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


Barndomshemmet (1921)	P. Dresser	Grace Eklund Carlson Florence Eklund Reims	Victor: B-25865
Barndomshemmet (1923)	P. Dresser	Joseph Lycell	Victor: B-29016
Calling to Her Boy Just Once Again (1901)	P. Dresser	Joseph Natus	Victor: [Pre- B-]3111
Glory to God (1904)	P. Dresser	R.J. José	Victor: C-930
In Dear Old Illinois (1903)	P. Dresser	John H. Bieling Harry MacDonough	Victor: B-496
Mr. Volunteer (1903)	P. Dresser	Joseph Natus	Victor: B-6
My Gal Sal (1905)	P. Dresser	Byron George Harlan	Victor: B-2538
On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (1902)	P. Dresser	S. Porter	Victor: [Pre- A-]864
On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (1912)	P. Dresser	John H. Bieling W.V. Brunt William F. Hooley Harry MacDonough S. Porter	Victor: B-12676
On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (1924)	P. Dresser	Orville Harrold	Victor: B-29883
On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (1924)	P. Dresser	James Doherty	Edison: 9533
Voice of the Hudson, The (1903)	P. Dresser	Joseph Natus	Victor: B-29
Way Down in Old Indiana (1902)	P. Dresser	John W. Myers	Victor: [Pre- B-]1228
Way Down in Old Indiana (1924)	P. Dresser	Orville Harrold	Victor: B-29884
When I'm Away From You, Dear (1904)	P. Dresser	R.J. José	Victor: C-2024
Your Mother Wants You Home, Boy (And She Wants You Mighty Bad) (1904)	P. Dresser	R.J. José	Victor: B-898

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	On the Banks of the Wabash	Clayton W. Henderson

Monologues

This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	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 Indiana
Baby Adrift at Sea (1890), A	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Baby Slumbers (1897)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Blind Mother (1889), The	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Blue and the Gray - Song (1890), The	P. Dresser (w&m) Zoa Matthews (perf.) Josie Flynn (perf.) James Gibbons (perf.) Tom Mack (perf.) May Wentworth (perf.) R.J. José (perf.) M. Tressider (perf.) M. Tressider (perf.) Harry Oestreicher (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Scholars Junction Indiana
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) R.J. José (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
⇑Come Home Dewey, We Won't Do a Thing to You (1899)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Come Tell Me What's Your Answer, Yes or No (1898)	P. Dresser (music) Theodore F Morse (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Convict and the Bird (1888), The	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Curse (1887), The	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Curse of the Dreamer (1899), The	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Days Gone By (1890)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Don't Tell Her That You Love Her (1896)	P. Dresser (music) Joe M Woods (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Dream of My Boyhood's Days (1896), A	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
⇑Every Night There's a Light (1898)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Give Us Just Another Lincoln (1900)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Glory to God (1902)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Green Above the Red (1900), The	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
He Brought Home Another (1896)	P. Dresser (music) R. Moore (words) R. Moore (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
He Didn't Seem Glad to See Me (1893)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
He Fought For the Cause He Thought Was Right (1896)	P. Dresser (w&m) Harry Sheldon (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (1893)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
⇑I Was Looking For My Boy (1895)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
I Wish That You Were Here To-Night (1896)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
I Wonder if She'll Ever Come Back to Me (1896)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
I Wonder Where She Is To-Night? (1899)	P. Dresser (music) George B Alexander (words) R. Moore (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
I'se Your Nigger if You Wants Me Liza Jane (1896)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
If You See My Sweetheart (1897)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
In Good Old New York Town (1900)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
In the Sweet Summer Time (1897)	P. Dresser (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑Jean (1895)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Just Tell Them That You Saw Me (1895)	P. Dresser (w&m) James Cavanagh (perf.) Nellie Parker (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Indiana	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 Indiana	Pub.
Love's Promise (1887)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Mother Told Me So (1897)	P. Dresser (music) Charles M Fischer (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Mr. Volunteer (1901)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
My Gal Sal (1905)	P. Dresser (w&m) Louise Dresser (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
⇑Niggah Loves His Possum (1905)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Old Flame Flickers and I Wonder Why (1898), The	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (1897)	P. Dresser (w&m) Lydia Barry (perf.) Gertie Gilson (perf.) Howard & Emerson (perf.) Jos. Howard (perf.) Orville Harrold (perf.) J.P. Curran (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana	Pub.
On the Shores of Havana, Far Away (1898)	P. Dresser (music) Andrew B. Sterling (words) J.B. Maxwell (perf.) Alfred L Simpson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Once Ev'ry Year (1894)	P. Dresser (w&m) Primrose & West's Minstrels (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Only a Stranger (1987)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Our Country, May She Always Be Right, But Our Country, Right or Wrong (1898)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Outcast Unknown (1887), The	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑Pardon Came Too Late (1891), The	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Rosie, Sweet Rosabel (1893)	P. Dresser (w&m) J. Aldrich Libbey (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Sailor's Grave by the Sea (1897), A	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Say Yes, Love (1896)	P. Dresser (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Show Me the Way (1896)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Sweet Savannah (1898)	P. Dresser (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Take a Seat Old Lady (1894)	P. Dresser (w&m) Myer Cohen (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
That Letter Never Came (1886)	P. Dresser (w&m) May Howard (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	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. José (perf.) Maude Creting (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Tis All that I Have to Remember Her By (1895)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Tootsey and Wootsey (1886)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Town Where I Was Born (1905), The	P. Dresser (w&m) Wilbur C. Held (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Voice of the Hudson (1903), The	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Way Down in Old Indiana (1901)	P. Dresser (w&m) R.J. José (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
We Are Coming Cuba, Coming : (1898)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑We Fight To-Morrow, Mother (1898)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
We Were Sweethearts for Many Years (1895)	P. Dresser (w&m) Edward Jobson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Where Are the Friends of Other Days? (1903)	P. Dresser (music) R.J. José (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
You're Going Far Away, Lad (1897)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
You'se Just a Little Nigger, Still You'se Mine, All Mine (1898)	P. Dresser (w&m) William H. Windom (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Your God Comes First, Your Country Next, Then Mother Dear (1898)	P. Dresser (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Your Mother Wants You Home, Boy (And She Wants You Mighty Bad) (1904)	P. Dresser (w&m) William Redmond (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 114 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


