The Music of
William Shakespeare Hays

1837-1907

William Shakespeare Hays was born in Louisville, KY on 19 July 1837 and died there at the age of 70 on 23 July 1907. His parents were Hugh and Martha (Richardson) Hays. He married Belle McCullough in July of 1865. His known children are Mattie Belle Hays (dedicated to, in the song O, Let Me Kiss the Baby, 1867), Susie Hobbs Hays (dedicated to, in the song Kiss Me, Good Night, Mama, 1870) and Samuel Brown Hays (dedicated to, in the song How Much Does the Baby Weigh, 1880).

His most popular songs were Evangeline (1862), The Drummer Boy of Shiloh (1863), We Parted by the River (1866), The Little Old Cabin in the Lane (1871), Molly Darling (1871) [with 3 million copies published], Susan Jane (1871), Oh! Sam (1872), Angels Meet Me at the Cross Roads (1875). Early in de Mornin' (1877), Roll Out! Heave Dat Cotton (1877).

He composed approximately 350 songs. Two sigificant collections, detailed as items 286 (manuscripts) and 813 (prints and photographs), are at The Filson Club Historical Society of Kentucky.

NOTE: the Source* columns below refer either: (1) The Lester S. Levy Collection by Box/Item number; (2) the Library of Congress' LCCN or CALL numbers in brackets (which can be used to request copies from the Photoduplication Services Division there); (3) if just labeled "LoC" then it is available at the American Memories webpages at the Library of Congress; (4) Duke University; (5) UNC-CH refers to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Music Library; or, (6) UoSC refers to the Music Library of the University of South Carolina. Besides online sources, I am very indebted to the information in the unpublished (but available from University Microfilms International) Ph. D. dissertation (#8606219) [refered below in the source column as "Ref: MCC"] by Martha Carol Chrisman of Popular Songs of the Genteel Tradition: Their Influence on Music Education in Public Schools of Louisville, Kentucky, from 1850-1880 (November 1985) which specially contains a biography of Hays (pages 43-46), and a definitive song listing (pages 157-170) of his 350 known songs. A very interesting analysis of 175 of his songs is also included (pages 47-81). The primary sources for Hays songs refered to are: (1) Will S. Hays Collection, The Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green; (2) the Filson Club in Louisville; and (3) the Margaret I. King Library at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

Title	Words	Source*
1856
The Little Ones at Home (music by Charles L. Ward)	Hays	022/107
1857
The New Play Ground (music by Charles L. Ward) [31 Jul]	Hays	621110@LoC; Louisville: Tripp and Cragg
1858
Ella Bell (Arr. by William Plato)	Hays	127/046
The Grave of Gentle Annie (Composed by Constant Hartman)	Hays	127/073
1859
Fourteen Years Ago (music by William Plato)	Hays	Louisville: D. P. Faulds
Harry, (The Beau of Mohawk Vale) (A Reply to Bonnie Eloise)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Louisville: D. P. Faulds
The Dear Ones at Home (arr. by William Plato)	Hays	Louisville: Tripp and Cragg
The Turnpike Gate (aka Darling Kate) (Arr. by Charles Hebel)	Hays	Cincinnati: W. C. Peters and Sons; Songs of Yesterday: pp. 78-80
1860
Way Down in Dixie [aka, Away Down in Dixie's Land] (music by "Dixie, Jr." ["Young Dixie"])	"Jerry Blossom"	093/176; os76@UNC-CH; Louisville: D. P. Faulds and Co. [Boston: O. Ditson & Co.]
