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Sing Us One of the Old Songs - Addenda

Included in these pages is material acquired since publication, also corrections to the original edition. As in the hard copy the handlists are divided into the following sections:

 


1.Acknowledgements

2.Core Song-List

3.Artiste's Repertoires

4.Lyricists & Composers

5.Date List
6.Show Songs


7.Sources & Bibliography

8.Additions and alterations to Index of published edition.

ABBREVIATIONS A = Artiste/Singer k.i.a. = killed in action 

a.k.a. = also known as L&C = lyricist & composer 

arr. = arranged by m = music

b. = born
m. = married

br. = brother
mon. = monologue

d. = died
sk. = sketch

dr. = daughter w. = with

f. = father w = words/lyrics

fl. = flourished

1.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Additional names: Kurt Ganzl, Dr Christoph Heyl,  Mary Sparks (née Flexmore)

2. CORE SONG-LIST
And The Leaves Began To Fall add Rosie Wood to singers
Another Little Drink
Frank Lester should be Alfred Lester
Ballin' The Jack The Passing Show of 1915 was at the Palace not the Empire
Bedelia
add Joe O'Gorman to singers
Bill Bailey 
add Carlotta Levey to singers
Captain With His Whiskers, The
melody derived from 18th century air by James Oswald
Come Over The Garden Wall publishers should be FEL
Come With Me Down Regent Street
W. Norton should be W. David 
Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me A Bow-Wow add May Irwin to singers
Daisy Bell after `seem,' delete: No
Everybody's Doing It Now
Fatal Wedding, The
Federation Day
Delete: Ida Crispi & Fred Farren, Ida Crispi & Robert Hale
(H.L. Windom: Gussie Davis) Spaulding Korner NY 1893
W. Hyde not H. Hyde
Hitchy Koo add Gene Greene to singers
How'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm?
add Nora Bayes to singers
I'm Afraid To Come Home In The Dark
add Clarice Vance to singers
I'm Going Back To Himazas add Fred Walmsley to singers
I Think I'll Buy Piccadilly
J. W. Rickaby
Keep the Home Fires Burning Guilbert should be Guilbert Ford
 Pretty Jane
'Neath The Hills of  Indiana
add Joseph Plumpton to singers
M. P. HUNTER 1901
Popsy Wopsy
She Is More To Be Pitied etc
Since I Walked Out With A Soldier
add Daisy James, Daisy Wood, Rosie Wood to singers
add Burt Shepard to singers
arrtistes should be The Follies not H. G. Pelissier
Soldiers Of The Queen

Those Wedding Bells Shall Not Ring Out

Trail Of The Lonesome Pine, The
Waiting For The Robert E. Lee

m possibly composed to celebrate the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal 1894.
Not based on The Fatal Wedding (qv).  Date should be 1896.
Delete William H. Windom from list of artistes.

Florence Smithson
add Gene Greene, Ethel Levey to singers

What's That For, Eh? (Johnny Jones)
lyricist should be Lytton, W.T.
 Yes, We Have No Bananas  add Alfred Lester to singers

3. ARTISTES' REPERTOIRES
 Because of its size this section has been divided into alphabetical
 sections (click on A to go to artistes beginning with A etc.).

  A B C D E F-G H-J K-L M N-OP-QS T UVWXYZ
 

4. LYRICISTS & COMPOSERS
* against a name indicates an entry in Artistes' Repertoires
ALBERT, BEN*

ALLITSEN, FRANCES
ARTHUR, G. WALLIS
ARTHURS, GEORGE

Derby Day
Squeezing
b.30 Dec 1848. First name wrongly listed as Mary.
1866-1956
Goodbye (& Harry CASTLING)
BALL, ERNEST R*
BARCLAY, LAWRENCE*
BARRINGTON, RUTLAND*
BAYLY, THOMAS HAYNES
BEADELL, EILY
d. 3 May 1927
1884-1949
b.15 Jan 1853
b.13 Oct 1797
d.17 Dec 1971
Cruising Down The River (& N.Tollerton) 1945 see Ena DAYNE
BENNETT, T. C. STERNDALE* m. (1) Christine Bywater (2) Mary Maskelyne (1906-2000)  dr. of Nevil Maskelyne
BERLIN, IRVING
BLOCKLEY, JOHN
d. 22 Sep 1989
John Barleycorn (w&m J. B. GEOGHEGAN arr BLOCKLEY)  1860
Waggoner, The (w&m GEOGHEGAN arr BLOCKLEY) 1860
BOTSFORD, GEORGE
BRAHAM, JOHN*
BRAHAM, PHILIP
BRAHE, MAY
BRENTON, H. E.
BRUCE, GEORGE
CASTLING, HARRY
b.1874
b. 20 Mar 1774
b. 18 Jun 1881
b. 6 Nov 1884
should be located before J. BRETON.
should be located before James BRUTON
Goodbye (& George ARTHURS)
CHEVALIER, ALBERT Tink-A-Tin
CLARKE, CUTHBERT
CLIFFORD, NAT
CLIFTON, HARRY

