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Tracklist
	1.	Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold	Alan Turner	1912
	2.	Row! Row! Row!	Ada Jones	1912
	3.	When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'	Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan	1912
	4.	There's a Girl in the Heart of Maryland	Henry Burr and Edgar Stoddard	1913
	5.	That Old Girl of Mine	American Quartet	1912
	6.	The Spaniard that Blighted My Life	Al Jolson	1913
	7.	Fo' de Lawd's Sake Play a Waltz	Elsie Janis	1912
	8.	Sympathy	Helen Clark and Walter Van Brunt	1913
	9.	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling	Chauncey Olcott	1913
	10.	When I Lost You	Henry Burr	1913
	11.	Bagdad	Billy Murray	1912
	12.	Too Much Mustard	Prince's Band	1913
	13.	Woodman, Spare that Tree	Bert Williams	1913
	14.	The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	Albert Campbell and Henry Burr	1913
	15.	Melinda's Wedding Day	Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan	1913
	16.	My Little Persian Rose	Peerless Quartet	1912
	17.	Pullman Porters' Parade	Al Jolson	1913
	18.	Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay	American Quartet	1913
	19.	Last Night Was the End of the World	Henry Burr	1913
	20.	Peg O'My Heart	Charles Harrison	1913
	21.	Snookey Ookums	Billy Murray	1913
	22.	When It's Apple Blossom Time in Normandy	Marguerite Dunlap and Harry Macdonough	1912
	23.	Good-bye Summer! So Long Fall! Hello Winter Time!	Peerless Quartet	1913
	24.	You Made Me Love You	Al Jolson	1913

Symbols of industrial progress, Ford's assembly line and the erection of the Woolworth Building in New York (then the world's largest edifice) suggest a world on the move in 1913. Some of that feeling is reflected in Al Jolson's "Pullman Porters' Parade," but it's in contast to the rustic tone of Collins and Harlan's "When that Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'" and "Melinda's Wedding Day" (an early hit on Edison's new 4-minute Blue Amberol cylinders).

Sentimental songs

Henry Burr sets the tone on "When I Lost You," the moving ballad that Irving Berlin wrote for his deceased newlywed wife. Burr further shows his power on the dramatic "Last Night Was the End of the World," while an affectionate note is struck by the American Quartet on "That Old Girl of Mine" and by Helen Clark and Walter Van Brunt on "Sympathy." And Jolie turns in an amazing performance on "You Made Me Love You," from his first recording session with Columbia.

Playful tunes

Comic songs such as Ada Jones' "Row! Row! Row!," Jolson's "The Spaniard that Blighted My Life," and Billy Murray's "Snookey Ookums," are all slightly naughty and all remained well-known for many years. The Peerless Quartet do the immediately catchy "Goodbye Summer, So Long Fall, Hello Winter Time," and Elsie Janis performs her own "Fo' de Lawd's Sake Play a Waltz," a tour-de-force that quotes 1912 hits "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" and "The Ragtime Violin."

Irish paeans

Out of the many songs about Ireland and her people that were popular during 1913, Chauncey Olcott's "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" (penned by the singer) and Charles Harrison's "Peg O'My Heart" stand out. These tributes to old Erin's isle are still sung today.

Trouble far away

War in the Balkans broke out in 1912 and again in 1913. Conflicts that seemed so remote to Americans would, within a few years, entangle the U.S. in World War I, making the Dunlap-Macdonough vehicle, "When It's Apple Blossom Time in Normandy," sound almost prophetic. Meanwhile, Queen Mary's fondness for turbans sparked a fad in America, and fascination for the Persian world can be heard in "Bagdad" by Billy Murray, "My Little Persian Rose" by the Peerless Quartet, and "Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold" by Alan Turner.

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