Blued Eyed Bonnie Bell (Arr. by Plato)	Hays	Louisville: Tripp and Cragg
Ray of Love Polka (Un Rayon D'Amour)	none	IMSLP (Louisville); Louisville: Tripp and Cragg
1861
Let Us Have Peace	Hays	093/115
The Union Forever, for Me!	Hays	090/100-1
1862
Evangeline	Hays	Duke; 129/046-9; 118/071
I Can't Help Dat, 'Taint My Fault [To Anybody. Sung by Everybody. Composed by Nobody.(Hays?)]	Sombody [Hays?]	024/021@Levy; Louisville: D. P. Faulds
I'm Looking for Him Home (Ballad)	Hays	200001357@LoC/IHAS-CWM; Louisville: D. P. Faulds
The Lone Grave by the Sea	Hays	129/097
That Southern Wagon (Patriotic Song, with Chorus)	Jerry Blossom (W. S. H.) [pseud. for Hays]	090/065; Louisville: D. P. Faulds
Woodland Whispers	Hays	Cleveland: S. Brainard Co.
Yes, We Think of Thee at Home! (A Beautiful Ballad) (Reply to Do They Think of Me at Home?)	Hays	IMSLP (at Louisville); Louisville: Wm. McCarrell
1863
Dat's Whats de Matter wid de Purps (aka That?s What?s the Matter With the Purps) (Comic Song)	Hays?	Hays?; 200002602@LoC/IHAS-CWM; Tripp & Cragg, Louisville, KY
Katy Darling	???	Ref: MCC
Marian Gray	Hays	b2017@Duke
The American Flag (A Patriotic Song and Chorus)	Hays	011/019; 087/006
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh	Hays	Duke; 093/051-3
The War Will Soon Be Over John	Hays	090/129
We May Never Meet Again	Hays	b2096@Duke
1864
Call Me No More, Mother! (A Beautiful Song and Chorus) (A Companion to Rock Me to Sleep Mother)	Hays	at IMSLP; Louisville: D. P. Faulds; at Mills
McClellan Is The Man (Grand Rallying Song with Chorus)	Hays	006/076
My Southern Sunny Home (from Beautiful Songs of the South)	Hays	093/160-2; 133/160 (1872); New Orleans: Blackmar and Co.
Nigger Will Be Nigger	Hays	b1098@Duke; 024/079
Oh! I Wish This War Were Over	Hays	200001358@LoC/IHAS-CWM; Louisville: D. P. Faulds
The Constitution As It Is, The Union As It Was (Song and Chorus) [18 Mar]	Hays	200001354@LoC/IHAS-CWM; Louisville: D. P. Faulds
The Old Sergeant (A Hero of Lookout Mountain)	Hays	089/074
Will You Remember Me?	Hays	025/153
1865
Annie Lee (No. 12 from Charming Collection of Music Composed for Piano)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Louisville: Louis Tripp
I Am Dying, Mother, Dying	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Cleveland: S. Brainard and Son
Canary Bird	Hays	093/026
Our Boys Have All Come Home (Song and Chorus)	Hays	1865-200001359@LoC/IHAS-CWM: Louisville: Louis Tripp
Sherman and His "Gallant" Boys in Blue	Hays	Louisville: D. P. Faulds
The Unhappy Contraband	Hays	scsm0081@LoC
The Refugee (A Beautiful Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Louisville: Louis Tripp
The Wandering Refugee	Hays & Dr. W. B. Wood	094/077; 094/164-166; 102/112; b2099@Duke
1866
Mary's Waiting at the Window	Hays	129/103; (1867, arr. for guitar by C. Kinkle) 131/034; n1201@Duke
Nora O'Neal	Hays	b0972@Duke; 129/113-5
Take Me Back Home (from Beautiful Songs of the South)	Hays	130/103
We Parted by the River Side	Hays	130/123a; 130/124; 1882-08706@LoC; 1880-17711@LoC
1867
Heaven Claims Her As an Angel; or, Laura Lee	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Cincinnati: J. L. Peters & Bro.
