Box

Folder

A – P

Songs and Instrumentals with “Mother,” “Mama,” etc. in the title, 1836-1963, n.d. Mother’s Day songs and Songs Mother Sang titles are in separate folders.

1

A

A – C

Includes: “Are You the Man Your Mother Thought You’d Be,” “Be on the Level with Mother,” and “A Boy’s Best Friend Is His Mother.” (24 items)

B

D

Includes: “The Dearest Pal Is My Mother Old and Gray,” “Don’t Be Angry, Mother,” and “Don’t Get Married Any More, Ma!” (32 items)

C

E – H

Includes: “God Bless My Dear Old Mother,” “The Gray Hairs of My Mother,” and “ Have You Made Your Mother’s Dreams Come True.” (25 items)

D

I

Includes: “I Love to See My Poor Old Mother Work,” “I’m in Heaven When I’m in My Mother’s Arms,” and “I’m Looking for a Girl Like Mother.” (37 items)

2

E

J – L

Includes: “The Little Grey Mother Who Waits All Alone,” “Little Mother of Mine,” and “Little Queen Mother.” (29 items)

F

“Ma…” – “Mother Back Home…”

Includes: “Ma Is Satisfied and Pa Don’t Care,” “The Maniac Mother,” and “Momsy.” (25 items)

G

“Mother, Daddy…” – “Mother, Watch…”

Includes: “Mother, Daddy and Me,” “Mother, Dixie and You,” and “Mother Queen of Home.” (35 items)

H

“Motherhood…” – “Mumsey…”

Includes: “Mother’s Apron Strings,” “Mother’s the Boss at Our House,” and “Mumsey, My Own.” (37 titles)

3

I

“My…” – O

Includes: “My Mother” (six different songs), “My Wonderful Mother,” and “My Mother’s Rocking Chair.” (35 items)

J

P – “That’s…”

Includes: “Run Home and Tell Your Mother,” “Stick to Your Mother, Mary,” and “That’s What God Made Mothers For.” (34 items)

K

“There…” – V

Includes: “There’s Nothing Like a Mother’s Love,” “Trust the Boy Whose Motto Is ‘My Mother’,” and “A Violet from Mother’s Grave.” (17 items)

L

W

Includes: “When Our Mothers Rule the World,” “Why Did They Dig Ma’s Grave So Deep?” and “Why Do They Call Mama Poor Butterfly.” (31 items)

M

Y

Includes: “You Can’t Tell the Mothers from the Daughters” and “You’ll Never Miss Your Mother ‘till She’s Gone.” (22 items)

N-O

 Multiple Editions, 1860-1943; n.d.

4

N

B – M

Contains: “Baby Your Mother Like She Babied You,” “Just a Dream of Mother,” “Little Mother” (by Rapee and Pollack, five editions, including film FOUR SONS), “Ma!” (three editions, including from THE ROSE GIRL), “M-O-T-H-E-R,” and “My Mother’s Rosary.” (44 items)

O

R – T

Contains: “Rock Me to Sleep, Mother” (five different songs, plus the “reply” songs: “Call Me Not Back from the Echoless Shore” and “The Mother’s Reply to Rock Me to Sleep”), “That Wonderful Mother of Mine,” and “There’s a Mother Old and Gray Who Needs Me Now.” (37 items)

P

Professional/Artist Copies, 1901-1950; n.d.

Includes: “Mother’s Got the Habit Now,” “That Pioneer Mother of Mine,” and “That Trunk of Mother and Dad.” (49 items)

Q-R

Mother’s Day Songs, 1915-1948

Q

Songs, 1915-1944

Includes: “Every Day Is Mother’s Day to Mother,” “Make Every Day Mother’s Day,” and “Mother’s Day Should Be Every Day.” (10 items)

R

Professional/Artist Copies, 1929-1948 (7 items)

S-T

“Songs Mother Sang” Titles, 1885-1935

S

Songs, 1885-1935

Includes: “Hymns My Dear Old Mother Sang to Me,” “The Old Songs My Dear Mother Sung,” and “Songs My Mother Taught Me.” (23 items)

5

T

Multiple Editions

Contains: “That’s the Song of Songs for Me” and “Those Songs My Mother Used to Sing.” (17 items)

U-Y

Miscellaneous Songs re: Mother (“Mother” not in title), 1853-1976, n.d.