That Letter Never Came (w&m)	1886	May Howard (perf.)
Tootsey and Wootsey (w&m)	1886		Pub.
Curse, The (w&m)	1887
Love's Promise (w&m)	1887		Pub.
Outcast Unknown, The (w&m)	1887		Pub.
Convict and the Bird, The (w&m)	1888		Pub.
Here Lies an Actor	1888		Pub.
I Long to Hear From Home	1888		Pub.
Blind Mother, The (w&m)	1889		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.) James Gibbons (perf.) Richard J. José (perf.) Arthur Loftus (perf.) Tom Mack (perf.) Zoa Matthews (perf.) Harry Oestreicher (perf.) Myrtle Tressider (perf.) May Wentworth (perf.)
Blue and the Gray, The	1890	Arr. by Benjamin M Jerome	Pub.
Days Gone By (w&m)	1890		Pub.
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.

1892-1896

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I'm Going Far Away, Love	1892
My Flag! My Flag!	1892		Pub.
There's a Ship (w&m)	1892		Pub.
When Mother First Taught Me to Pray	1892
He Didn't Seem Glad to See Me (w&m)	1893
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (w&m)	1893
I Told Her the Same Old Story (w&m)	1893
Rosie, Sweet Rosabel (w&m)	1893	J. Aldrich Libbey (perf.)
Once Ev'ry Year (w&m)	1894	Primrose & West's Minstrels (perf.)
Take a Seat Old Lady (w&m)	1894	Myer Cohen (perf.)	Pub.
Three Old Sports From Oklahoma	1894		Pub.
⇑ Battery, The	1895	Leo C Evans (words)	Pub.
I Was Looking For My Boy (w&m)	1895		Pub.
Jean (w&m)	1895		Pub.
Just Tell Them That You Saw Me (w&m)	1895	James Cavanagh (perf.) Ola Hayden (perf.) Nellie Parker (perf.)	Pub.
Tis All that I Have to Remember Her By (w&m)	1895		Pub.
We Were Sweethearts for Many Years (w&m)	1895	Edward Jobson (perf.)	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) Raymon Moore (perf.)	Pub.
He Fought For the Cause He Thought Was Right (w&m)	1896	Harry Sheldon (perf.)	Pub.
Honest Little Dollar	1896	William McKinley (perf.)
I Wish That You Were Here To-Night (w&m)	1896		Pub.
⇑ I Wonder if She'll Ever Come Back to Me (w&m)	1896		Pub.
I'se Your Nigger if You Wants Me Liza Jane (w&m)	1896	Verona Jarbeau (perf.)	Pub.