Katy McFerran	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters; at Mills
Kiss Me Good Bye, Darling	Hays	101/038-9; 129/083
Little Sam	Hays	024/062; 024/063; 024/064
Mary, O! Come Back to Me	Hays	129/101
O, Let Me Kiss the Baby	Hays	106/070
The Moon Is Out to Night, Love	Hays	101/076; b0685@Duke
You've Been a Friend to Me	Hays	1879-11919@LoC
Write a Letter from Home	Hays	130/134-8; Duke
1868
A Heart That Rests Only for Thee	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Beautiful Girl of the South (from Beautiful Songs of the South)	Hays	129/007-8
Coraline	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Down by the Deep Sad Sea (Song for Mezzo Soprano or Alto or Baritone with Chorus Ad Lib)	Hays	sfpa00124@UC-B; New York: J. L. Peters, Plate No. 361-3
Driven From Home	Hays	129/41-4
Good Bye, Old Home	Hays	129/063
Good Bye, My Boy, Goid Bless You!	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
I Love You, Josephine	Hays	Washington D.C,: John F. Ellis and Co.
I'm Sitting by the Window (Song and Chorus) (arr. for guitar, by W. L. Hayden? from Peter's Collection of Standard Guitar Songs)	Hays	1874-10947@LoC
Jessie Dean	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Mary O'More	Hays	129/102
Mistress Jinks--Wife of Capt. Jinks (aka Mistress Jinks of Madison Square)	Hays	024/068; 024/069; Duke
My Father's Growing Old	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
The Gay Young Clerk in the Dry Goods Store (Comic Song with Chorus)	Hays	024/024
The Last Sweet Smile That You Gave Me (Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); New York: J. L. Peters
The Prettiest Girl I Know	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
We've a Man for Our Leader	Hays	Ref: MCC
Where Is My Husband Now?	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
1869
Belle Bradley	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Darling Linnie (aka Darling Linnie Dorn)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); New York: J. L. Peters
I'll Remember You in My Prayers (Song for Mezzo Soprano with Chorus ad lib.)	Hays	130/087[1869/1877]; 1874-10945@LoC (for Guitar, by W. L. Hayden)
I'm Still a Friend to You	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
I Kissed Her at the Gate	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Jessie (Song for Mezzo Tenor and Mixed Chorus)	Hays	@LoC/IHAS-CWM; New York: J. L. Peters; Plate No. 704-3
Nannie Vane (What Would You Give to Know)	Hays	Louisville: Tripp and Cragg
No Name	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Old Uncle Ben, The Colored Refugee	Hays	024/090
She's the Sweetest of Them All (Comic Song for Gentlemen, with Male Chorus)	Hays	131/105
Song of the Sewing Machine	Hays	053/063
Up in Das Pallon	Hays	160/171
What Will I Do When My Mother Is Dead?	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
When I Went Home With Belle (Song and Chorus)	Hays	130/126
Why Don't You Write to Me? (Song and Chorus)	Hays	131/158
Widow McGee	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
1870
Angel of My Dreams (Song and Chorus)	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters; 1885-12766@LoC (9 Jun)
Baby's Gone	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Good Bye, Till I See You Again (Solo and Chorus)	Hays	132/150; 02129@LoC
