Bert A. Williams (1874-1922)
Last updated: 14.03.25
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Dat's Harmony (1912) | B.A. Williams | R.S. Roberts | Edison Amberol: 887 |
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Dat's Harmony (1912) | B.A. Williams | Arthur Collins | U.S. Everlasting Record: 437 |
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He's a Cousin of Mine (1906) | B.A. Williams | R.S. Roberts | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9412 |
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Let It Alone (1907) | B.A. Williams | Ada Jones | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9507 |
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Nobody (1905) | B.A. Williams | Arthur Collins | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9084 |
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Believe Me! (1909) | Unknown | |
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By-Gone Days in Dixie (1909) | Unknown | |
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Dat's Harmony (1911) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Fas', Fas' World (1907) | Unknown | |
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Harbor of Lost Dreams (1909), The | Unknown | |
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I Don't Like No Cheap Man (1897) | George Walker | Unknown |
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My Ole Man (1909) | Unknown | |
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No Coon Can Come Too Black For Me (1898) | W. Smart | Unknown |
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Nobody (1905) | Unknown | |
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That's a Plenty (1909) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Vampire (1914), The | James Pitt-Payne | |
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You're Gwine to Get Somethin' What You Don't Expect (1910) | James Pitt-Payne |
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I'm Tired of Eating in the Restaurants (1906) | B.A. Williams | B.A. Williams | Columbia Phonograph Company: 32990 |
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Oh, I Don't Know, or, I Thought I Was a Winner (1896) | B.A. Williams | Fred Feild | SMS 01219 |
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⇑Rastus Johnson, U. S. A (1906) | B.A. Williams | Williams & Walker | SMS 01256 |
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I'm Tired of Eating in the Restaurants (1906) | B.A. Williams | B.A. Williams | Columbia Phonograph Company: 32990 |
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In the Land Where the Women Wear the Trousers (1909) | B.A. Williams | Harry Bluff as Fred Mayne | Columbia: 26723 |
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I'm Sorry I Ain't Got It, You Could Have It if I Had It Blues (1919) | T. Snyder | B.A. Williams | Columbia: 78828 |
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Believe Me! (1909) | B.A. Williams (music) B.A. Williams (perf.) Ned Norton (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer |  |
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By-Gone Days in Dixie (1909) | B.A. Williams (music) Alex Rogers (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Dance of the Toads (1898) | B.A. Williams (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Dat's Harmony (1911) | B.A. Williams (music) G. Clarke (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Dora Dean (1896) | B.A. Williams (music) Billie S. Clifford (perf.) Maud Huth (perf.) |
Piano | IMSLP | |
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Fas', Fas' World (1907) | B.A. Williams (music) Alex Rogers (words) Williams & Walker (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Sheet Music Singer |
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Harbor of Lost Dreams (1909), The | B.A. Williams (music) Alex Rogers (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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⇑I Don't Like No Cheap Man (1897) | B.A. Williams (music) George Walker (coauth.) B.A. Williams (perf.) George Walker (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Island of By and By (1906), The | B.A. Williams (music) Alex Rogers (words) Aida Overton Walker (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Let It Alone (1906) | B.A. Williams (music) Alex Rogers (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
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Ma Lady Annabelle (1905) | B.A. Williams (music) Earle C. Jones (words) Carroll Johnson (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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My Ole Man (1909) | B.A. Williams (music) | Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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No Coon Can Come Too Black For Me (1898) | B.A. Williams (w&m) W. Smart (coauth.) Johnson & Dean (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Nobody (1905) | B.A. Williams (music) Alex Rogers (words) Clifford & Burke (perf.) Lew Dockstader (perf.) Geo Sydney (perf.) Tom Lancaster (perf.) Emile Subers (perf.) Matthews & Ashley (perf.) R. Cox (perf.) La Petite Mignon (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Oh, I Don't Know, or, I Thought I Was a Winner (1896) | B.A. Williams (music) | Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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⇑Rastus Johnson, U. S. A (1906) | B.A. Williams (music) Williams & Walker (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Santa Fé (1910) | B.A. Williams (w&m) Egbert Van Alstyne (coauth.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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She's Getting More Like the White Folks Every Day (1901) | B.A. Williams (music) George Walker (coauth.) Williams & Walker (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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That's a Plenty (1909) | B.A. Williams (w&m) H. Creamer (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Sheet Music Singer |
Pub. |
