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Music, 1913-1954
(continued) |
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BOX 58-59, 141 |
Music Notebooks and Composition Exercises
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The music notebooks and composition exercises are organized alphabetically by
title. |
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BOX-FOLDER 58/1 |
501 W. 110th St. N.Y.C., 1921 October
6 |
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GG holograph manuscript sketches; [1, 4]
p. |
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Contents:
- p. 1: unidentified study
- p. 3: Kitty’s Kisses
- p. 4: Titles of songs used in Oh, Kay
- p. 5: Maybe
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BOX-FOLDER 141/48 |
1936 Notebook |
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GG holograph manuscript sketch; [1]
p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 58/2 |
Black notebook |
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GG holograph manuscript sketches, undated; 11
p. |
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Contents:
- p. 1: I Was Doing All Right
- p. 2: Wake Up, Brother, and Dance; unidentified
- p. 3: unidentified; My Honor Was at Stake [Titled: Hot Dogs]
- p. 4: I Used to – but I Don’t Anymore; It’s Nice to Know
- p. 5: Waltz; Yes, Yes, Oui, Oui
- p. 6: Hold On; unidentified
- p. 7: Love Is Here to Stay; Ask Me Again
- p. 8: unidentified; Simple as A.B.C.
- p. 9: unidentified; Unforgettable; I Got Rhythm
- p. 10: unidentified
- p. 11: unidentified
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BOX-FOLDER 58/3 |
Composition exercises, 1923 January 29 and
February 1 |
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Two GG holograph manuscripts; [2] p.
each |
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Laid in: IG holograph notes; [1] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 58/4 |
Figured choral, 1921 July 27 |
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GG holograph manuscript short score; [1, 2]
p. |
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Fragments, Sketches, 1929-1931
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GG holograph manuscript; [84] p. |
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Note: Formerly owned by Michael Feinstein |
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Note: Occasional notations in the hand of IG
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Contents:
- p. 6: Liza
- p. 15: Embraceable You
- p. 17: Lady of the Moon; I Wants to Stay Here
- p. 20: I Speak English Now
- p. 38: My Sunday Fella
- p. 43: Oh You Kid
- p. 53: That Well-Known Smile
- p. 54: Pay Some Attention to Me
- p. 58: French Waltz
- p. 59: Barbary Coast
- p. 60: Embraceable You; But Not for Me
- p. 61: Barbary Coast; Embraceable You
- p. 62: Treat Me Rough
- p. 72: Love Is Sweeping the Country
- p. 76: Luckiest Man in the World
- p. 78: Delishious
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BOX-FOLDER 58/5 |
Geo. M. Gershwin. tunes,
1916-1922 |
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GG holograph manuscript sketches; [40]
p. |
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Note: Some sketches have lyrics in the hand of
IG |
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Contents:
- p. 1-2: Melodies
- p. 3-4: Beautiful Bird
- p. 5-6: Ain’t Love Grand
- p. 7-8: Year After Year [Titled: Moonlight]
- p. 8: He’s Gone
- p. 9-10: Nobody but You [untitled]
- p. 11: We’re Here Because
- p. 12: If I Only Had Somebody Like You
- p. 13: Isn’t it Wonderful
- p. 14: Who’s Winning; unidentified fragment
- p. 15: Melody
- p. 16: Helen of Troy
- p. 17: Yankee Doodle Blues [Titled: American Blues]
- p. 18: Foxtrot; unidentified fragment
- p. 19: Tune; unidentified fragment
- p. 20: Tune
- p. 21: When Do We Dance? [untitled]
- p. 22: unidentified
- p. 23: Somebody Loves Me [Titled: Tune]
- p. 24: How About a Boy? [Titled: One Step]; unidentified
fragment
- p. 25: unidentified; unidentified fragment; A Little Bit
- p. 26: My Baby; unidentified fragment; Waltz; Little Jazz Bird
- p. 27: unidentified fragments; Rag Tune (A Raggy Rhythm)
- p. 28: unidentified fragments
- p. 29: Anything for You
- p. 30: unidentified fragments
- p. 31: Molly on the Shore; unidentified fragment
- p. 32: Naughty Baby [untitled]; unidentified fragment
- p. 33: Walking Home with Angeline [untitled]
- p. 34-35: unidentified fragments
- p. 36: unidentified fragment; Maybe [untitled]; unidentified
fragment
- p. 37-38: unidentified fragments
- p. 39: Waltz Hayseed; unidentified fragment; Tune
- p. 40: Theme; One Step; unidentified fragment
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BOX-FOLDER 58/6 |
Girl Crazy [notebook], 1930 July |
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GG holograph manuscript sketches; [48]
p. |
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Laid in: IG holograph/typescript notes; [6] p.