I Don't Can Tolt You Vy (Comic Song and Chorus)	Hays	03688@LoC
Kiss Me, Good Night, Mamma	Hays	05025@LoC; 1874-03384@LoC (for guitar, by W. L. Hayden)
O! Pshaw! Gal! You Won't Do (Double Song and Dance)	Hays	134/013
Riding in a Sleigh (Song and Chorus)	Hays	062/052
Shamus O'Brien (Answer to Nora O'Neal)	Hays	134/106; Duke
The Night My Father Died (Song and Chorus)	Hays	02132@LoC
The Old Man's Drunk Again	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Truly Yours (Song and Chorus)	Hays	03685@LoC
1871
As Pants the Heart	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Carrie Vaughn	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Down in de Co'n Fiel' (Song and Chorus)	Hays	b0334@Duke; 1883[12 Oct.]-18461@LoC
Erin Must Be Free	Hays	Louisville: D. P. Faulds
Genevieve	Hays	IMSLP(Louisville); New York: J. L. Peters
I Am Looking for Him Alone	Hays	Louisville: D. P. Faulds
Let Us Be Friends Forever	Hays	Louisville: D. P. Faulds
My Dear Old Sunny Home; or, Recollections of the Sunny South	Hays	133/143; Duke; 1874-10946@LoC (for Guitar, by W. L. Hayden)
No. 29 [aka Number Twenty Nine] (Song and Chorus)	Hays	058/094@Levy; New York: J. L. Peters
Susan Jane (A Famous "End Song" and Chorus)	Hays	Minstrel Songs, Old and New
O Sweet Was the Vale	Hays	Louisville: D. P. Faulds
Sweet Annie St. Clair	Hays	New York: J. L Peters
The Little Old Cabin in the Lane	Hays	025/065; 025/066; 1875-09375@LoC (for guitar, by W. L. Hayden); 1877-07397@LoC; b0840@Duke
The Cheek Has Borrowed from the Rose	Hays	Boston: O. Ditson
Then and There (A Beautiful Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); New York: J. L. Peters
What Make em Wiggle So?	Hays	New York: J. L Peters
Widow Bedott	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
1872
Darling, Weep No More	Hays	Boston: Oliver Ditson; at Mills
Dead, But Not Forgotten	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Do Not Turn Me From Your Door	Hays	105/047; (1872) 1873-00884@LoC; 1874-05568@LoC (for Guitar, by W. L. Hayden)
God Bless Robert Lee	Hays	Boston: Oliver Ditson
Little Dan	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Meet Me, Maggie (Song for Baritone or Bass, with Chorus)	Hays	133/123; 1874-05584@LoC (for Guitar, by W. L. Hayden)
Mollie Darling	Hays	133/136
My Boy Across the Sea (Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSP (Louisville); New York: J. L. PETERS
Never Go Back on Your Friend	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Oh, Give Me a Home in the South! (Song and Chorus) (from Beautiful Songs of the South)	Hays	Duke; 12119@LoC
Oh! Sam (A Famous Minstrel Song)	Hays	025/090; 025/091; pp. 61-63 of Minstrel Songs Old and New (1883)
Our Little Pet (Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); New York: J. L. Peters
Papa, Stay Home, I'm Motherless Now! (Song and Chorus)	Hays	106/103
Pretty Evaline Adair (Song and Chorus) [c1872; 1873]	Hays	@HSM/LoC
Quit Dat Tickling	Hays	Ref: MCC
Save One Bright Crown for Me (Song or Duet and Chorus)	Hays	1873-12291@LoC
You'll Always Find Me True	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); New York: J. L. Peters
1873
Ada Ray (Song and Chorus)	Hays	13405@LoC
Dinna Forget Yer Mither, Sandie (Scotch Ballad)	Hays	05301@LoC
Does He Ever Think of Me?	Hays	Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co.
