Katie Lawrence (1870-1913)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Katie Lawrence was an English music-hall singer, best known for Harry Dacre's 1892 hit Daisy Bell published by Francis, Day & Hunter, London W.C.2, England.
At the age of thirteen she had already established herself as a singer and dancer on the music hall stage circuit. From 1885 she regularly performed in Ireland drawing the attention from literary figures such as George Bernard Shaw. It is said that she inspired James Joyce in using her name for one of his characters. in Ulysses (1922)
The Impressionist painter Walter Sickert produced some hundred and sixty-six preparatory sketches of Lawrence performing at Gatti's Hungerford Place of Varieties in 1887.
In 1888 Lawrence traveled widely to Australia, the United States and South Africa. She met Dacre in New York in 1892 and purchased the performing rights to Daisy Bell which became her greatest success. Her last published song was Why Can't I Be a Pal of Yours (1906 - words: Newton Butt; music: Herbert Rule.
She died in Birmingham, England.
Daisy Bell is given in 60 Old-Time Variety Songs.

Websites:
	Katie Lawrence	Biography by wikipedia.org.

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Daisy Bell A Bicycle Built For Two
Music by: Harry Dacre.
Perf. by: Katie Lawrence

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1892.	Sheet Music 4 pages.

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Daisy Bell	Harry Dacre (words & music) Florrie Forde (perf.) Katie Lawrence (perf.)
	I've Got Troubles of My Own	Bennett Scott (words & music) Katie Lawrence (perf.)
	My Old Man!	George Le Brunn (music) Richard Morton (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)
	She Looked a Perfect Lady	Albert Perry (music) A.J. Mills (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)

Music Hall

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Daisy Bell	H. Dacre (music) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Piano	Monologues

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 35 works performed by Katie Lawrence who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


My English Belle (1896)	Gus B. Beverley(w&m)	Katie Lawrence (perf.)
Oh! Jack, You Are a Handy Man (1901)	Nat Clifford(w&m)	Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Daisy Bell (1892)	Harry Dacre	Katie Lawrence (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
All Night Tram (1900), The	Charles Deane	N. Atkins (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)
Molly, the Rose of Mayo (1893)	H.A. Duffy	J. M. Harrison (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Little Nancy Newlove (1899)	Will Fieldhouse	Katie Lawrence (perf.)
Mary Met the Milkman at the Corner (1903)	J. P. Harrington	Harry Allen (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Molly, the Rose of Mayo (1893)	J.M. Harrison	H A Duffy (words) Marie Tyler (perf.) Rose Hamilton (perf.) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
My Old Man! (1893)	George Le Brunn	Richard Morton (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)
He Never Cares to Wander From His Own Fireside (1892)	Felix McGlennon	Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
⇑In a Snug Little Home of Your Own (1892)	Felix McGlennon(w&m)	Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Daddy's Gone to London (1895)	Felix McGlennon	Tom Browne (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Oh! Uncle John (1895)	Felix McGlennon(w&m)	Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Oh, Uncle John! (1895)	Felix McGlennon(w&m)	Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Everybody's Darling (1897)	Felix McGlennon	Tom Browne (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Mary's Tambourine (1897)	Felix McGlennon	C G Cotes (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Humpy Umpy Ay (1898)	Felix McGlennon	Milton Bode (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
I've Gone Out For the Day (1899)	Felix McGlennon	G.A. Stevens (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Say Nothing (1899)	Felix McGlennon	Tom Browne (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Ship That Belongs to a Lady (1899), The	Felix McGlennon	E. Bateman (words) Maud Needham (perf.) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Thinking of the Lad Who Went Away (1900)	Felix McGlennon	T. Brown (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
⇑Tommy, Jack and Joe (1900)	Felix McGlennon	E. Bateman (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Mary Jane (1892)	Arthur Pearl(w&m)	Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Come Back to the Old Folks at Home (1893)	Arthur Pearl(w&m)	Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
She Looked a Perfect Lady (1900)	Albert Perry	A J Mills (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Why Shouldn't We Fight For Our Own? (1904)	Henry E. Pether	E. Bateman (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Stick to Me and the Kids! (1897)	Wal Pink	G.F. Le Brunn (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Waves Began to Roar (1900), The	Sam Potter	Bert Delmar (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Oh, I Wonder What They're Doing Now? (1897)	Orlando Powell	Malcolm Arnold (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Why Can't I Be a Pal of Yours? (1906)	Herbert Rule	Newton Butts (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)
Two Little Brandies and Sodas (1899)	Bennett Scott	C G Cotes (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Two Little Brandies and Sodas (1899)	Bennett Scott	C. G. Cotes (words) Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
⇑I've Got Troubles of My Own (1902)	Bennett Scott	Katie Lawrence (perf.)
She Tells You the Tale So Nicely (1894)	Joseph Tabrar(w&m)	Katie Lawrence (perf.)
Katie My Own (1890)	Walter Tilbury	Katie Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.