Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains a 1919 songbook for Take Me to the Land of Jazz, lyrics by Bert Kalmar & Edgar Leslie, music by Pete Wendling, published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. of New York City, N.Y. It opens with It was down in Tennessee / That the Jazzy melody / Originated, then waited, for popularity. The chorus states Take me to the Land of Jazz, Let me hear the kind of blues that Memphis has. See The Sheet Music Collections in and MS.1575 for songs by Pete...