J. Fred Coots Papers, 1912-1980

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Series: Royalty Contracts
Box   3
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Scope and Content Note

Songs represented in Box 3 include “After the Rain Is Over”; “All Alone in Love”; “All I Want Is You for Christmas”; “All Is Forgiven”; “Along the Prado”; “Another Perfect Night Is Ending”; “Ariverderci” [sic]; “Arkansas”; “At the Cross of God”; “At the Cross of God I Glory”; “At the End of a Kiss”; “At the Teddy Bear's Birthday Party”; “At the Statler Hotel”; “Awake or Dreaming”

“Babbit the Rabbit”; “Balalaika Boogie Woogie”; “A Ball Was Had by All”; “Banquet at Buckingham”; “Barritz” [sic]; “Basket of Buttercups”; “A Beautiful Lady in Blue”; “Beachcomber Club Show” (Miami Beach, 1945); “Beside the Bay of Angeli”; “Beside the Sea”; “Better Think Twice”; “Biarritz”; “Blue and Disillusioned”; “The Bluest Word I Know Is Lonesome”; “Boccacio” (Von Suppe); “Brazilian Bolero”

“The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees”; “Cameo de la Francaise”; “Camp Camp Campin' on Your Doorstep”; “Can't Get You off My Mind”; “Cha Cha Cha Charlie”; “A Change of Scenery”; “Chinky Chinee Charley Chan”; “Charlie's Home”; “Come with Me and Be My Beloved”; “Comin' Home”; “Control Yourself”; “The Corn Is Green”; “Cornet on the Cob”; “Cotton Club Parade” (1936); “Creole Caprice”

“Dance of the Little Dutch Doll”; “Don't Save Your Smiles”; “Don't Wait Too Long”; “Don't Steal the Sweetheart of a Soldier”; “Down Where the Bluebells Grow”; “Dream Dust”; “Dream Shadows”; “Dreaming of Love”; “Dreams Were Made for Lovers”; “Drifting Down a Little Dutch Canal”; “The Drum Stick Parade”; “Du Bist Mein Kleiner Tzotskeller”

“Easter Nocturne”; “El Morocco”; “Enclosed Are My Tears”; “Encore Cherie”; “Everybody's Swingin' It”; “Everybody's Whispering”; “Eyeful of You”

“Farewell, My Lovely”; “The First Song of Christmas”; “Fi-Ru-Li-Ru-Li”; “Foolishly”; “For All We Know”; “Fortissimo”; “Friendly Moon”

“The Girl of My Heart (Is You, Mother Dear)”; “The Girl on the Front Porch Swing”; “Give Us This Day”; “God Be with You Tonight, My Love”; “God Is Everywhere”; “God Is My Friend”; “The Golden-Eagle March”; “Goodbye My Coney Island Baby”; “Good Luck, Sweetheart”; “Goodbye Mama (I'm Off To Yokohama)” (1941 December 10); “Gypsy Wedding Waltz”

“The Harvest Days Will Be the Best of All”; “He'll Be Coming Down the Chimney”; “Here Come the Clowns”; “Here I Am in the Army (And Don't I Look Good in Brown)”; “Here's to the Flag (Keep It Flying Over Here - Over There - Everywhere)”; “Hollywood Holiday”; “Home Is Where the Heart Is”; “How Can I Tell You (How Much I Love You?)”; “Humpty Dumpty's Holiday”

“I Believe in Santa Claus”; “I Can't Believe It Was All Make Believe”; “I Feel a Draft Coming On”; “I Feel I'm Falling in Love with You”; “I Hear My Heart Saying”; “I Knew You When”; “I Know Now”; “I Love to Dream”; “I Surrender My Darling”; “I Want a Girl Like Annie Laurie”; “If I Should Love Again”; “If I Were You”; “If We Have a Rainy Sunday”; “I'll Come to You”; “I'll Keep on Dreaming of You”; “I'll Stand By”; “I'll Wait for You Forever”; “I'm a Little Tired, Baby”; “I'm Afraid to Love You”; “I'm Afraid to Open My Eyes”; “I'm Building Castles Again”; “I'm Grateful to You”; “I'm in a Lovable Mood Tonight”; “I'm Never Blue Where the Grass Is Green (And the Red Red Roses Grow)”; “I'm Still Yours”; “I'm Thrilled”; “In a Little Corner of England”; “In a Little German Garden (Under the Pretzel Vine)”; “In a Little Roadside Rendevzous” [sic]; “In Your Own Little Way”; “Indiana County Fair”; “Is It Just for Tonight? (Or Is It Forever?)”; “Isn't Love the Strangest Thing”; “It Happens in the Best of Families”; “It Never Dawned on Me”; “It's a Wonderful Day Today”; “It's Getting the Best of Me”; “It's Mating Time”; “It's That Time of Day”; “It's Too Late Now”; “It's Twelve O'clock My Love”; “I've Got a Watch”

“Jardines [sic] de Versailles”; “Javanese Temple Dance”; “Je Ne Sais Pas”; “The Jolly Friars March”; “A Journey into Love”; “Just a Record on the Phonograph”; “Just to Make a Long Story Short”

“Keep a Song in Your Heart”

