SONG SHEET COVERS I DON'T OWN, WISH I DID
(I regret the racial stereotypes on some of the covers on this and the prior page, but they are about 100 years old)

1899

1905 -- Actually, I own this one now.

1893

1869 --  Actually, I just acquired this in April 2006.  Same graphics, but my copy is Published by Edward M. Read, Burlington, Vt.

1870

1897

1899

7 COME 11 "COME A HOPPIN" JUST RAG sheet music.  Composed by Paul J. Deitsch. Copyright 1912.  Published by Sandstrom Music Co. of Warren, Pennsylvania.

"Deuces Wild Rag" 1922 (Published In St.Louis,MO) Instrumental By Hurbert Bauersachs.

DON'T PLAY NUMBERS, Black illustrated sheet music by Chas Weiss, copyright MCMXXXVI (1936) -- I do own this one.

Original Song Hit! "I’ve got the Blues" by Lew Berk -- copyright 1916

Scarce - Playing Card Design Sheet Music - 1909.  I don't own this.  In August 2006, I came in second in eBay auction.  Went for $44.00.

1905 sheet music -- went for $154 on eBay in February 2007.  Not mine... ...... .... From Wikipedia: The Numbers Game or Policy Racket is an illegal lottery played mostly in poor neighborhoods in U.S. cities, wherein the bettor attempts to pick three or four digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the following day. The gambler places his or her bet with a bookie at a tavern, or other semi-private place that acts as a betting parlor. A runner carries the money and betting slips between the betting parlors and the headquarters, called a "numbers bank" or "policy bank". The name "policy" is from a similarity to cheap insurance, both seen as a gamble on the future.

This is another one I bid on, came in second.  It went for $110 on eBay, October 2007. Happy Blues; Words by Frank J. Purdy; Music by Chas. V. Bates; Victor Music Pub. Co., 1923; Song is about Rufus Rastus Johnson Jones winning the high-priced blue poker chips (the reds and whites are just tip change).  Fun lyrics.

Wow! Went for $371 on ebay in March 2009.  I bid about $50.  Seben Come Eleben, 1899 (W.J. Bay) 2/4 rag/2-step piano solo, large format, published by S. Brainard's Sons, NYC.  Four dice tumble out of a dice cup.