Paul Dresser (1857-1906)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Paul Dresser (born Johann Paul Dreiser, Jr.) was an American singer, songwriter, comedic actor and publisher. He also performed in traveling minstrel and medicine-wagon shows and as a vaudeville entertainer. Becoming very wealthy, Dresser sold his songs through sheet music publishers, especially in Tin Pan Alley. As well as establishing his own business, Paul Dresser Pub. Co., he was also partner in the music publisher Howley, Haviland & Dresser.
A colourful figure, Dresser composed and published more than 150 song his biggest hit being On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (1897) went on to be the official state song of Indiana in 1913.

Websites:
	Paul Dresser	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: Paul Dresser	List of 117 historic recordings from 1896 to 1942.

Paul Dresser (1857-1906) has at least 6 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Blue and the Gray, The Introducing "The Sousa Girl."
Music by: Paul Dresser.

Publisher:	Howley, Haviland & Dresser
Suppliers:
Printed: 1900.	Sheet Music.

I Wonder Where She Is To-Night?
Music by: Paul Dresser.
Words by: George B Alexander

Publisher:	Howley, Haviland & Dresser
Suppliers:
Printed: 1899.	Sheet Music.

Mother Told Me So
Music by: Paul Dresser.
Words by: Charles M Fischer

Publisher:	Lyon & Healy
Suppliers:
Printed: 1897.	Sheet Music.

On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away
Music by: Paul Dresser.

Publisher:	Howley, Haviland & Dresser
Suppliers:	B07NDNB4MM: not available.
⇑ Printed: 1897.	Sheet Music.

Town Where I Was Born, The
Music by: Paul Dresser.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Voice of the Hudson, The
Music by: Paul Dresser.
Words by: Alfred James Dewey

Publisher:	Howley, Haviland & Dresser
Suppliers:
Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


	On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (1914)		Vernon Archibald	Edison Blue Amberol: 2147
	Sweet Savannah (1899)		Jere Mahoney	Edison Record: 5907

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	In Dear Old Illinois (1903)	P. Dresser	Harry MacDonough John H. Bieling	Victor: B-496

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	On the Banks of the Wabash	Clayton W. Henderson

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Just Tell Them That You Saw Me	Paul Dresser (words & music)
	My Gal Sal	Paul Dresser (words & music) Louise Dresser (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


After the Battles (1905)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Baby Adrift at Sea (1890), A	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Baby Slumbers (1897)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Blue and the Gray - Song (1890), The	P. Dresser (w&m) Zoa Matthews (perf.) Josie Flynn (perf.) M. Tressider (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana Scholars Junction
Boys Are Coming Home Today (1903), The	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Calling to Her Boy Just Once Again (1900)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Dream of My Boyhood's Days (1896), A	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑Lincoln, Grant and Lee (1903)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Lone Grave (1890), The	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Mr. Volunteer (1901)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Niggah Loves His Possum (1905)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (1897)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Kirk Kirk Indiana	Pub.
Only a Stranger (1987)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Pardon Came Too Late (1891), The	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Sailor's Grave by the Sea (1897), A	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑There's a Ship (1892)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
There's No North or South Today (1901)	P. Dresser (w&m) R.J. Rose (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Tis All that I Have to Remember Her By (1895)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Tootsey and Wootsey (1886)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
We Were Sweethearts for Many Years (1895)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 96 works by Paul Dresser (1857-1906). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

1886-1892

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Tootsey and Wootsey (w&m)	1886
Curse, The	1887
Convict and the Bird :, The	1888		Pub.
Here Lies an Actor	1888		Pub.
I Long to Hear From Home	1888		Pub.
Always Show Respect, Joe	1890		Pub.
Baby Adrift at Sea, A (w&m)	1890		Pub.
Band Played Annie Laurie, The	1890		Pub.
Blue and the Gray - Song, The (w&m)	1890	Maud Amber (perf.) Josie Flynn (perf.) Richard J. José (perf.) Arthur Loftus (perf.) Zoa Matthews (perf.) Myrtle Tressider (perf.)
Did You Ever Hear a Nigger Say ''Wow''?	1890
Little Fannie McIntyre	1890
⇑ Lone Grave, The (w&m)	1890		Pub.
There'll Be Weeping, There'll Be Wailing	1890
You Spoke Unkindly to Your Mother, Jack	1890
I'll Keep These Letters For Her Sake	1891	Julian Holmes (words)
Just to See Mother's Face Once Again	1891		Pub.
Pardon Came Too Late, The (w&m)	1891		Pub.
We've Not Met in Years	1891		Pub.
He Was a Soldier	1892		Pub.
I'm Going Far Away, Love	1892		Pub.