COBB, GERARD F.
abandoned wife & family for Daisy Paver/Pavor. 
1870-1948
b. 1832
An Old Man's Advice c1867
1838-1904
COHAN, GEORGE M.
COLE, ROBERT A.
CONNOR, T. W.
CONRAD, CON
Oh You Beautiful Coon 1911
pseud. of Robert ALLEN
b.1864?
seud. of Conrad K. DOBER (a.k.a. DOBEY)
COOPER, GEORGE (1) 1820-76
Rose Of Killarney (m THOMAS) 1876
COOPER, GEORGE (2)
CORY, W.J.
COSTA, P. MARIO
COWAN, MARIE
COWEN, Sir FREDERICK M.
last entry - MILLARD should be in caps.
dates should be 1823-92
1858-1933
b.1855
should read Sir FREDERICK H.
CRAVEN, JOHN THOMAS Lilly Dale (w&m H.S. THOMPSON arr CRAVEN) 1852
CUNLIFFE, WHIT

DACRE, HARRY

Quite Sufficient, Thank You

b.1857.  Article and output in Music Hall Studies Number 3.
See www.musichallstudies.co.uk

Fare You Well, Daisy Bell 1894

D'ALBERT, GEORGE
DAMERELL, STANLEY
DANVERS, JOHNNY
Riding On The New Electric Car
1888-1951
The Lily Of My Life 1901
DARE, CYRUS* b. Sidney Macey .4 Mar 1861 - d.13.Feb 1935
Burglar And The Child, The aka Please Don't Take My Little
    Prayer Book1912

De Leader Of The Circus Band (m M.P. HUNTER) 1901
Dolly's Lesson 1901
Dolly's Mama 1901
Dolly's Polka 1901
Down Carolina (m M.P. HUNTER) 1901
Forget-Me-Not c1906
Got Em! 1896
Imitations Of Little Children 1901
In A Little World Built For Two (m M.P. HUNTER) 1901
In The Luggage Van Ahead 1896
I Want My Mamma 1901
Johnny Jones And Me! (m H. WINCOTT) 1896
Lulah Loo (m M.P. HUNTER) 1901
Mother's Lullaby, A 1907
Mrs Martin's Always Laughing 1901
My Home In Tennessee (m M.P. HUNTER) 1901
My New Dolly 1901
'Neath The Hills O
f Indiana (m M.P. HUNTER) 1901
Our Outin'
Say, Love, Say! (m M.P.  HUNTER)
Tricks Or Travellers 1898
Unfortunate Child, The 1901
Why Did We Part? 1907
DARNLEY, J. HERBERT
b.1871
DAVID, WORTON
b.1872
DAYNE, ENA
1900-77
Cruising Down The River (Eily BEADELL & Nellie TOLLERTON) 1945 NB: the published copy does not credit Ena Dayne who could not read music. 
DEAN, ELLA
DE HOVEN, REGINALD
D'HARDELOT, GUY
DRESSER, PAUL

DRUMMOND, ALGERNON
Cohabited with J. W. ROWLEY
1859-1920.
b. probably 1857
br. of novelist Theodor Dreiser (1871-1945)

1844-1932
EDGAR, PERCY
Will You Dance  With Me Tonight? (w Fred ELTON)
ELLERTON, ALF Doh Ray Me (m Will MAYNE) c1913
after She Pushed Me Into The Parlour delete: Will
ELLIS, LOUIS Merry Summer Time, The (w Edward MASON)
ELTON, FRED
Will You Dance With Me Tonight? (w Percy EDGAR)
EPLETT, FRED
1858-1915
You've Still Got The Same Old Walk Once More, Mary
FARNIE, H B
d.o.b. should be 1836
FARRELL, BILLY
New Cake Walk
FERGUSON, Sir SAMUEL
The Lark In The Clear Air, The
Air should be The Tailor's Son and the date 1879.
FIELDHOUSE, WILL Baby's Sweetheart
Mamie, I Wants A Lady
 