1896-1899

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Say Yes, Love	1896
Show Me the Way (w&m)	1896		Pub.
Yes I'll Wait Awhile	1896		Pub.
Baby Slumbers (w&m)	1897
Don't Forget Your Old Parents at Home	1897	Charles M Fischer (words)
If You See My Sweetheart (w&m)	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.) Lydia Barry (perf.) John H. Bieling (perf.) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Annie Carter (perf.) Emma Carus (perf.) John P. Curran (perf.) Bessie Davis (perf.) James Doherty (perf.) Gertie Gilson (perf.) Orville Harrold (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Howard & Emerson (perf.) Jos. Howard (perf.) Caroline Hull (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.) Steve Porter (perf.)	Pub.
Sailor's Grave by the Sea, A (w&m)	1897		Pub.
You're Going Far Away, Lad (w&m)	1897		Pub.
⇑ Come Tell Me What's Your Answer, Yes or No	1898	Theodore F Morse (words)	Pub.
Every Night There's a Light (w&m)	1898		Pub.
Old Flame Flickers and I Wonder Why, The (w&m)	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 (w&m)	1898		Pub.
Path That Leads the Other Way, The	1898		Pub.
Perhaps You'll Regret Someday	1898	Theo F. Morse (words)
Sweet Savannah	1898	Jere Mahoney (perf.)	Pub.
We Are Coming Cuba, Coming : (w&m)	1898		Pub.
We Fight To-Morrow, Mother (w&m)	1898		Pub.
You'se Just a Little Nigger, Still You'se Mine, All Mine (w&m)	1898	Benjamin H. Jefferson (perf.) Kitty Mitchell (perf.) William H. Windom (perf.)	Pub.
Your God Comes First, Your Country Next, Then Mother Dear (w&m)	1898		Pub.
⇑ Come Home Dewey, We Won't Do a Thing to You (w&m)	1899		Pub.
Curse of the Dreamer, The (w&m)	1899		Pub.

1899-1903

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I Wonder Where She Is To-Night?	1899	George B Alexander (words) Raymon Moore (perf.)
In Good Old New York Town	1899
Bethlehem	1900		Pub.
Calling to Her Boy Just Once Again (w&m)	1900	Richard J. José (perf.) Joseph Natus (perf.)	Pub.
Give Us Just Another Lincoln (w&m)	1900		Pub.
Green Above the Red, The (w&m)	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
In Good Old New York Town (w&m)	1900		Pub.
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	Joseph Natus (perf.)	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	Maude Creting (perf.) Richard J. José (perf.)	Pub.
Way Down in Old Indiana (w&m)	1901	Orville Harrold (perf.) Richard J. José (perf.) John W. Myers (perf.)	Pub.
When the Birds Have Sung Themselves to Sleep	1901
Glory to God (w&m)	1902	Richard J. José (perf.)	Pub.
In Dear Old Illinois	1902	John H. Bieling (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.)
When You Come Back They'll Wonder Who the -- You Are	1902	Alfred James Dewey (words)	Pub.
Boys Are Coming Home Today, The (w&m)	1903		Pub.
⇑ Lincoln, Grant and Lee (w&m)	1903		Pub.
Voice of the Hudson, The (w&m)	1903	Joseph Natus (perf.)	Pub.

1903-1987

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Where Are the Friends of Other Days?	1903	Richard J. José (perf.)
She Went to the City	1904
When I'm Away From You, Dear (w&m)	1904	Richard J. José (perf.)	Pub.
Your Mother Wants You Home, Boy (And She Wants You Mighty Bad) (w&m)	1904	Richard J. José (perf.) William Redmond (perf.)	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.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Jerry Murad's Harmonicats (perf.)
Niggah Loves His Possum (w&m)	1905	Carroll Johnson (perf.)
Town Where I Was Born, The (w&m)	1905	Wilbur C. Held (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Judgment Is at Hand, The	1906
Barndomshemmet	1921	Karl-Ewert (words) Grace Eklund Carlson (perf.) Joseph Lycell (perf.) Florence Eklund Reims (perf.)
Only a Stranger (w&m)	1987

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


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