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Contents:
- p. 1-6: Bronco Busters
- p. 9-12: The Gambler of the West
- p. 13: Of Thee
- p. 14: Tune; unidentified
- p. 15: unidentified fragment; Oh You Kid / Who’s Charming? / I Want a
Little More of What I Got Last Night; unidentified fragment
- p. 16: unidentified – [Sweet Packard?]
- p. 17: How Beautiful [untitled]
- p. 18: Finale Mat; unidentified fragment; Some Girls Can Bake a
Pie
- p. 19: unidentified fragment; Because, Because; Garcon, S’il Vous
Plait
- p. 20: There’s No Stopping Us Now
- p. 21: Posterity Is Just around the Corner; Finale Mat
- p. 22: unidentified fragments
- p. 23: Love Is Sweeping the Country [untitled]
- p. 24-25: unidentified fragments
- p. 26: The Dimple on My Knee; Because, Because [untitled]
- p. 27: Because, Because
- p. 28: Jilted; Love Walked In [untitled]
- p. 29: unidentified fragments
- p. 30: Entrance of Supreme Court Judges
- p. 31: Trumpeter Blow Your Golden Horn [Titled: Bless Our President];
unidentified fragment
- p. 32: A Kiss for Cinderella [untitled]
- p. 33: Who Is the Lucky Girl to Be? [untitled]
- p. 34-37: I Was the Most Beautiful Blossom [Titled: Recitative
Diana]
- p. 38: Posterity Is Just around the Corner
- p. 39: Who Cares?
- p. 40: Come, Come to Jesus / Dawn of a New Day [untitled];
unidentified fragment
- p. 41-42: unidentified fragments
- p. 43: unidentified fragment; Union Square
- p. 44-50: unidentified fragments
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BOX-FOLDER 58/7 |
Girl Crazy sketches |
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GG holograph manuscript; [4] p. |
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Contents:
- p. 1: But Not for Me; Spanish
- p. 2: unidentified fragment; I Got Rhythm
- p. 3: Summer, Winter, Spring, and Fall; Hot
- p. 4: Tune; Tune
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BOX-FOLDER 58/8 |
Harmony exercises |
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GG holograph manuscript; [2] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 58/8 |
Harmony exercises |
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GG holograph manuscript; [2] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 58/9 |
Kilenyi notebook, 1919 August |
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GG holograph manuscript; [27] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 58/10 |
Notebook, 1924 March-April |
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GG holograph manuscript; [23] p. |
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Note: Chiefly unidentified sketches |
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Note: p. 16: first sketch for "The Man I Love" |
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Laid in: IG typescript notes; [1] p.
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BOX-FOLDER 58/11 |
Notebook A, Studies with Joseph Schillinger,
1932
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Manuscript in the hand of GG and Joseph
Schillinger; [58] p. |
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Note: Chiefly in the hand of GG |
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Note: Self-caricature on cover |
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BOX-FOLDER 59/1 |
Notebook B, Studies with Joseph Schillinger,
1932
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Manuscript in the hand of GG and Joseph
Schillinger; [77] p. |
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Note: Chiefly in the hand of GG |
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Laid in: IG holograph notes; [1] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 59/2 |
Notebook C, Studies with Joseph Schillinger,
1936 |
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Manuscript in the hand of GG and Joseph
Schillinger; [41] p. |
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Note: Chiefly in the hand of GG |
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Laid in: IG holograph notes; [3] p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 59/3 |
Red tune book, 1922 September 26 |
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GG holograph manuscript; [31] p. |
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Note: Some sketches have IG holograph lyric
fragments |
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Laid in: IG typescript notes; [2] p.