FITZ, ALBERT, H.
 Won't You Come To My Tea Party? c1895
FORD, LENA GUILBERT
FORDE, FLORRIE*
should be located above Murray FORD
Have A Bit On The Girl
FORMAN, EMUND
FORMBY, GEORGE
FRASER-SIMSON, H.
Johnny Bull's Concert Hall (w&m Arthur WEST arr FORMAN)
Merry Christmas
b. 1872
GANTHONY, NELLIE*
GEEHL, HENRY E.
GEOGHEGAN, JOSEPH B.*
1863/4-1952
d. 14 Jan 1961
d. Jan 1889
Down In A Coal Mine

John Barleycorn arr John BLOCKLEY 1860

Waggoner, The arr BLOCKLEY 1860
GILBERT, FRED
GODFREY, CHARLES*

1850-1903
b. 1851/2

GODWIN, WILL J. When Our Fighting Days Are O'er 1903
HALL, FRANK Straight Tips 1868
HARDWICK, J. A. prolific writer of parodies of contemporary and traditional airs.
HASTINGS, ERNEST
1879-1940
HASTINGS, FRED
See-Saw 1905
HASTINGS, WALTER d. March 1922
HAYDON, JOHN S.
HENRY, ROLAND
I'll Bet You A Dollar You Don't - date should be 1877
It's Wery 'Ard 1896
HERRICK, ROBERT
Passing By (m Edward C PURCELL) 1875
HICKS, Sir SEYMOUR*
HUNTER, G. W.*
d. 1949
b. 1850/1
HUNTER, M. P.

De Leader Of The Circus Band (w Cyrus DARE) 1901   
Down Carolina (w DARE)  1901
In A Little World Built For Two (w DARE) 1901
Lulah Loo (w DARE) 1901
My Home In Tennessee (w DARE) 1901
'Neath The Hills O
f Indiana (w DARE) 1901
Say, Love, Say! (w DARE)

JACOBS-BOND, CARRIE 11 Aug 1862 - 28 Dec 1946
JEFFRIES, CHARLES
should be spelled JEFFERYS
Rose Of Allandale (m NELSON) 1835
JEROME, DAISY
JEROME, M. K.
JONES, EDWARD
delete Pat Of Butter, A
b. 1893?
b. 1859?
KENBROVIN, JAAN <>

KIPLING, RUDYARD
KRONE, PERCY
LAWSON, JOHN*
delete dates.  Next line should read: pseud. of James KENDIS (1883-1946), James Brockman (1878-1967) and Nat Vincent.
Boots after `see' add: CORE SONG-LIST
d.1941 aged 78
Cells - after 1892 delete: ; see CORE SONG-LIST.b. 9 Jan 1867
LEIGH, F. W.
b. 1869
LEMON, LAURA G.
LENO, DAN*
b. 1866
b. 1860
LEO, FRANK May, My May 1902
My Girl Is An Angel 1901
LESLIE, FRED
Love In The Lowther Arcade
LEWIS, ERIC
LIDDLE SAMUEL
LINDON, TOM
1855?-1935?
1867-1951
d. 27 Apr 1888
LINGARD, WILLIAM 1838-1927
LOCKTON, EDWARD
LONGFELLOW, H. W.
LUTZ, W. MEYER
b. 1876
after Green Trees etc add: also set by J. P. KNIGHT 
b. 1822
MACK, CECIL
McLENNON, FELIX
MacMURROUGH, DERMOT
1884-1944
b. 1855
b. 1872
MARRYAT, Capt after 1893 add: four other settings known
MARTIN, ROBERT JASPER

MARSHALL, CHARLES
MARSHALL, EDWARD*

c1843-1905

d. 1927
b. 1824/5  MINSAI should read MINASI

MASON, EDWARD Merry Summer Time, The (m Louis ELLIS)
MAYBRICK, MICHAEL Abbot, The (w J. E. WHITBY) 1884
MAYNE, ERNIE*
MAYNE, WILL
b. 1873/4
Doh Ray Me (w Alf ELLERTON) c1913
MAYO, SAM
MERSON, BILLY
MOLLOY, JAMES LYNAM
MONCKTON, LIONEL
b. 1875
Yacht I've Not Got, The
b. 19 Aug 1837
Soldiers In The Park after ( delete: w
MONTAGUE, HAROLD
MONTGOMERY, W. H.

