Classic Slippers! "Foot Comfort To Match Your Fancy" (a crochet pattern leaflet)

I have no clue how to crochet. I've seen people do it, but my fingers are pretty much idiots when it comes to fiber arts. Oh, sure, I can operate a sewing machine with the best home economics class alumnae, and can wield a mean needle and thread if a button falls off my shirt, but this thing where one takes a stick with a bend at the end and uses it to knot thread or yarn to make something utile? Not. A. Chance.  

Still, as with the sheet music, I'm not averse to collecting paper artifacts and sharing them with the people who actually know what these mysterious numbers and letters mean.


 

And, I wear a size 10 "majorette" bootie, in case any of my friends are looking for ideas…

Folk Songs Folks Sing, a 1920s song book with diagrams for Ukulele (part 1 of 3, pp 1-32)

 Because – even though I'm largely musically illiterate – I still can't resist a nice songbook when it falls in my lap, I ended up taking this one home from auction a few years back. It has quite a few familiar pieces, and a handful of useful gems, especially if you play the ukulele. 

Which I don't. But I know someone who does. So, this is for you.

You can find the second part of the song book here, and the concluding portion at this post.

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front cover

for the record: Purchased Dec 21, 1925 by Allen R. Kemp  S.S. Kresge Co

intro

Table of Contents

I Cannot Sing the Old Songs

Sailing (part 1)

Sailing (part 2)

Nelly Was a Lady

How Can I Leave Thee!

Uncle Ned (part 1)

Uncle Ned (part 2)

Juanita

Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes

ah! 'Tis a Dream;
Funiculi, Funicula (part 1)

Funiculi, Funicula (part 2)

Funiculi, Funicula (part 3);
The Last Rose of Summer (part 1)

The Last Rose of Summer (part 2);
Rock'd in the Cradle of the Deep (part 1)

Rock'd in the Cradle of the Deep (part 2)

Old Black Joe

Old Folks at Home (part 1)

Old Folks at Home (part 2);

Go to Sleep, Lena Darling (part 1)

Go to Sleep, Lena Darling (part 2)

Do They Think of Me at Home?

Christmas Chimes (part 1)

Christmas Chimes (part 2)

Jingle Bells

Ave Maria (part 1)

Ave Maria (part 2)

Kathleen Mavourneen (part 1)

Kathleen Mavourneen (part 2);
Do They Miss Me at Home? (part 1)

Do They Miss Me at Home? (part 2);
Dutch Warbler (part 1)

Dutch Warbler (part 2)

Folk Songs Folks Sing, a 1920s songbook (part 2 of 3, pp 33- 68)

 Part 2 of 3, the first part having been posted here, and the conclusion, to follow

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Oh, My Darling Clementine

Am I Not Fondly Thine Own?;
Home Sweet Home (part 1)

Home Sweet Home (part 2)

The Old Oaken Bucket (part 1)

The Old Oaken Bucket (part 1);
Home, Home, Can I Forget Thee?

Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (part 1)

Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (part 2);
My Old Kentucky Home

Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (part 2)

Then You'll Remember Me

Aloha Oe (part 1)

Aloha Oe (part 2);
Vilia Song (part 1)

Vilia Song (part 2)

Oh! Dem Golden Slippers (part 1)

Oh! Dem Golden Slippers (part 2);
Grandfather's Clock (part 1)

Grandfather's Clock (part 2)

Listen To the Mocking Bird (part 1)

Listen To the Mocking Bird (part 2);
The Old Arm Chair (part 1)

The Old Arm Chair (part 2);
Darling Nelly Gray (part 1)

Darling Nelly Gray (part 2);
Ben Bolt (part 1)

Ben Bolt (part 2)

Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground (part 1)

Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground (part 2);
Alice, Where Art Thou? (part 1)

Alice, Where Art Thou? (part 2)

Meerschaum Pipe; 
Peanut Song (part 1)

Peanut Song (part 2);
Forty-Nine Bottles

Rock-a-bye Baby;
The Girl I Left Behind Me (part 1)

The Girl I Left Behind Me (part 2);
Fair Harvard (part 1)

Fair Harvard (part 2);
Good-Bye, My Lover, Good-Bye (part 1)

Good-Bye, My Lover, Good-Bye (part 2)

Upidee

Polly Wolly Doodle

The Quilting Party

Good Night Ladies;
My Bonnie (part 1)

My Bonnie (part 2);
America (part 1)

America (part 2);
Killarney (part 1)

Killarney (part 2)