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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hamm, Charles.
Irving Berlin: songs from the melting pot:
the formative years, 1907-1914 / Charles Hamm.
p. cm.
Includes bibliography and discography of Berlin's early songs and index.

ISBN 0-19-507188-3

1. Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
2. Composers -- United States -- Biography.
I. Title.
ML410.B499H36 1996
782.42164'092 -- dc20
[B] 96-6335

The following sheet music covers are reprinted courtesy of the Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet
Music, Special Collections, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University:
"Pick, Pick, Pick, Pick On The Mandolin, Antonio"
"Do Your Dury Doctor"
"They've Got Me Doin' It Now"
"She Was a Dear Little Girl"
"Dog Gone That Chilly Man"

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