“The Lady's Name Was (La Conchita)”; “Lessons of the Lord”; “Let's Be Friends (If We Can't Be Sweethearts)”; “Let's Go South”; “Let's Make Memories Tonight”; “Let's Take a Holiday for Two”; “A Little Golden Eagle”; “Little Goldie Goldfish”; “Little Johnny Chickadee”; “The Little Raccoon”; “A Little Robin Told Me So”; “Little Silly One-Shoe”; “The Little Man in the Big Sombrero”; “The Little Washerwoman”; “Losing You”; “Love”; “Love Made a Drummer of Me”; “Love Me Fortissimo”; “A Love Scene in Pasadena”; “Louisiana Landscape”; “Lucky Waltz”

“Mama Nicolini”; “Margarita”; “Me and My Heart”; “Me and My Teddy Bear”; “Me and My Pussy Cat”; “The Mexican Sombrero Dance”; “Ma Carina”; “Minuet Modernistique”; “Miss Nellie Machree”; “Monastery Processional”; “The Music Makin' Man”; “My Apple Pie Guy”; “My Dream Song”; “My Favorite Song”; “My Day Begins and Ends with You”; “My Runaway Heart”; “My Topic of Conversation Is You”; “My Weeping Heart”

Box   4
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Scope and Content Note

Songs represented in Box 4 include “Near You”; “Nora”

“Oh What a Beautiful Baby (You Turned Out to Be)”; “Old Fireplace”; “The Old Man with the Whiskers”; “One Little Drink-O -- I Go Boom”; “One More Dream”; “Our Escapade”; “Ozzie the Ostrich”

“Paper Boy”; “Paris” [Lyric by John Ringling North]; “Passion Fruit”; “Pastel for Piano”; “Peace on Earth--Good Will to Men”; “Pee Wee (The Bunny with the Big Blue Eyes)”; “Plant a Little Smile”; “Plantation Portrait”; “Please God”; “Polka Espanole”; “Poor Ballerina”; “Poor Peter Piper”; “Premiere Danseuse”; “Proud”: “Put Your Heart in a Song”

“Rainbow Island”; “The Rainbow Trail”; “Ramblin' Eyes, Gamblin' Heart”; “The Rendevous” [sic]; “Ridin' Home”; “Right to the End”; “Romany Rover”

“Salud, Amigo (Howdy, Friend)”; “Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town”; “Scarecrow in the Cornfield”; “Scotch Bagpipe Dance”; “Seven Sisters”; “Shadows in My Heart”; “She Was in Last Night”; “Show Girl”; “The Sidewalk Waltz”; “Sing a Kris Kringle Jingle”; “Sippin' Cider with My Ida”; “Sittin' in the Sun”; “Skiddle-De-Do”; “Sleepytime Soldier Boy”; “Southland Soldier Boy”; “Souvenir for Suzanne”; “Squee-Gee (The Happy Little Clown)”; “Star-Light Enchantment”; “Street Scene in Budapest”; “Street Scene in Dublin”; “Street Scene in London”; “Street Scene in Paris”; “Sugar Cane”; “Summer Souvenirs”; “Sweet Cuban Love”; “Sweetheart of Sweet Sixteen”; “Sweetly and Tenderly”; “Swifty the Thrifty Squirrel”; “Swiss Yodeler Waltz”

“Take Back Your Kisses”; “Take My Kiss to Dreamland with You”; “Thanks for the Use of Your Heart”; “There Goes My Runaway Heart”; “Tappin' the Toe”; “There's a Four Star Moon Tonight”; “Tell Me Little Dream Girl”; “There's a New World A-Comin'”; “There's Honey on the Moon Tonight”; “There's a Robin 'Round the Corner”; “These Things Are Mine”; “Things Might Have Been So Different”; “This Is My Love”; “This Is the Night”; “This Time”; “This Time It's Love”; “Tie a Rainbow Around Your Heart”; “Time Out for Love”; “To Have, To Hold, To Love”; “To-Night”; “Tonight I'll Dream of You”; “Tweedle-Dee the Clown”

“Until Today”

“Wait Till I Catch You in My Dreams, Wait'll It Happens to You”; “Walter, Walter, Wallflower”; “Waltzing on a Rainbow”; “We Only Love Once”; “The Wedding Day of Jack And Jill”; “Well I'll Be Sayin' Goodnight”; “What Are You Gonna Do with All Your Money”; “What Do I Have to Do”; “What's Gonna Be? (With You And Me)”; “When and Where”; “When Lovers Meet”; “When My Baby Talks That Double-Talk to Me”; “When the Chimes on Chapel Ring Ave Maria”; “When the Logs Come Rolling Down the River”; “When the Teddy Bears Go Marching on Parade”; “When They Play the Waltz You Love”; “When the Robin Sings His Song Again”; “When We're Together”; “When You First Ate an Olive”; “Who Loves You”; “Who Wouldn't Be Thrilled?”; “Who'll Tie the Bell on the Old Cat's Tail”; “Why Do I Lie to Myself about You”; “Why Let a Lie Break Your Heart?”; “The Witch Song”; “With God's Hand in Mine”; “With Just a Little Encouragement from You”; “With My Song”; “Words Fail Me”; “Wrap Up Your Dreams in Red, White and Blue”

“You Don't Have to Drop a Heart to Break It”; “You Go to My Head”; “You Happened to Me”; “You in Your Little White Apron and Me in My Blue Overalls”; “You Started Me Dreaming”; “The Young Lovers of Montmartre”; “You're a Mystery to Me”; “You're Everything That's Beautiful”; “You're So Simpatico”; “Yours Truly Is Truly Yours”