MOROSS, JEROME
1874-1932
1810-86

1913-83
MOSS, KATIE
MOYA
1881-1947
d. 12 Jan 1922 aged 45
MUIR, J. A. Dat Was Me 1896
Bluebell And The Butterfly, The (m H. PRIDE) 1898

When Father Carves The Duck
MURRAY, ELIZABETH
1871?-1946
MUSGRAVE, FRANK d. 11 May 1888
NELSON, SIDNEY Charles Jeffreys should be Charles Jefferys
Rose of Allandale (m JEFFERYS) 1835
NOLAN, MICHAEL*
b. 1 January 1868?

OWEN, JOHN

should be located above Edward OXENFORD

PARKE, WALTER  d. 6 Dec 1922
PAULTON, HARRY  1841-1917
PAYNE, GILBERT  1877-1951All The Best
Bingle's Bungle sk. 1917

Checked Again! sk.?

You Can't Get Away From The Fact
PESTALOZZA, ALBERTO
1851-1908
PHILPOT, STEPHEN R.
12 Aug 1870 - 12 Oct 1950
PLUMPTON, ALFRED THOMAS 1840-1902  son of JOE PLUMPTON
PRIDE, H. Bluebell And The Butterfly, The (w J. A. MUIR) 1898
see ARTISTES' REPERTOIRES for a HARRY PRIDE
PURCELL, EDWARD C.
Passing By (w. Robert HERRICK) 1875
READ, JOHN Flower Girl, The 1877
I Shall Never Make A Gentleman Of You, John 1879

You Are A Lucky Fellow, John 1881
REDFERN, SAM I'll Bet You A Dollar You Don't - date should be 1877
REDMOND, WALTER
REEVES, CHARLES
RICHMAN, HARRY
was Mohawk Minstrels's leading violinist
should be located after William REEVE
10 Aug 1895 - 3 Nov 1972
RIDG(E)WELL, CHARLES
ROECKEL, JOSEPH L.
ROGERS, E. W.
ROMA, CARO

ROUSE, WILLIE
ROWLEY, J. W.
add *
d. 1923
b. 1864
b. 1869

Servants 1905
Cohabited with Ella DEAN
RUSSELL, HENRY Maniac, The w based on Monk Lewis' The Captive.
ST HELIER, IVY*
SAMUEL, HAROLD

SCOTT, BENNETT
SCOTT, MAURICE
SIEVIER, BRUCE
SKELLY, JOSEPH P.

b. 1886
23 May 1879 - 15 Jan 1937

b. 1871   br. Maurice SCOTT
b. 1878  br. Bennett SCOTT
died aged 58
1850-95

SOLOMON, EDWARD m. (1) Lily Grey (nee Lilian Isaacs)  (2) Lillian Russell
Sundry alliances regular and irregular, his last wife being Kate Eversleigh.
SPEAKS, OLEY
SQUIRE, WILLIAM H.
STEPHENSON, B. C. 
STEVENS, GEORGE A,
STEVENSON, Sir JOHN
d. 1948
d. 1963
1839-1906
died aged 79
b. Nov 1761
STULTS, R. M. 
STUART, LESLIE
should be located after Leslie STUART
add: br. of LESTER BARRETT
SYMONS, E. J. d. 21 Jan 1899 aged 55.
Parson and the Clerk, The (w&m Geoffrey THORN arr SYMONS)
TATE, JAMES W.*
TEMPLE, HOPE
THAYER, PATI
first wife should be Lottie Collins
1859-1938
should be THAYER, PATRICK
THOMAS, ARTHUR
THOMAS, ARTHUR G.

