The Curse of an Aching Heart

Lyrics by Henry Fink

1

TTBB a cappella

music by Al Piantadosi
D D

Moderately slow


Tenor I/II

 8 

You
Bass I/II
"  

made

me

what


am

to

day,
D

hope

you're

sat

is D

O 

 

 

- fied,
"

You

dragged and

dragged me

down

un

til

my
D

soul

with

Hm
15

O 

- in

me

died; Hm
! !

You've

shat - tered

each

and

ev

'ry

dream,
D

You

"

Hm
22

  

fooled
"

me

from


the

start,
 O

And

though you're not

true,


May

God

bless

from the start,

29

K K   , ,

rall.

Original ending:
D O  

Optional ending:
O  

you,
" 

That's The
K

K ,

Curse Of
O

An

Ach

ing
D

Heart.
O  

Heart.


glissando
Distributed 1999 by the Choral Public Domain Library (http://www.cpdl.org) Edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, or recorded.

Originally published by LEO FEIST, INC. (1913)

ed. 8/10/99

The Darktown Strutters' Ball

TTBB a cappella Tenor I/II

D 8D D &
1

Moderately bright

K  ,
to

S 4
a dance,

K S O   , 4

words and music by Shelton Brooks

7 K S    V , 4
melody

Bass I/II

z  $  K S " D &   D D , 4 , 4 , 4 melody

Got an in - vi - ta - tion to a dance,

K S 7 K S z  $      , 4 V , 4
So get rea-dy, quick for to prance.

for to prance. I'll be

K S K   8 D , 4 ,
6

DD

K S O   4 , S 4

K  " D , D D
11

down to get you in a

S K  4 ,

! K , ! ! Ta - xi, Hon- ey, bet-ter be read-y 'bout half past eight. Oo ! K S K K K  K S  O O D   , 4 , , , , 4 ! K   , S K S  O , 4 4 D O K , ,

K ,

K ,

K D O , K ,

Now dear - ie,

K K K S D  8D D , , 4 ,
want K K K " D ,  D D , , don't be late,

K  O , O

to be there when the band starts play-ing. Re - mem-ber when we get there, Hon-ey, the

S 4

K K D , ,

K K , , KK O ,, KK O ,,

K  D D D O D 8 ,
16

S K K K K K melody K O D 4 , , , , , , S K K K K O D O 4 , , , ,
K K K D O , , , K K , , K ,

K K K S      , 4 , ,
melody

two steps, I'm goin' to have 'em all,

" D O D D
21

K   ,
melody

Goin' to dance out both my shoes

K K O  , ,
   

K S K K   O O   , , , 4
K  ,  

When they play the "Jel - ly Roll

8 D " D D D

DD

O  

K ,

7 X X V

Blues,"
D 

To - mor-row night
K O  ,

at The Dark - town Strut-ters' Ball.

K D K ,    

The

Dark-town Strut-ters' Ball.

K D   , 7 X X V

Originally published by LEO FEIST, INC. (1917)

Distributed 1999 by the Choral Public Domain Library (http://www.cpdl.org) Edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, or recorded.

ed. 7/27/99

Dear Old Girl

TTBB a cappella

Lyrics by Richard Henry Buck

1

Words by Theodore Morse

Andante moderato
K , K O , K , K , K , K , K ,  K , K O , K D ,

Tenor I/II

 D 

Dear
Bass I/II
" D D E K ,

Old
K D ,

Girl,
 

the
K ,

rob - in
K K

sings
K ,

a
K ,

bove
O

you,

Dear Old
K ,

8 D

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K ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

 

K ,

Girl,
" D D  

it
K ,

speaks
K ,

of
K ,

how
K ,

I
K ,

love
O

you,
 

The
K ,

8 D

K ,

K ,

K  ,

K O ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

K O ,

K ,

7 V

K ,

K ,

blind - ing
" D K , K ,

tears
K ,

are
K

fall - ing,
K  , K ,

K  ,

As

K ,

think
K ,

of
K ,

my
K  ,

lost
K ,

pearl,
7 V

And
K ,

my
K ,

8 D

K O D ,

K ,

K ,

K D ,

K O ,

7 K , V 7 K , V

K O ,

K ,

K D ,

K ,

7 K , V

K D ,

7 O V

brok - en
" D K  , K ,

heart
K ,

is
K D O ,

call - ing,
K ,

Call - ing
K D D , K ,

for
K O ,

you,
K ,

Dear 7
D   V

Old
K D O ,

Girl.
7 V

Originally published by Howley, Haviland & Dresser (1903)

Distributed 1999 by the Choral Public Domain Library (http://www.cpdl.org) Edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, or recorded.

ed. 8/1/99

Ireland Must Be Heaven

(For My Mother came From There)
TTBB a cappella

By Joseph McCarthy, Howard Johnson & Fred Fisher

K , K , K , K , K ,   K ,

Slowly with expression

Tenor I/II
K  8  ,
1

K ,

K ,

K   ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

Ire - land
( K "   , K ,

must
K ,

be
K ,

Hea - ven,
K , K ,

for
K  ,

an
K ,

an - gel
K , K ,

came from there,

K , K ,

I
K ,

Bass I/II

 

K 8 ,
3

K ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

K  D , ,

K O ,

K ,

K 

K O

K ,

K 0 ,

nev - er
K " , K ,

knew
K ,

a
K ,

liv - ing
K  , K ,

soul
K ,

one
K D ,

half
K ,

as
K  ,

sweet
K ,

or
K  ,

fair,

For
K ,

her
K ,

K 8 ,
5

K ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

K  ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

eyes
K " ,

are
K ,

like
K ,

the
K ,

star - light,
K D , K ,

And
K ,

the
K ,

white clouds match

K  , K , K ,

her
K , 7 K  , V

hair,

Sure

K 8 ,
7

K ,

K ,

K   ,

K ,

K ,

K  ,

K ,

S O 4

K   ,

7 K O , V

Ire - land
K " , K ,

must
K ,

be
K ,

Hea - ven,
K , K D ,

For
K ,

My
K ,

Moth - er
S  4 K   ,

G 7 K D D , V

Came

From
7 K , V

There.