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Voodoo Man (1900), The | B.A. Williams (music) George Walker (coauth.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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You're Gwine to Get Somethin' What You Don't Expect (1910) | B.A. Williams (music) V. Bryan (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Sheet Music Singer |
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Phrenologist Coon (1901), The | W. Accooe (music) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Eve Cost Adam Just One Bone (1921) | C.A. Bayha (music) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Somebody Lied (1907) | J.T. Branen (w&m) E. Lloyd (coauth.) Clifford & Burke (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | YorkSpace | |
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Ev'rybody's Crazy 'bout the Doggone Blues (1918) | H. Creamer (w&m) T. Layton (coauth.) B.A. Williams (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano | Sheet Music Singer Indiana |
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I Thought My Troubles Were Over (1906) | S.O. Jones (music) Roger Gray (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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You'll Find Old Dixieland in France (1918) | G.W. Meyer (music) G. Clarke (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910) | L.F. Muir (music) W. Tracey (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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⇑I May Be Crazy, But I Ain't No Fool (1904) | A. Rogers (music) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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You Can't Get Away From It (1913) | J. Schwartz (music) W. Jerome (words) G. Clarke (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana |
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It's Nobody's Business But My Own (1919) | W.E. Skidmore (music) Marshall Walker (coauth.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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I Want to Know Where Tosti Went (1920) | C. Smith (w&m) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Right Church But the Wrong Pew, The (1908) | C. Smith (music) C. Mack (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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⇑I Ain't Got Nobody Much and Nobody Cares For Me (1915) | S. Williams (music) Roger Graham (words) S. Tucker (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) Marion Harris (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
The peformer is featured on 32 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
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Phrenologist Coon (1901), The | Will Accooe | Bert A. Williams (perf.) | |
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Eve Cost Adam Just One Bone (1921) | Charles A. Bayha | Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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Moon Shines on the Moonshine (1920), The | Robert Hood Bowers | Francis De Witt (words)
Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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Somebody Lied (1907) | Jeff T. Branen(w&m) | Evans Lloyd (co-author)
Clifford & Burke (perf.) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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Bon Bon Buddy (1907) | Will Marion Cook | Alex Rogers (words)
Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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Ev'rybody's Crazy 'bout the Doggone Blues (1918) | Henry Creamer(w&m) | Turner Layton (co-author)
Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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You Can't Shake That Shimmie Here (1919) | Ford T. Dabney | Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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Land Where the Women Wear the Trousers (1909) | Fred Godfrey(w&m) | Bert A. Williams (perf.) | |
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I Thought My Troubles Were Over (1906) | Stephen O. Jones | Roger Gray (words)
Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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You'll Find Old Dixieland in France (1918) | George W. Meyer | Grant Clarke (words)
Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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⇑Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910) | Lewis F. Muir | William Tracey (words)
Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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I May Be Crazy, But I Ain't No Fool (1904) | Alexander Rogers | Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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Nobody (1905) | Alexander Rogers(w&m) | Bert A. Williams (perf.) | |
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You Can't Get Away From It (1913) | Jean Schwartz | William Jerome (words) Grant Clarke (words) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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It's Nobody's Business But My Own (1919) | Will E. Skidmore | Marshall Walker (co-author)
Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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Right Church But the Wrong Pew (1908), The | Chris Smith | Cecil Mack (words)
Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew (1908) | Chris Smith | Cecil Mack (words)
Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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I Want to Know Where Tosti Went (1920) | Chris Smith(w&m) | Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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You'll Never Need a Doctor No More (1921) | Chris Smith | Chris smith (words)
Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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I'm Sorry I Ain't Got It, You Could Have It if I Had It Blues (1919) | Ted Snyder | Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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⇑I Ain't Got Nobody Much and Nobody Cares For Me (1915) | Spencer Williams | Roger Graham (words)
Marion Harris (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 57 works by Bert A. Williams (1874-1922).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
