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  • Collection: Illinois Sheet Music and Song Books Collection

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Advertisement for "Moon Mullins" cartoon strip. "Note! This is the only authentic 'Moon Mullins' Song!" Page 3 contains "Moon Mullins" cartoon captioned "Moon Mullins-Join the Navy and See the World" above list entitled "Extra Catch Lines for 'Moon…

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Lyrics depict singer traveling throughout the world and expressing a desire to always return home to Illinois. Cover image depicts the state of Illinois with a heart in the middle surrounded by drawings of Starved Rock, Lincoln's Tomb, Blackhawk…

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"Dedicated to our Illinois State Park, Starved Rock, near Ottawa, Ill." Lyrics depict singer's life in Illinois and pride in the state. Cover image includes a photograph of Starved Rock with a man and woman in a canoe on the Illinois River below.…

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Lyrics depict singer's happy memories of home at a younger age. Cover image depicts children picking flowers in front of two homes and a portrait of the lyricist/publisher in the lower left corner.

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Lyrics depict singer mourning the final hours and death of lover on the U.S.S. Maine. Cover image depict a woman's portrait in the upper left corner, a photo of the U.S.S. Maine in the lower right corner, and a portrait of the composer on a banner in…

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"As Sung by Lizzie Hutchinson, of the Hutchinson Family" Lyrics depict singer's childhood memories with mother at their bedside after finding their old bed in an attic.

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Lyrics depict pride in the United States and support for the troops fighting for the Union during the Civil War.

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Lyrics depict childhood in Illinois and a longing to return to the state.

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Lyrics depict love for natural beauty and national pride.

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Instrumental music

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"As sung by Edwin Kelley, of Arlington, Kelley & Leon's Minstrels." Lyrics depict prisoner of war singing about his experiences on the battlefield, being captured, and held in a POW camp.

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Instrumental music. Cover image depicts a building and street scene. "Respectfully dedicated to Messrs Gage, Bro, and Drake"

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Lyrics depict parents mourning the death of two children while watching two living children grow up.

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Lyrics depict support for Union soldiers and sailors.

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Instrumental music. Orange and blue cover depicts University of Ilinois Seal.

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Lyrics depict celebration at the election of Ulysses S. Grant as President and Schuyler Colfax as Vice President of the United States. Cover image depicts portraits of Ulysses S. Grant and Schulyer Colfax in decorative circular frames held up by an…

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Alternative title: "We Shall Meet, but We Shall Miss Him: (Thanksgiving, 1861)

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Lyrics depict support for troops fighting for the United States. Cover includes a lengthy description of how the song was commissioned and conceptualized.

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Instrumental music. Dedication: "To the Illinois Volunteers who fought so bravely at Fort Donelson on the 14th-15th-& of Feb. 1862".

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Lyrics depict African Americans escaping slavery to fight for the Union Army during the Civil War.

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Lyrics depict an encounter between a white explorer and a Native American using Native American stereotypes.

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Lyrics depict mourning for brother killed on the battlefield. Dedication: "In Memory of Sergeant Alfred A. Walter. 72 Regt Ills Vols."

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Lyrics depict happy troops and support from women on the homefront. "Respectfully Dedicated to Col. Stewart and his Regiment." "As Sung by the Boys of Col. Stewart's Regt."

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Campaign song for Adlai Stevenson's 1956 presidential campaign. Blue cover depicts portrait of Adlai Stevenson.

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Lyrics depict nostalgia for and pride in growing up in Illinois. Cover image depicts "Illinois" in title written with cornstalks. Back page is the first page of the "Tingley Two Step"
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