The Edison phonograph monthly (Jan-Dec 1908)

Edison Phonograph Monthly, Nov., 1908 17 10038 Good Evening, Caroline Billy Murray The latest effort of two of the most successful song writers of the day. This fact alone stamps it as one of the h'ts of the season. It is a typical coon serenade, with an air that catches on at once — just the kind of song in which Mr. Murray has made his greatest success as an Edison artist. Orchestra accompaniment. Music, Albert Von Tilzer; words, Jack Norworth; publishers, The York Music Co., New York. 10039 Wild Cherry New York Military Band A characteristic rag composition by the writer of "My Dream of the U. S. A.", "It's the Pretty Things You Say" and "Grandma." It is one of the brightest and sprightliest ragtime pieces brought out in many a day, and it makes an instant hit wherever played. Composer, Ted Snyder; publisher, Ted Snyder, New York. 10040 Some Day James F. Harrison This old-time popular ballad needs no description. Everyone familiar with popular music can recall its charming words: I know not when the day shall be. It may not be "till years have passed I know not where our eyes may meet 'Till eyes are dim and tresses gray; What welcome you may give to me. The world is wide. but. love at last. Or will your words be sad or sweet. Our hands, our hearts, must meet some day. Mr. Harrison's cadenza at the end is a feature of the Record. Orchestra accompaniment. Music, Milton Wellings; words, Hugh Conway; publisher, G. Schirmer, New York. 10041 Paulina, Otto and Fido Ada Jones and Len Spencer A German vaudeville sketch in which the dramatis personae are: Paulina, a teasing German girl, wTho cannot decide whether she loves her dog or Otto the best, but mostly favors the dog; Otto, very much in love with Paulina and at odds with the dog; Fido, the dog. Paulina declares that if Otto loves her he must love her dog, too. The sketch has the usual amount of fun characteristic of the Jones and Spencer work. Original and not published. 10042 Somebody Just Like You Manuel Romain A sentimental ballad by the writers of "Ev'ry Ship Will Find a Harbor" (our Record No. 9732) and something on the order of "Just Some One" (our Record No. 9847). The chorus: Somebody just like you. dear. Somebody's very lonely. Somebody just your size; Paddling his own canoe Someone with heart so true. dear. Somebody wants to share his heart Someone with your blue eyes. With somebody just like you. Mr. Romain sings it charmingly. Orchestra accompaniment. Music, Johann C. Schmid ; words, Charles E. Baer; publisher, H. A. Weymann & Son, Philadelphia. 10043 Father is a Judge Edward Meeker Once again father is made the butt of a popular song, and if this one does not make as great a hit as "Everybody Works but Father" it will not be because it does not possess all the elements essential to popularity. It is being featured by the head-liners in vaudeville. Father's erudition was not known, even by his own family, until the Democrats discovered it and elected him Judge. Some of the things he did in his wisdom and the consequences that followed his acts form the theme of the song. The Record has three verses and three choruses, the latter being enlivened with a chorus of voices joining in at the end of each with "Has father." The comic interludes by the orchestra add to the fun. Orchestra accompaniment. Music, J. Fred Helf; words, Ed. Moran ; publishers, Helf & Hager Co., New York. 10044 You Can't Stop Your Heart from Beating for the Girl You Love Byron G. Harlan A new sentimental waltz song that is attracting a great deal of attention. It is on the popular juvenile subject and tells of "Willie and May," who were playmates at school and also sweethearts. "School Days" was of this class of songs. Orchestra accompaniment. Music, George Christy; words, Bert Fitzgibbons; publishers, M. Witmark & Sons, New York. 10045 Memories of Galilee Knickerbocker Quartette A four-part arrangement of this well-known hymn, in which the solo part is sung by the tenor, and the responses are made by the entire quartette. Between the great popularity of the hymn and its splendid rendition by the Quartette, the Record cannot fail to be in wide demand. Unaccompanied. Music, H. R. Palmer; words, Robert Norris, LL.D. ; publishers, Oliver Ditson Co., Boston. 10046 Mary Ann O'Houlihan Edward M. Favor An amusing song in Irish dialect. The subject is quite humorous. It reverses the usual order of things and the funny lines tell of man's faith and woman's perfidy. The melody is of the rollicking, jolly kind — just the kind one expects to find in an Irish song. Mr. Favor excels in songs of this sort, both on the stage and in making Records. Orchestra accompaniment. Music, Harry Von Tilzer; words, Vincent Bryan; publishers, Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co., New York.