1892-1896

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


My Flag! My Flag!	1892
There's a Ship (w&m)	1892		Pub.
When Mother First Taught Me to Pray	1892
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (w&m)	1893
I Told Her the Same Old Story (w&m)	1893
Once Ev'ry Year	1894
Three Old Sports From Oklahoma	1894
Battery, The	1895	Leo C Evans (words)	Pub.
I Was Looking For My Boy	1895		Pub.
Just Tell Them That You Saw Me (w&m)	1895	Ola Hayden (perf.)	Pub.
Tis All that I Have to Remember Her By (w&m)	1895		Pub.
⇑ We Were Sweethearts for Many Years (w&m)	1895		Pub.
Don't Tell Her That You Love Her	1896	Joe M Woods (words)	Pub.
Dream of My Boyhood's Days, A (w&m)	1896		Pub.
He Brought Home Another	1896	Raymon Moore (words)	Pub.
He Fought For the Cause He Thought Was Right	1896	Harry Sheldon (words)	Pub.
Honest Little Dollar	1896	William McKinley (perf.)
I Wish That You Were Here To-Night	1896	Jay Hambidge (words)	Pub.
I'se Your Nigger if You Wants Me Liza Jane	1896	Verona Jarbeau (perf.)
Say Yes, Love	1896		Pub.

1896-1899

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Yes I'll Wait Awhile	1896
Baby Slumbers (w&m)	1897
Don't Forget Your Old Parents at Home	1897	Charles M Fischer (words)
If You See My Sweetheart	1897		Pub.
In the Sweet Summer Time	1897		Pub.
Mother Told Me So	1897	Charles M Fischer (words)	Pub.
On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (w&m)	1897	Vernon Archibald (perf.) Annie Carter (perf.) Emma Carus (perf.) Bessie Davis (perf.) Caroline Hull (perf.)	Pub.
Sailor's Grave by the Sea, A (w&m)	1897		Pub.
You're Going Far Away, Lad	1897		Pub.
Come Tell Me What's Your Answer, Yes or No	1898	Theodore F Morse (words)	Pub.
Every Night There's a Light	1898		Pub.
⇑ On the Shores of Havana, Far Away	1898	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Joseph B. Maxwell (perf.) Alfred L Simpson (perf.)	Pub.
Our Country, May She Always Be Right, But Our Country, Right or Wrong	1898		Pub.
Path That Leads the Other Way, The	1898		Pub.
Perhaps You'll Regret Someday	1898	Theo F. Morse (words)
We Are Coming Cuba, Coming :	1898		Pub.
We Fight To-Morrow, Mother	1898		Pub.
You'se Just a Little Nigger, Still You'se Mine, All Mine	1898	Benjamin H. Jefferson (perf.) Kitty Mitchell (perf.)	Pub.
Your God Comes First, Your Country Next, Then Mother Dear	1898		Pub.
Come Home Dewey, We Won't Do a Thing to You	1899		Pub.

1899-1902

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I Wonder Where She Is To-Night?	1899	George B Alexander (words)
In Good Old New York Town	1899
Sweet Savannah	1899	Jere Mahoney (perf.)
Bethlehem	1900		Pub.
Blue and the Gray, The	1900	Arr. by Benjamin M Jerome	Pub.
Calling to Her Boy Just Once Again (w&m)	1900		Pub.
Give Us Just Another Lincoln	1900		Pub.
I Ain't Got No Happy Home to Leave	1900
I'd Still Believe You True	1900	Charles Kent (words)	Pub.
If You Love Your Baby Make Goo Goo Eyes	1900
Two Irish Eyes of Tender Blue	1900		Pub.
⇑ When the Moon Comes Up Behind the Hill	1900	Edgar Keller (words)	Pub.
Wrap Me in the Stars & Stripes	1900	Richard Jose (words)	Pub.
In the Great Somewhere	1901
Mr. Volunteer (w&m)	1901		Pub.
My Heart Still Clings to the Old First Love	1901	C S Crane (words)	Pub.
There's No North or South Today (w&m)	1901	R.J. Rose (perf.)	Pub.
Way Down in Old Indiana	1901
When the Birds Have Sung Themselves to Sleep	1901
In Dear Old Illinois	1902	John H. Bieling (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.)

1902-1987

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


When You Come Back They'll Wonder Who the -- You Are	1902	Alfred James Dewey (words)
Boys Are Coming Home Today, The (w&m)	1903		Pub.
Lincoln, Grant and Lee (w&m)	1903		Pub.
Voice of the Hudson, The	1903	Alfred James Dewey (words)	Pub.
Where Are the Friends of Other Days?	1903
She Went to the City	1904
When I'm Away From You, Dear	1904	Richard Jose (words)	Pub.
After the Battles (w&m)	1905
Day That You Grew Colder, The	1905		Pub.
Evalyne	1905	George Primrose (words)	Pub.
Jim Judson	1905
⇑ My Gal Sal (w&m)	1905	Louise Dresser (perf.) Jerry Murad's Harmonicats (perf.)
Niggah Loves His Possum (w&m)	1905	Carroll Johnson (perf.)
Town Where I Was Born, The	1905		Pub.
Judgment Is at Hand, The	1906
Only a Stranger (w&m)	1987

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	P. Dresser	On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (2:07)	Annie Carter