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Contents:
- p. 1: unidentified fragments
- p. 2: unidentified fragments; Blues
- p. 3: One Step; Tune
- p. 4: Let’s Be Lonesome Together [untitled]
- p. 5: Hang On to Me
- p. 6: unidentified fragment; Naughty Baby
- p. 7: unidentified
- p. 8: unidentified fragments
- p. 9: unidentified fragment; Play Me a Lowdown Tune
- p. 10: Virginia; The Sunshine Trail
- p. 11-16: unidentified fragments
- p. 17: Slow foxtrot; unidentified fragment
- p. 18: unidentified fragment; Paris
- p. 19: Where Is She?; The Matrimonial Handicap; Aarons
- p. 20: Weather Man; unidentified fragments
- p. 21: unidentified fragments; The Half of it, Dearie, Blues
- p. 22-23: unidentified fragments
- p. 24: Toddle; unidentified fragment
- p. 25: Love Is in the Air [Titled: Theme]; unidentified fragment;
Flower Boat; unidentified fragment
- p. 26: unidentified fragments; Ukulele Lorelei; unidentified
fragments
- p. 27-28: unidentified fragments
- p. 29: When Toby Is Out of Town; What Is it about You Makes Me;
unidentified fragment
- p. 30: unidentified fragment; Leave it to Love
- p. 31: unidentified fragment; Opening cho.
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T.B. Harms 62 W. 45th St., N.Y.C. [notebook],
1922 December 22 |
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Manuscript chiefly in the hand of GG; 23
p. |
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Note: Theory and composition exercises |
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Note: This item was formally housed in Box 59,
Folder 4; it was treated for conservation and subsequently rehoused in a
clamshell box. |
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BOX-FOLDER 59/5 |
Themes [notebook], 1924-1925 |
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GG holograph manuscript; [1, 17] p. |
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Laid in: IG typescript notes; [3] p. |
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p. 17: Piano pieces |
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Contents:
- p. 1: Southern Soil; [Rhapsody in Blue?];
Rhapsody in Blue [Titled: Piano theme
against this]
- p. 2: [Prelude III?]; unidentified fragments; Rhapsody in Blue [untitled]
- p. 3: unidentified fragments; Harlem Serenade; [Prelude or Sleepless
Nights?]
- p. 4: [Prelude or Sleepless Nights?]
- p. 5-9: Concerto in F [untitled]
- p. 10: [The Half of It, Dearie, Blues?]
- p. 11: Concerto in F [untitled]
- p. 13: [An American in Paris?]; Strike Up the Band (1927) [untitled];
unidentified fragment
- p. 15: unidentified fragment
- p. 16: Rhapsody in Blue [untitled]
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BOX-FOLDER 59/6 |
Tune book, [1933-1937] |
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GG holograph manuscript; [96] p. |
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Note: Title annotations in the hands of IG and
Kay Swift |
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Laid in: IG typescript notes; 10 p. |
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Contents:
- p. 1: Stand Up and Fight; unidentified fragments
- p. 2: Chicadee; unidentified fragment
- p. 3: Special Love; unidentified fragments
- p. 4: First Lady and First Gent; unidentified fragments
- p. 5: unidentified fragment; Comes the Revolution; unidentified
fragments
- p. 6: Mine [Titled: Love Is O.K.]
- p. 7: Finale material; Verse to 3-note waltz
- p. 8-10: unidentified fragments
- p. 11: Revolution in Blue
- p. 12: Good Old Revolutions; March; unidentified fragment
- p. 13: Waltz; March for a Ballet; unidentified fragment
- p. 14: unidentified fragment; Love Walked In; Mary
- p. 15: unidentified fragments
- p. 16: Blues; Crown; Melody for Crown
- p. 17: Crown Development; Crown-Robbins Fight
- p. 18-19: unidentified compositional studies
- p. 20-21: unidentified fragments
- p. 22: unidentified fragment; Spiritual
- p. 23: Cuban G.T.; Chromatic melody; Porgy
- p. 25: Serena
- p. 26: I Got Plenty o’ Nuthin’ [Titled: Porgy]
- p. 27-28: unidentified fragments
- p. 29: Choral effect
- p. 30: Tune
- p. 31: unidentified fragment; I Used to but I Don’t Anymore;
Jingle
- p. 32: It’s Nice to Know [Titled: Tune for Show]
- p. 33: [Cockeyed Strain for Ballet?]; unidentified fragment;
Ballet
- p. 34: G.T. Waltz; unidentified fragment
- p. 35: Southern style; Every Evenin’
- p. 36: Operetta
- p. 37: Chromatic tune; What’s the Big Idea
- p. 38: Atmospheric tune; unidentified fragment
- p. 39: Wake up, Brother, and Dance; unidentified fragment
- p. 40: unidentified fragment; Conversational verse; unidentified
fragment
- p. 41: Tune; King of Swing
- p. 42: Canon starts here; King of Swing
- p. 43: Nostalgic; unidentified fragment
- p. 44: unidentified fragment; Good verse; Cho. Hot; unidentified
fragment
- p. 45: Hold On!; unidentified fragments
- p. 46: Instru; Prelude type
- p. 47: unidentified fragment; unidentified
- p. 48: The More I See You
- p. 49: I Sigh I Cry
- p. 50: I’m a Naughty Name; Bored; unidentified fragment
- p. 51: What Can We Lose; unidentified fragments
- p. 52: Who’d Ever Thought; unidentified fragment; Violin piece
- p. 53: Slowly; Ballet; I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck
- p. 54: Strong Afterbeats; One Word Title
- p. 55: unidentified fragment; In the Nick of Time; Verse
- p. 56: Prelude
- p. 57: Say the Word; unidentified fragment; Western
- p. 58: By Strauss; unidentified fragments
- p. 59: Pay Some Attention to Me; Smooth one step
- p. 60: I’ll Get You Yet; Just Another Rhumba [Titled: Cuban Rhythm and
A Certain Spanish Lady]; Listen to Reason
- p. 61: Melancholy; Mel; G.T.