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| Dora Dean | 1896 | Billie S. Clifford (perf.) Nat Clifford (perf.) Maud Huth (perf.) |
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| Mammy's Little Pickaninny Boy | 1896 | George Walker (co-author) | |
| Miss Brown's Cake Walk | 1896 | |
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| Oh! I Don't Know, You're Not So Warm! | 1896 | Bert A. Williams (perf.) | Pub. |
| Oh, I Don't Know, or, I Thought I Was a Winner | 1896 | Fred Feild (perf.) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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| When Miss Maria Johnson Marries Me | 1896 | George Walker (words) Lew Dockstader (perf.) |
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| De Darkies' Jubilee | 1897 | ||
| I Don't Like No Cheap Man | 1897 | George Walker (co-author) George Walker (perf.) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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| Dance of the Toads | 1898 | |
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| He's Up Against the Real Thing Now | 1898 | Williams & Walker (perf.) | |
| I'm a Cooler For the Warmest Coon in Town | 1898 | George Walker (co-author) | Pub. |
| ⇑ No Coon Can Come Too Black For Me (w&m) | 1898 | Walter Smart (co-author) Johnson & Dean (perf.) |
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| Not a Coon Came Out the Way That He Went In | 1898 | George Walker (co-author) | Pub. |
| Trip to Coontown, A | 1898 | Bob Cole (words) J. Weldon Johnson (words) |
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| Why Don't You Get a Lady of Your Own | 1898 | George Walker (words) Williams & Walker (perf.) |
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| Medicine Man, The | 1899 | George Walker (co-author) Williams & Walker (perf.) |
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| Snap Shot Sal | 1899 | George Walker (co-author) | |
| Sousa Outdone by the Colored Band | 1899 | George Walker (words) | |
| Blackville Strutters Ball, The | 1900 | George Walker (co-author) | |
| Ghost of a Coon | 1900 | George Walker (words) | |
| I Want to Be a Military Man | 1900 | George Walker (words) | |
| Voodoo Man, The | 1900 | George Walker (co-author) Williams & Walker (perf.) |
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| Fortune Telling Man, The | 1901 | George Walker (words) Williams & Walker (perf.) |
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| She's Getting More Like the White Folks Every Day | 1901 | George Walker (co-author) Williams & Walker (perf.) |
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| When Zacharias Leads the Band | 1901 | Williams & Walker (perf.) | |
| It A'int No Use to Sing Dem Songs to Me | 1902 | Irene Franklin (perf.) | |
| When It's All Goin' Out, and Nothin' Comin' In | 1902 | George Walker (words) | |
| ⇑ Ma Lady Annabelle | 1905 | Earle C. Jones (words) Carroll Johnson (perf.) |
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| Nobody | 1905 | Alex Rogers (words) Clifford & Burke (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Ray Cox (perf.) Lew Dockstader (perf.) Tom Lancaster (perf.) Matthews & Ashley (perf.) La Petite Mignon (perf.) Emile Subers (perf.) Geo Sydney (perf.) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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| He's a Cousin of Mine | 1906 | Robert S. Roberts (perf.) | |
| Here It Comes Again | 1906 | Williams & Walker (perf.) | |
| I'm Tired of Eating in the Restaurants | 1906 | Bert A. Williams (words) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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| Island of By and By, The | 1906 | Alex Rogers (words) Aida Overton Walker (perf.) |
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| Jolly Jungle Boys, The | 1906 | Williams & Walker (perf.) | |
| Let It Alone | 1906 | Alex Rogers (words) Ada Jones (perf.) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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| Rastus Johnson, U. S. A | 1906 | Williams & Walker (perf.) | Pub. |
| Fas', Fas' World | 1907 | Alex Rogers (words) Williams & Walker (perf.) |
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| I Used to Be Afraid to Go Home in the Dark (w&m) | 1908 | Egbert A. van Alstyne (co-author) | Pub. |
| Believe Me! | 1909 | Ned Norton (perf.) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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| By-Gone Days in Dixie | 1909 | Alex Rogers (words) | Pub. |
| Chink Chink Chinaman | 1909 | ||
| Dance of the Veiled Mugs, The | 1909 | ||
| Harbor of Lost Dreams, The | 1909 | Alex Rogers (words) | Pub. |
| ⇑ In the Land Where the Women Wear the Trousers (w&m) | 1909 | Harry Bluff as Fred Mayne (perf.) | |
| My Ole Man | 1909 | Pub. |
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| That's a Plenty (w&m) | 1909 | Henry Creamer (words) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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| Constantly | 1910 | Chris Smith (words) James Burris (words) |
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| If I Should Die, Before I Wake, How Will I Know, I'm Dead? | 1910 |
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| Lovie Joe | 1910 | Chris Smith (words) James Burris (words) |
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| Santa Fé (w&m) | 1910 | Egbert Van Alstyne (co-author) | |
| That's Genuine First Class Yiddisha Love | 1910 | Chris Smith (words) James Burris (words) |
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| White Folks Call It Chantecler But It's Just Plain Chicken to Me | 1910 | Bert A. Williams (perf.) | |
| You're Gwine to Get Somethin' What You Don't Expect | 1910 | Vincent Bryan (words) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
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| Dat's Harmony | 1911 | Grant Clarke (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.) |
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| Borrow From Me | 1912 | Pub. | |
| Darktown Poker Club, The | 1914 | Bert A. Williams (perf.) | Pub. |
| Vampire, The | 1914 | Earl Jones (words) Gene Buck (words) |
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