That) Lonesome Road

midi (That) Lonesome Road
(Piano / Vocal) Hal Leonard Version
Mp3 (That) Lonesome Road


midi Look For The Silver Lining
(Piano / Vocal) From The Broadway Pruction "Sally"

This is the original 1920 sheet music

Mp3 Look For The Silver Lining


midi (The) Love Nest
(Piano / Vocal) From The 1923 Broadway Musical "Mary"

Mp3 (The) Love Nest


midi Ma "He's Making Eyes At Me"
(Piano / Vocal)

Original 1921 Arrangement

Mp3 Ma "He's Making Eyes At Me"


midi The Man On The Flying Trapeze
(Piano / Vocal) - © 1868

Mp3 The Man On The Flying Trapeze


midi Mandy
(Piano / Vocal) From Irving Berlin's "Yip Yip Yaphank" 1910

Original 1919 Arrangement

Mp3 Mandy


midi Margie
(Piano / Vocal) Original 1920 Edition
with a "special!" surprise piano "stride" chorus

Mp3 Margie

midi Margie
(Piano / Vocal) with a "special!" surprise piano "stride" chorus

Mp3 Margie


midi Meet Me In St.Louis, Louis
(Piano / Vocal)

Mp3 Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis


midi Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean
(Piano / Vocal)

The Original 1922 Sheet Music

Mp3 Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean


midi M-O-T-H-E-R
(Piano / Vocal) A word that means the world to me (c) 1915

Mp3 M-O-T-H-E-R


midi My Buddy
(Piano / Vocal) Suprise Bonus Piano Chorus (c) 1912

Mp3 My Buddy


midi My Hero
(Piano / Vocal) From "The Chocolate Soldier" (c) 1908

Mp3 My Hero


midi My Honey's Lovin' Arms
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1922

Mp3 My Honey's Lovin' Arms


midi My Man
(Piano / Vocal) From The 1921 "Zigfeld Follies" (c) 1920

Mp3 My Man


My Melancholy Baby
(Piano / Vocal) Popularized by Bing Crosby (c) 1911

Mp3 My Melancholy Baby


midi Nola
(Piano Solo) Felix Arndt (c) 1915

mp3 Nola


midi Oh By Jingo, Oh By Gee,
You're The Only Girl For Me (Piano / Vocal) (c) 1919

Mp3 Oh By Jingo


midi Oh! You Beautiful Doll
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1911

Mp3 Oh! You Beautiful Doll


midi On A Sunday Afternoon
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1901

Mp3 On A Sunday Afternoon


midified On The Beach At Waikiki
(Piano / Vocal)
* I messed with this one a bit. Banjo & Bass instead of piano sound. (c) 1915

Mp3 On The Beach At Waikiki


midi Play A Simple Melody
(Piano / Vocal) Irving Berlin (c) 1914

Mp3 Play A Simple Melody


midi Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
(Piano / Vocal) From The Broadway production "Sinbad" Starring Al Jolson (c) 1918

Mp3 Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody


Midi Saint James Infirmary
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1929

Mp3 Saint James Infirmary


Midi Santa Lucia
(Piano / Vocal) composed in 1849

Mp3 Santa Lucia


Midi Say It With Music
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1921

Mp3 Say It With Music


Midi Second Hand Rose (Piano / Vocal)
From The Broadway Production "Zigfeld Follies of 1921" Starring Fannis brice (c) 1920

Mp3 Second Hand Rose
As sung by Fanny Brice in The Vitaphone picture "My Man"


Midi The Sheik Of Araby
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1921

Mp3 The Sheik Of Araby


Midi Silver Threads Among The Gold
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1873

Mp3 Silver Threads Among The Gold


Midi There Are Smiles That Make You Happy
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1918

Mp3 There Are Smiles


Midi Some Of These Days
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1910

Mp3 Some Of These Days


Midi St. Louis Blues
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1914

Mp3 St. Louis Blues


Midi Stumbling All Around
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1922

Mp3 Stumbling


Midified Swanee George Gershwin
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1919 I changed the vocal to pizz. strings

Mp3 Swanee * with Gershwin solo piano chorus


Midi Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-Ay
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1891

Mp3 Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-Ay


Midi 'Taint Nobody's Bizness But My Own
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1902

Mp3 'Taint Nobody's Bizness But My Own


Midi Take Me Out To The Ball Game
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1908

Mp3 Take Me Out To The Ball Game


Midi They Didn't Believe Me
(Piano / Vocal) Jerome Kern (c) 1914

Mp3 They Didn't Believe Me


Midi Three O'Clock In The Morning
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1922

Mp3 Three O'Clock In The Morning


Midi "Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral"
(Piano / Vocal) That's An Irish Lullaby (c) 1914

Mp3 "Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral"


Midi "Toot, Toot, Tootsie!"
(Piano / Vocal) Goodby (c) 1922

Mp3 "Toot, Toot, Tootsie!"


Midi The Wamg Wang Blues
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1921

Mp3 The Wamg Wang Blues


Midi Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1922 Shapiro Bernstein

Mp3 Way Down Yonder In New Orleans


Midi When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1912 My Version

Mp3 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling


Midi When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1912 The Original Sheet Music

Mp3 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling


Midi When My Baby Smiles At Me
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1920 by Harry Von Tilzer Music

Mp3 When My Baby Smiles At Me


Midi When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam'!
(Piano / Vocal) Irving Berlin (c) 1912 by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder

Mp3 When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam'!


Midi Where Did Robinson Cusoe Go With Friday On A Saturday Night?
(Piano / Vocal) From The Musical Production Robinson Crusoe Jr.
(c) 1916 by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.

Mp3 Where Did Robinson Cusoe Go With Friday On A Saturday Night?


Midi Whispering
(Piano / Vocal) (c) MCMXX 1920 by Sherman Clay & Co
One of the first songs recorded by Paul Whiteman.

Mp3 Whispering


Midi Who Threw The Overalls In Mistriss Murphy's Chowder?
(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1898 by R.A. Mullin.

Mp3 Who Threw The Overalls


Midi You Made Me Love You
(Piano / Vocal) Featured in Broadway Melody of 1938
(c) 1918 by BroadwayMusic Corp.

Mp3 You Made Me Love You


Midi You'd Be Surprised

(Piano / Vocal) Irving Berlin (c) 1919 by Irving Berlin, Inc.

Mp3 You'd Be Surprised


Midi Yankee Doodle Boy

(Piano / Vocal) George M. Cohan (c) 1904 by F.A. Mills

Mp3 Yankee doodle Boy


Midi The Yellow Rose Of Texas

(Piano / Vocal) (c) 1858 by Firth Pend & Co.

This historic sheet music has one chorus scored for piano and vocal.
Pages scored for four part choir and piano.
And pages for extra verse and chorus.

I have censored (redacted?) the lyric.The original words might be offensive to some.
I had second thoughts about posting this song but it is in the book.
If you object, let me know and I will remove this song from this list.

Mp3 The Yellow Rose Of Texas

I am learning a whole lot of history from these songs.


Midi "You're A Grand Old Rag"

(Piano / Vocal) George M. Cohan (c) 1906 by F.A. Mills

Mp3 "You're A Grand Old Rag"


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