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Information: Collections of novelty songs, silly, amusing, or themed, that were popular during the early 1900s, up to and including World War II.
While often themed, such as baseball songs, these are not necessarily topically authentic. For instance, the co
Slate: The Worst Songwriter of All Time Slate: The Worst Songwriter of All Time: Mark Steyn's article on Bob Merrill and novelty songs in general. (Nostalgia) http://slate.msn.com/id/2898/
Froggy's Novelty Song Lyric Collection Froggy's Novelty Song Lyric Collection: Songs popular during the first third of the twentieth century as transcribed from period phonograph recordings. (Nostalgia) http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5109/Novcont.html
Classic Railroad Songs Classic Railroad Songs: Collections of songs since 1930, including historical profiles of song and CD ordering. (Nostalgia) http://home.mindspring.com/~mhyatt2/index.html
I Hear America Singing: Patriotic Melodies I Hear America Singing: Patriotic Melodies: Includes stories behind the songs, audio samples, and sheet music. (Nostalgia) http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/patriotic/
World War One Songs World War One Songs: List of popular songs, some with audio samples. (Nostalgia) http://nfo.net/usa/ww1.html
American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Baseball Songs American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Baseball Songs: Includes sheet music covers of several baseball songs, the first of which was written in 1858. (Nostalgia) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tri045.html
Additional
Information: Collections of novelty songs, silly, amusing, or themed, that were popular during the early 1900s, up to and including World War II.
While often themed, such as baseball songs, these are not necessarily topically authentic. For instance, the co
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