Get Up and Shut the Door (Comic Song and Chorus)	Hays	133/140; 11975@LoC
Go and Learn a Trade	Hays	New York: L. L. Peters
Good As Wheat (by 'Old Rye' [pseud. for Hays])	'Old Rye' [pseud. for Hays]	013/019@Levy; Louisville: D. P. Faulds
I Have No Home (Song and Chorus) [for guitar]	Hays[; guitar]	IMSLP (Louisville); 105/079; 1874-x0003@LoC (for guitar, by W. L. Hayden)
I Love You, My Love	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Julia, Tis of Thee I Sing	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Lost and Cast Away (Song and Chorus)	Hays	09437@LoC
May Heaven Protect Our Child (Song and Chorus)	Hays	13411@LoC
Mollie Darling Quickstep (Arr. for Brass Band by Oscar Coon, from Peters' Brass-Band Journal, No. 49 of 54) contains Do Not Turn Me From Your Door and Mollie Darling	none	09398@LoC
My Every Thought Was of Thee (Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); New York: J. L. PETERS; Ref: MCC
Take This Letter To My Mother (Song and Chorus)	Hays	183/093; Duke; 1882-08711@LoC; 08558@LoC (for guitar, by W. L. Hayden); 05643@LoC
That Little Girl of Mine (Song and Chorus)	Hays	13418@LoC
Where Has Ida Gone?	Hays	13421@LoC
Why Don't You Come Home? (Song and Chorus)	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters; @IndianaLibrary
1874
Angels Guard My Little One (Song and Chorus)	Hays	03360@LoC
Be Still, Poor Heart! (Song and Chorus)	Hays	05565@LoC
Close the Shutters Gently; or, Little Mary (Song and Chorus)	Hays	10897@LoC
Dinna Forget Yer Promise, Jamie (Air: Dinna Forget Yer Mither, Sandie [by Hays, 1873]) (Scotch Ballad) (from Living Waters)	Hays	07943@LoC
Don't Drink Any More (Song and Chorus)	Hays	10900@LoC
Don't Forget Me! (Song and Chorus)	Hays	05569@LoC
Follow Up the Plow (Song and Chorus)	Hays	012/124; 05572@LoC
Good Bye to Drink (Song and Chorus) (Air: Good Bye, Old Home [by Hays, 1868]) (from Living Waters)	Hays	07939@LoC
I'm A-Gwine Down South	Hays	025/054; b0624@Duke; 10899@LoC
I'm Captain of the Guards (Character Song and Chorus)	Hays	054/060a; 14952@LoC
Jolly Fellows Galop (Arr. by Oscar Coon, from Peters' Social Orchestra)	none	14983@LoC
Kitty McKay	Hays	07949@LoC
Lennie Darling (Song and Chorus)	Hays	03381@LoC
Listen to My Prayerful Pleading (Song and Mixed Chorus) (Air: Do Not Turn Me From Your Door [by Hays, 1872])	Hays	10901@LoC
Maudie Moore (Song and Chorus)	Hays	14959@LoC
Medley of Hays' Songs (Arr. by Oscar Coon, from Peters' Social Orchestra) contains: (1) Don't Forget Me; (2) Old Caleb;(3) Out on the Sea;(4) Lennie Darling and (5) Oh! Sam	none	14966@LoC
Mollie McGuire (Song and Chorus)	Hays	14944@LoC
My Lost Louise (Song and Chorus)	Hays	03383@LoC
Nora, the Pride of Kilkee (Song for Baritone, and Mixed Chorus)	Hays	03382@LoC
O! Miss Susie! (Song and Chorus) [c1874]	Hays	1875-03122@LoC
Oh, Remember Them in Your Prayers (Song for Mezzo Soprano with Chorus, ad lib.) (Air: I'll Remember You in My Prayers [by Hays, 1869]) (from Living Waters)	Hays	10902@LoC
Old Caleb!	Hays	025/092
Out in the Snow; or, The Drunkard's Child (Song and Chorus)	Hays	05589@LoC
Out on the Sea [Song (and Chorus, ad lib.)]	Hays	05588@LoC
Poor Old Grandpa (Song and Chorus) [24 Aug.]	Hays	10896@LoC
Send for Mother	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
Sitting 'Round the Grate (Song and Chorus)	Hays	135/016; 14960@LoC
Susan Jane (for Guitar)	Hays	03345@LoC
Sweet Little May (Song and Chorus)	Hays	07921@LoC
Then and There (Song and Chorus) (arr. for Guitar, by W. L. Hayden)	Hays	05595@LoC
Walking on the Lawn (Song and Chorus)	Hays	10898@LoC
1875
100 Years Ago (Song and Chorus)	J. A. Nunes	015/043 (1876); 14183@LoC
Alone, and at Home (Ballad) (Song and Chorus)	Hays	03055@LoC (Song); 03119@LoC (Song and Chorus)
Angels Meet Me at the Cross Roads (Song and Chorus)	Hays	14160@LoC; 1876-03008@LoC; 025/004
Barney Machree (Song and Chorus)	Hays	06874@LoC
Beesmark	Hays	13444@LoC
Bessie, Will You love Me? (Song and Chorus)	Hays	06897@LoC
Call Her Back to Me?	Hays	Boston: Oliver Ditson Co.