- p. 62: They Can’t Take That Away from Me; unidentified
fragments
- p. 63: Siren; Waltz
- p. 64-65: unidentified fragments
- p. 66: unidentified fragment; They All Laughed
- p. 67: unidentified fragment; My Honor Was at Stake
- p. 68: unidentified fragment; Slap That Bass; I Do the Right Thing but
at the Wrong Time
- p. 69: unidentified fragments
- p. 70: They Can’t Take That Away from Me; I’ve Got Beginner’s
Luck
- p. 71: Try; unidentified fragment; I’m Myself Again; Rhythm
- p. 72: unidentified fragments
- p. 73: unidentified fragment; Stiff Upper Lip
- p. 74: Try; Verse
- p. 75: Nice Work if You Can Get It; unidentified fragments
- p. 76: unidentified fragment; You’re So Unforgettable
- p. 77: I Can’t Be Bothered Now
- p. 78: Romantic theme for song?
- p. 79: Try; unidentified fragment
- p. 80: unidentified fragment
- p. 81: Southern tune; Sleepless Night
- p. 95: List of titles for a projected suite
- p. 96: Tune; unidentified fragment; Ballet?
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BOX 60-61, 141 |
Lyric Sheets
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The lyric sheets are divided into three subseries. The first subseries is
organized alphabetically by title. The second and third subseries, "Untitled"
and "Notes and Miscellany," are arranged alphabetically by first line. |
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BOX 60 |
Titled Lyric Sheets
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BOX-FOLDER 60/1 |
All of Them Was Friends of
Mine |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/2 |
Almost |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/3 |
Anglo Saxon Baby |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/4 |
Another You |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/5 |
At 11 p.m. |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/6 |
'Atta Girl |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/7 |
Back Home |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/8 |
Cheerio! |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/9 |
Dear Old Correspondence School |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/10 |
Don't Let's Be Beastly to the
Germans |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/11 |
Don't You Remember |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/12 |
Fancy Work |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/13 |
Faults |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/14 |
Flower Boat |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/15 |
For No Reason at All |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/16 |
Geography |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/17 |
Hands Across the Table or Why I Was Born
or Reflection on Poker |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/18 |
Hard to Replace |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/19 |
The Hills of Hollywood or Home on the
Range |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/20 |
Hubby |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/21 |
I Know Somebody Who Loves You |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/22 |
I Wanna Be Wanted by You; Nothing to Look
Forward to Blues; Words |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/23 |
I'll Get You Yet |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/24 |
I'll Supply the Title (You'll Supply the
Tune) |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/25 |
I'm a Naughty Name |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/26 |
I'm Crazy about Rhymes |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/27 |
I'm No Fool |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/28 |
Imagine (Me without My You) |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/29 |
In the Wee Sma' Hours Sally and Elmer Were
Sweethearts |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/30 |
I've Turned the Corner |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/31 |
Jokes for a Song about Jokes |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/32 |
Lament |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/33 |
Let's Show 'Em How This Country Goes to
Town |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/34 |
Little Rhythm-Go 'Way |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/35 |
Mary-Louise |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/36 |
Mortgage on My Castle in Spain |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/37 |
The Nevada |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/38 |
A New Step Every Day |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/39 |
Nice to Know |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/40 |
Not So Long Ago |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/41 |
Oh You Kid! |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/42 |
Paper House in Japan |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/43 |
Precious Moments Wasted |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/44 |
Say it With [written with Lou
Paley] |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/45 |
Snookums |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/46 |
So It's Going to Happen after
All |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/47 |
Someone to Root Ror |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/48 |
Song about a Dance |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/49 |
Sporting, et. al. |
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