Note: references to Mother are also in Subseries 9.2 and 9.8.

U

B – L

Includes: “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Rules the World,” “Is There Room Up in Heaven for That Old Rocking Chair,” and “Just a Lock of Silver Hair.” (23 items)

V

M – W

Includes: “My First Sweetheart,” “The Old Ladies’ Home,” and “Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again.” (31 items)

W

Multiple Editions, 1879-1937

Contains: “She Was a Grand Old Lady” and “Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?” (15 items)

X

Professional/Artist Copies, 1932-1946 (8 items)

Y-Z

Mother-in-Law Songs, 1879-1954, n.d.

Y

General Songs, 1879-1954; n.d.

Includes: “I Love My Mother-In-Law” and “I’ll Get Rid of My Mother-in-Law.” (9 items)

Z

Professional/Artist Copies, 1934-1949

Includes “Love Flew Out the Window When My Mother-in-Law Flew In” and “Never Hit Your Mother-in-Law.” (10 items)

AA-FF

Father Songs, 1838-1963; n.d.

6

AA

B – D

Includes “Dad You’ll Get Your Innings When You Settle Up Your Bills,” “Daddy Is the ‘King Wolf’ Now,” and “Daddy Won’t You Buy Him for Me.” (32 items)

BB

F – L

Includes “Fa Fa Father,” “Father Came Home with the Milkman,” and “Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!” (25 items)

CC

M – S

Includes: “My Dad’s Dinner Pail” from CORNELIA’S ASPIRATIONS, “Nobody Knows Where the Old Man Goes,” and “Oh He’s My Henpecked Dad.” (37 items)

DD

T – Y

Includes: “There Ain’t Another Daddy in the World Like Mine,” “Turn on the Searchlight for Father,” and “When Father Tried to Put the Twins to Bed.” (20 items)

7

EE

Multiple Editions, 1905-1910

Contains: “Everybody Works But Father” and “What’s the Matter with Father.” (11 items)

FF

Professional/Artist Copies, 1909-1952 (27 items)

GG-II

Grandmother Songs and Instrumentals, 1857-1984; n.d.

GG

F – G

Includes: “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” “Grandma’s Doin’ It Too,” and “Granny, You’re My Mammy’s Mammy.” (29 items)

HH

H – Y

Includes: “I’ll Take Care of You, Grandma,” “My Grandmother’s Advice,” and “Ump-da-de-ump-da-de-aye.” (22 items)

I I

Professional/Artist Copies, 1890-1980; n.d.

Includes: “Grandma Ain’t What She Used to Be,” “Never Kick Dear Grandma When She’s Down,” and “What Put the Pep in Grandma?” (19 items)

JJ-LL

Grandfather/Great Grandfather Songs and Instrumentals, 1876-1985

JJ

Songs and Instrumentals, 1876-1985

Includes: “Grandpa Plays in the Monday Night band,” “I’m My Own Grandpaw,” and “When Grandpa Sat on a Mousetrap.” (26 items)

KK

Professional/Artist Copies, 1884-1968

Includes: “Can’t Get the Cork Out of Grandpappy’s Jug,” “Grandpa’s Got His Whiskers in the Soup,” and “Who Stole Grandpa’s Wooden Leg.” Several photocopies are also included. (22 items)

LL

Folio, 1931, A Visit to Grandpa’s Farm, Seven Boyhood Pieces for the Pianoforte. (1 item)

MM-NN

Aunts/Uncles/Sisters/Brothers/Cousins, Songs, 1863-1982; n.d.

8

MM

Songs, 1863-1982; n.d.

Includes: “Auntie Skinner’s Chicken Dinner,” “I Don’t Want Another Sister,” and “My Uncle Used to Love Me But She (sic) Died.” (27 items)

NN

Professional/Artist Copies, 1908-1955

Includes: “I’ve Got Four Big Brothers” and “Old Uncle Fud.” (6 items)