Don't Forget Me, Hannah (Song and Chorus)	Hays	14182@LoC
Dora, Darling (Song and Chorus)	Hays	06871@LoC
Down Yonder in the Lane (Song and Chorus)	Hays	14179@LoC
Flirting on the Lake (Song and Chorus)	Hays	14175@LoC
Go! Flase One	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
How Are All at Home (by 'Percy')	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
I Will Be Home To-Night, Love (Song and Chorus) [31 Apr.]	Hays	03074@LoC
Is Mother There? (Song and Chorus)	Hays	09372@LoC
Jennie, the Flower of the Dell (Song and Chorus) (c1874)	Hays	03124@LoC
Jimmie Brown [the Paper Boy] (Song and Chorus)	Hays	03139@LoC
Madelaine Gray (Song with Chorus ad lib.)	Howard Paul	06858@LoC
My Dear Old Home (Song and Chorus)	Hays	06860@LoC
National Grange Song of America [by Hays?; c1875]	Hays[?]	1876-00372@LoC
Put The Right Man at the Wheel (Song and Chorus)	Hays	007/113; 03115@LoC
Sing, Darkies, Sing! (Dance Song and Chorus)	Hays	03066@LoC
The Footstep on the Stair	Hays [Allan Percy?]	14155@LoC
The Little Log Cabin's the Home After All (Song and Chorus)	Hays	09369@LoC
The Maid of Avondale (Song and Chorus)	Hays	06854@LoC
The Nobby Swell (Song and Chorus)	Hays	06869@LoC
The School-House on the Hill	Hays	045/017; 06832@LoC
Tie Crape on the Door, Willie's Dead! (Song and Chorus)	Hays	09366@LoC
When Little Mamie Died (Song and Chorus)	Hays	03125@LoC
Where Is My Loved One To-Night? (Song and Chorus)	Hays	00378@LoC
1876
Beautiful Child (Song and Chorus)	George Cooper	06366@LoC
Bonnie Jean O'Dair (Song and Chorus)	Hays	10627@LoC
Bring Back My Child (Song and Chorus)	Hays	06384@LoC
Busted, an' a Long Ways from Home	Hays	14729@LoC
De Bad Bob Lee [Fang mo-rang o-hay] (Song [and Chorus]) (c1876)	Hays	054/011; 1877-10152@LoC
Hurrah for '76, Sir	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
I Wish I Had a Home (Song and Chorus)	Hays	09002@LoC
Poor Little Wanderer (Song and Chorus)	Hays	106/122; 03007@LoC
Robin, Tell Willie I'm Waiting (Song and Chorus)	Hays	06362@LoC
Take Me Again to Your Heart	Hays	Ref: MCC
There's No Home Like the Old Home (Song and Chorus)	Hays	14758@LoC
Who's a Gwine to Take Care of Me? (Song and Chorus)	Hays	025/152; 03004@LoC
Write to Me Often (Song and Chorus)	Hays	14738@LoC
1877
Alone, All Alone (Song and Chorus)	Hays	05649@LoC
Cow Bells in the Lane [Song and Chorus]	anon.	05641@LoC
Down South Where the Sugar Cane Grows	Hays	025/029; a423@Duke; 05645@LoC
Early in de Morning (aka Early in de Mornin')	Hays	Duke; 01877@LoC
Good Time's Come Again (Song [and Chorus with Dance])	Hays	07393@LoC
I Took Her to the Ball (Song [and Chorus with Dance])	Hays	13570@LoC
Meet Me by the River Side (Song [and Chorus])	Hays	07402@LoC
Only a Flower There (Song and Chorus)	Hays	14838@LoC
Roll Out! Heave Dat Cotton	Hays	13563@LoC
The Old Gate on the Hill (Song and Chorus)	Hays	08546@LoC
1878
Barney Don't Forget	Hays	Boston: O. Ditson
Come Unto Me	Hays	05201@LoC
Eily Darling	Hays	03316@LoC
"God Helping Us"-- We Will (Temperance Song [and Chorus])	Hays	01796@LoC
Keep in de Middle ob de Road	Hays	025/060; 025/061; a2167@Duke; 11057@LoC
Nellie Brown (Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co.