Originally published by LEO FEIST, INC. (1916)

Distributed 1999 by the Choral Public Domain Library (http://www.cpdl.org) Edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, or recorded.

rev.8/1/99

K-K-K-KATY
TTBB a cappella Tenor I/II

j c V .. J
1

Moderately bright

r j .. R J
what

r R
they heard

# #
in

far

#
off

f
Bass I/II

This

is

Chorus: France: K - K - K

U Bright j 3j j " J J J u U " u j j j J J J

3

Geoffrey O'Hara

c
-

j ? c . . J

r j .. J R j # J j J j J
3

r R

b j .. J
You're

r R
the

# r R
ly

c r R
a

V c ..
4

j n J j # J
m - m - m
3

j .. J
on

j J

j J
3 3

j J

j .. J

r R r R

j . . J j . . J j # . . J
I'll

Ka - ty,

beau - ti - ful

Ka - ty,

g - g - g - girl

that I

? c ..

j J
3

j .. J
-

r j n .. R J

r j j j j .. R J J J J j J
3

r R r R
be

V
dore.

j n J J

j j j J J J
3

shines

j # J j J

j J j J j J j J
3

When the

m - m - m - moon

o - ver the

cow - shed,

? j n . V . J
10

# r R r R j . . J j .

3 j j j j j j J J J J

1.

m-m - m

j J
3

# j J j J
3

j . . J U u U u

r R

r R r R

j J j J

j J
3 3

j J

j . . J

r R r R

door.

j . . J j
-

2.

rall.

wait - ing at

the k - k - k - kitch - en

K-K-K

door.

j ? .. J

. J

j j j . J . J J

. J

# R J J J
3

. . J
-

Bo-bo, bo, bo, bo.

Originally published by LEO FEIST, INC. (1918)

K-K-K

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ed. 7/18/99

I Know What it Means to be Lonesome

TTBB a cappella

Kendis, Brockman and Vincent

 O

Valse Lento
Tenor I/II
D  8 D D      

I
 

Know What It

Means To Be


Lone
O  

some,
O

know how it
D

feels to be

Bass I/II

"

 D D  D

D D D 8

 

blue,
" D D D 

I
O

know what

it
O

means

to


long in my

dreams, for
O

poco rit. some 

D D D 8

14

 

-one,
" D D D O

for

some
D  

one,

a tempo I've sighed and I've

cried since we


part


O ! ! K K  , , ! ! ! ! K K O

ed,

There's

D D 8 D D

21

K K , ,

7 V 7

no one knows
" D D

what I've gone

through;
 

I'd give
K , K ,

all that

own, just to
V

have you back

D

D D

D 8 D D

28

7 O V D
1.

7
2.

 

 

home, I'm
" D 7 V

lone-some, so lone-some for you.

O D

I
 

lone-some for you.

D O D  

7 V

D D

you
Originally published by LEO FEIST, INC. (1918)

Distributed 1999 by the Choral Public Domain Library (http://www.cpdl.org) Edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, or recorded.

ed. 8/11/99

When You Wore a Tulip

lyrics by Jack Mahoney
Bright tempo
Tenor I/II
8 D D   K , K ,

(And I Wore a Big Red Rose)

K , K , K , K ,

music by Percy Wenrich

K , K , K ,

TTBB a cappella K K K , , ,

K ,

K ,

When
" D  

You Wore a

Tul- ip,
K , K ,

a
K , K ,

sweet yel-low
K , K

tul- ip, and

K , K D ,

I wore a
K K  ,

big

red

Bass I/II

a
7

big red rose,

K K

8 D

K , K ,

K D , K ,

K , K ,

K O ,

K ,

K K K D , , , K , K K O , ,

K O   O ,

rose,
" D K K , , D

When you ca - ressed me, 'twas

K , K ,

then heav - en
K ,

blessed me, what a

K ,

bless- ing,
K ,  

a
14

big red rose, knows, no one

D K K O

8 D

K O   ,

knows,
D

K , K

K , K , K  , K ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

K ,

no one
" D

K  , , ,

knows.
,

K K , ,

You made life

, , , ,

cheer- ie, when

K , K , K K , K , K

you called me
K , K ,

no one
20

knows, no one
K , K ,

knows, bim, bim, bim,

 K , K , K O , K O , K O  ,

8 D

K ,

K ,

dear - ie,
" D K ,

'twas
K D , K ,

down where the

K , K O , K D , K  ,

blue

grass

grows,

Your lips were

, ,

sweet- er

than
K D ,

26

K ,

K O ,

K O ,

K ,

K D ,

K , K ,

K K , ,

ju - lep, when
" D K O , K ,

you wore

a
K  ,

tul - ip,
K ,

and
K ,

I wore a
K ,

big

red

rose.

K K , ,

Originally published by Leo Feist (1914)

Distributed 1999 by the Choral Public Domain Library (http://www.cpdl.org) Edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, or recorded.

ed. 8/6/99