THOMAS, JOHN ROGERS 
air should be The White Cockade
b. 20 Nov 1850

Rose Of Killarney (w COOPER) 1876 
THOMPSON, H. S. Annie Lisle 1862
Lilly Dale (arr J. T. CRAVEN) 1852
THORN, GEOFFREY Parson And The Clark (arr E.J. SYMONS) 1882
TILBURY, WALTER
d.o.b. should be 1865.  Delete m. Lydia THOMPSON
TOLLERTON, NELLIE  d. 12 Jan 1951
Cruising Down The River (& Eily BEADELL) 1945 
NB Ena DAYNE had a significant hand in this song's composition.
VAN BIENE, AUGUSTE*
VANCE, ALFRED*
b. 1850
b. 1838
VERDI, GIUSEPPE
should be located above Charlie VERNON
WATSON, H. C. 1846-1911
WEBSTER, JOSEPH PHILBECK 1819-75
WEST, ALFRED H.  1865-1945
WEST, ARTHUR  John Bull's Concert Hall (arr E. FORMAN) 1887
WHITBY, J. E. Abbot, The (m Michael MAYBRICK) 1884
WILLIAMS, WARWICK 
WILSON, H. LANE
musical director of MOHAWK MINSTRELS
1871- 8 Jan 1915 
WINCOTT, HARRY  see: www.harrywincott.co.uk
Doh Ray Me Fah Soh Lah Te Doh (1903) 

Johnny Jones And Me (w Cyrus DARE) 1896
WINDLEY, HARRY You've Still Got The Same Old Walk Once More, Harry (m Fred EPLETT)

WOOTTWELL, TOM*

Up Came John

5.DATE LIST
1830  My Pretty Jane add Joseph Plumpton to singers
1853  Old Dog Tray add Frederick Robson
1855 delete Old Dog Tray
1875
Passing By (Norman Allin, John McCormack)
1890  Sweet Rosie O'Grady add Sisters Levey
1892  Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me A Bow Wow add May Irwin
1894  She Is More To Be Pitied Than             Censured add Burt Shepard
1895  Wot Cher, Polly! delete Helena Dacre
1902  Bill Bailey add Carlotta Levey 
Coronation Walk should be listed after Come Down Ma' Evening Star
1903 Bedelia add Joe O'Gorman
1904 And The Leaves Began To Fall
1906 I''m Afraid To Come Home In The Dark
1910 Don't Do It Again, Matilda (Harry Champion)
1911 Don't Do It Again, Matilda 
1911 Everybody's Doing It Now

1911 Hitchy Koo
1912 Hitchy Koo 
1912 Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
1913 Popsy Wopsy
        Trail Of The Lonesome Pine, The
1919 How'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm?
1927 I'm Going Back To Himazas

add Rosie Wood
add Clarice Vance
add
delete
delete Ida Crispi & Fred Farren, Ida Crispi & Robert Hale
delete
add Gene Greene
add Gene Greene, Ethel Levey
add Daisy James, Daisy Wood, Rosie Wood
add Florence Smithson
Nora Bayes

add Fred Walmsley

6. SHOW SONGS
Everybody's Doing It - delete entire entry

Merrie England 
Savoy 1902  Dan Cupid Hath A Garden
                                          O Peaceful England
                                          (Who Were The) Yeomen Of England?

The Passing Show of 1915 was at the Palace, not the Empire

7. SOURCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY
p.609 Bartelt & Bergeron misspelled as Gergeron
GILLIES, MIDGE Marie Lloyd: The One and Only (Victor Gollancz 1999)
HALL, LILLIAN ARVILLA Catalogue of Dramatic Portraits 4 vols. (Harvard UP 1930-4)

8. INDEX  Additions & alterations to index of published edition
Annie Body's Rooney 55
Back To The Farm 48
Dan Cupid Hath A Garden
601
Everybody's Doing It Now Delete: 169, 193, 217, 597
Every Sunday Afternoon 55
I've Got My Eyes On You 47
I Wish I Was There Again Delete
My Gal! or My Sweetheart's My Mummy
My Gal, She's Got Eyes Like Diamonds

My My My


same as My Gal, She's Got Eyes Like Diamonds
same as My Gal or My Sweetheart's My Mummy

delete
 

New Hat Now, A 101
Passing By
453, 507
Star Of The County Down, The 278- 
Tale Of Ackmed Kurd, The correct spelling
Today I've Made Sweet Annie Rooney My Wife 55
Yankee Tangle, The 169, 193
Yukon Trail, The delete

  UNCLASSIFIED
CELLI, FRANK H.  (entered in Artistes' Repertoires) pseud. of Frank H. Standing, br. of Helen Standish
DE HOVEN, REGINALD 1859-1920 L&C
LINDON, TOM d.27 Apr 1888
MILLARD, HARRISON 1830-95 L&C
OAKELEY, Sir HERBERT 1830-1903 L&C
WATSON, H. C. 1846-1911 L&C
WEBSTER, JOSEPH PHILBECK 1819-75 L&C

 

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