Old Fashioned Fire-Place	Hays	15488@LoC
The Cabin on the Hill (Song and Chorus)	Hays	08310@LoC
The "Wolf at the Door"	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co.
When I Left My Home in Erin (Song and Chorus)	Hays	11056@LoC
Wife, Little Ones, and Home (Song and Chorus)	Hays	15775@LoC
1879
Farewell! But Not Forever! (Song and Chorus)	Hays	01448@LoC
Maggie Lee	Hays	14658@LoC
Maid of Miami (Song and Chorus)	Hays	07714@LoC
Nellie Wilder	Hays	14656@LoC
The Gelsemine Vine	Hays	14655@LoC
Whoa! I Tell You!	Hays	02567@LoC
1880
Ah, Sinny Days Ha' Past and Gang	'Wil P. Hale'	Cincinnati: Geo. D. Newhall and Co.
Come Back to the Old Home Again	????	????
Hancock Is Our Man (Song and Chorus)	Hays	11902@LoC
Hannah! Is You Dar	Hays	136/112
How Much Does the Baby Weigh? (Song and Chorus)	Hays	01656@LoC
Remember, I'm Your Friend (Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Cincinnati: Geo: D. Newhall and Co.
1881
Good Bye! I'm Gone	Hays	136/102; 13281@LoC
Kiss the Baby Once for Me	Hays	05317@LoC
Leaving Stella Yet a Little While to Wait (to the melody of The Little Old Cabin in the Lane [by Hays, 1871])	R. A. Robertson M. D.	18820@LoC
The Lily of the Valley (The Abiding Friend) (Hymn) [Tune: SALVATION (Hays)] [Music Adapted by Charles William Fry, 1838-1882] [21 Dec]	Charles William Fry, 1838-1882	p. 64 from The War Cry by The Salvation Army
1882
God Bless the Loved Ones at Home (c1882)	Hays	1883[15 Mar.]-21423@LoC; 1883[20 Feb.]-22936@LoC (arr. for guitar)
Kiss Papa Good-Night [c1882; 15 Mar. 1883]	Hays	1883[15 Mar.]-17751@LoC; 1883[20 Feb.]-22940@LoC (arr. for guitar)
1883
She Sleeps, or Sleep, My Loved One Sleep (Song and Chorus)	Hays	18453@LoC
1884
Cleveland Is Our Man (Song and Chorus) [1 Sep.]	Hays	007/016; 1884-17026@LoC
Mother's Parting at the Gate (Song and Chorus)	Hays	17025@LoC
Sunlight, Moonlight, Starlight (Song and Chorus) [7 Mar.]	Hays	04800@LoC
Sweet Birds Singing (Song and Chorus) [10 Mar.]	Hays	04802@LoC
1885
Rajah or Pe-Kong (Galop)	none	IMSLP (Louisville); Louisville, The Pe-Kong Tea Co.
1887
Dem Good Ole Days (A Beautiful Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Louisville: Rogers Tuley Company
De Ole Log Cabin (A Plantation Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Louisville: Rogers Tuley Co.
I Never Can Forget You	Hays	Cincinnat: Geo. D. Newhall
Josephine (A Beautiful Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Louisvile, KY: Rogers Tuley Company
Minnie May (Song and Chorus)	Hays	b0694@Duke
Old Fashioned Roses Are Sweetest	Hays	3353@UoSC; Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., Plate No. 52905-3
Waiting for Nora	Hays	Louisville: Rogers Tuley Co.
