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  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-Q R  S 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 Of 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 Of 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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