Davis, Ronald L. A History of Music in America Life: The gilded years: 1865 - 1920, p. 191 (1980) ("'My Old New Hampshire Home' (1898) and 'I'd Leave My Happy Home for You' (1899), a novelty 'coon song', were both smash hits, each selling over a million copies.")
(28 October 1902). More than two million copies ..., Portsmouth Herald ("More than two million copies have been sold of the songs composed by Harry Von Tilzer. Most popular of all is "My Old New Hampshire Home," of which 360,000 copies have been sold.")