Who Tied That Crape on the Door? (A Beautiful Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Louisville: Rogers Tully Co.
1888
Cleveland and Thurman (A Rallying Democratic Campaign Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP(Louisville); Louisville: The Will S. Hays Music and Poetry Publishing Co.
Enter In (Sacred Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP(Louisville); Louisville: The Will S. Hays Music and Poetry Publishing Co.
1889
Go! I Forgive You	Hays	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
I'm Waiting for You Nora	Hays	Washington D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Pretty Minnie May	Hays	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Signal Bells at Sea	Hays	Boston: Oliver Ditson Co.
Sweet Bess O' Bonnie Doon	Hays	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
1890
My Baby	Hays	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
My Boy	Hays	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
O'Grady's Goat (Companion Song to McGinty)	Hays	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Old Friends	Hays	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Sleeping Lillies	J. Soule Smith, 'Falcon'	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
1891
Maud	Hays	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Song My Grandmother Sung	Hays	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
1892
Children Is Yer Ready Ter Go?	Hays	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Cleveland Is the Man[!] (Campaign Song and Chorus)	Hays	007/016@Levy; Washington D. C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Katie, I Love Only You	Hays	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Little Jake (Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP (Louisville); Cincinnati: A. H. Hugh Printing
My Sweetheart	Kate M. Neville	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
The Guiding Star (Song) [circa 1892]	Hays	IMSLP(Louisville); [Cincinnati: W. W. Pike?]
When I Am Gone	Hays	Washinton D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
1893
Hulda Hawkins' Ball	Hays	Cincinnati: Geo. B. Jennings Co.
1897
The White Cap My Grandmother Wore	Hays	Louisville: Courier-Journal
1900
Cum a Runnin' (Song and Chorus)	Hays	IMSLP(Louisville)

Of Unknown Publication Dates
Title	Words	Source
Cooing Doves	???	Ref: MCC
Darling Little Mamie	???	Ref: MCC
De Cabin in de Lane (Dem Good Old Days)	???	Ref: MCC
Gathering Up the Shells on the Shore	???	Ref: MCC
Hanna, Ain't You Glad You Came	???	Ref: MCC
Home Beyond the Sky	???	Ref: MCC
I'll Never Forget You	???	Ref: MCC
I Valk dat Broadway Down	Hays	Ref: MCC
If You Loved Me	???	Washington D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Last Trip	Hays	Washington D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Little Old Log Cabin in de Woods	???	Washington D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Mary (You, Only You)	???	Washington D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Maudy	???	Ref: MCC
Mother's Love	???	Ref: MCC
No One to Love	???	Ref: MCC
O Cup of Sparkling Crystal	???	Ref: MCC
Old Ike	???	Louisville: D. H. Baldwin and Co.
Old Road Around the Hill	???	Ref: MCC
Only a Poor Old Tramp	???	Ref: MCC
Sinner's Soul	Hays	Washington D.C.: John F. Ellis and Co.
Summer Bloom Has Passed Away	???	Ref: MCC
The Moon Won't Tell	???	???
The Mothers of the West	Wm. D. Gallagher	Ref: MCC
The Sailor Boy at Sea	???	Ref: MCC
Tilden and Reform	Hays	New York: J. L. Peters
We're Young Again	???	Ref: MCC
We Have a Little Song	???	Ref: MCC

Books
Poems and Songs [156 pages]	1895	Louisville, Ky: Chas. T. Dearing

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Webpage contents and all MIDI files areCopyright © 1999-2014 by Benjamin Robert Tubb.All Rights Reserved. Created on 20 April 1999.Last updated 2 July 2014.

The Music of
William Shakespeare Hays

1837-1907

Webpage contents and all MIDI files are
Copyright © 1999-2014 by Benjamin Robert Tubb.
All Rights Reserved.
Created on 20 April 1999.
Last updated 2 July 2014.