Benjamin Hapgood Burt  (1882-1950)
Last updated: 28.01.24
It is surprising that so little is known about about this composer considering the large number of compositions located. All that can presently (June 2019) be gleaned about Benjamin Hapgood Burt from sheet music covers and by internet searching is that he has 67 works published between 1905 and 1935.
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  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do (1907) Edward Meeker Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9526
cylinder15.gif Hiram Tucker (1914) Ada Jones
Byron George Harlan
Edison Blue Amberol: 2274
cylinder15.gif I'd Rather Twostep Than Waltz, Bill! (1907) Billy Murray Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9634
cylinder15.gif Mister Pat O'Hare (1910) Billy Murray Edison Amberol: 464
cylinder15.gif Robinson Crusoe's Isle (1906) Arthur Collins Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9211
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Hang Out the Front Door Key (1908) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Much Obliged to You (1907) James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
audioextmp315.gif Jingles, Jokes and Rhymes (1906) Edward M. Favor Edison's National Phonograph Company: 9404
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Folk Music CDs:
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cd15.gif George Lashwood George Lashwood - What a Don!
     Title Attribution Remarks
       
url15.gif Hang Out the Front Door Key Benjamin Hapgood Burt (words & music)
George Lashwood (perf.)
 
url15.gif Mister Pat O'Hara Benjamin Hapgood Burt (words & music)
Adele Ritchie (perf.)
 
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Always Keep the Money in the Family (1908) B.H. Burt (w&m) Piano YorkSpace wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Best I Get Is Much Obliged to You (1907), The B.H. Burt (w&m) Piano, Voice Greer Pub.
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Cook Book of Love (1909), The B.H. Burt (w&m)
Piano, Voice Indiana
YorkSpace
Pub.

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Hang Out the Front Door Key (1908) B.H. Burt (w&m)
May Vokes (perf.)
May Vokes (perf.)
G. Lashwood (perf.)
Piano, Voice
Kirk
Indiana
YorkSpace
Pub.
pdf15.gif I'd Rather Twostep Than Waltz, Bill! (1907) B.H. Burt (w&m)
Ethel Levey (perf.)
Piano YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif Let's Go Home (1908) B.H. Burt (w&m)
Bijou Russell (perf.)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif Mister Pat O'Hare (1910) B.H. Burt (w&m) Piano YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif  Much Obliged to You (1907) B.H. Burt (w&m) Piano, Voice Kirk Pub.
pdf15.gif My Gal Irene (1908) B.H. Burt (w&m) Piano YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif Owl in the Old Oak Tree (1911), The B.H. Burt (music)
S. Murphy (words)
Weston, Fields & Carroll (perf.)
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pdf15.gif Pay More Attention to Me (1909) B.H. Burt (w&m) Piano YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif Rain in the Face (1907) B.H. Burt (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Sing, Kate, Sing (1909) B.H. Burt (music) Piano YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif They All Were Cheering Dixie Way Up North (1910) B.H. Burt (music)
John E. Hazzard (words)
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pdf15.gif Wal, I Swan! (1907) B.H. Burt (w&m)
Raymond Hitchcock (perf.)
Piano YorkSpace wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 66 works by Benjamin Hapgood Burt (1882-1950). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Gettysburg 1905 Monroe H. Rosenfeld (words)   cylinder15.gif
Indians Along Broadway, The 1905 John Frew (words)  wvicon.gif
It's the Same Old Girl (w&m) 1905  wvicon.gif
Little Girl You'll Do 1905 Alfred Solman (words)
Milo 1905 Alfred Solman (words)
Robinson Crusoe's Isle (w&m) 1905 Marie Cahill (perf.)
Arthur Collins (perf.)
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Welcome (w&m) 1905
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do 1906 William Cahill (words)
Marie Cahill (perf.)
Eugene Cowles (perf.)
Edward Meeker (perf.)
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Hottentot Love Song 1906 Silvio Hein (words)
from "Marrying Mary"
Waltz Me, Bill! 1906 Rose De Haven (words)
Rose De Haven (perf.)
 Pub.
Best I Get Is Much Obliged to You, The (w&m) 1907 Louise Dresser (perf.)  Pub.
Brain Storms (w&m) 1907  Pub.
Captain Willie Brown 1907  Pub.
Captain Willie Brown - Song 1907 Gene Buck (words)  Pub.
Come, Put Your Arms Around Me (w&m) 1907  Pub.
I'd Rather Twostep Than Waltz, Bill! (w&m) 1907 Ethel Levey (perf.)
Billy Murray (perf.)
Adele Ritchie (perf.)
Clarice Vance (perf.)
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Much Obliged to You (w&m) 1907  Pub. audiomidi15.gif
Patsy Dear (w&m) 1907  Pub.
Rain in the Face (w&m) 1907  Pub.
There Comes a Night (w&m) 1907  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Wal, I Swan! (w&m) 1907 Raymond Hitchcock (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Always Keep the Money in the Family (w&m) 1908  wvicon.gif
Dear Old Dear 1908 John Hazzard (words)  Pub.
Hang Out the Front Door Key (w&m) 1908 George Lashwood (perf.)
May Vokes (perf.)
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Jingles, Jokes and Rhymes (w&m) 1908 Edward M. Favor (perf.)   audioextmp315.gif
Let's Go Home (w&m) 1908 Ila Grannon (perf.)
Bijou Russell (perf.)
 Pub.
My Gal Irene (w&m) 1908  Pub.
My Little Blarney Stone 1908 John B. Lowitz (words)
Salome Jackson (w&m) 1908  Pub.
After the Matinee 1909  Pub.
Alexander Jones 1909  Pub.
Boom, Boom (w&m) 1909  Pub.
Cook Book of Love, The (w&m) 1909  Pub.
He's Got Nothing on Me (w&m) 1909  Pub.
Pay More Attention to Me (w&m) 1909  Pub.
Sing, Kate, Sing 1909  Pub.
Votes For Women 1909  Pub.
Big College, The 1910 George Ade (words)  Pub.
Colored Race, The 1910 Geo. Ade (words)  Pub.
He Died on His Wedding Day 1910 George Ade (words)  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
If the Men Never Looked at Me 1910 George Ade (words)  wvicon.gif
Just We Two 1910 George Ade (words)  Pub.
Life Is a Merry Go Round 1910 John L. Golden (words)  Pub.
Little Side Street, A 1910 George Ade (words)  Pub.
Mister Pat O'Hare (w&m) 1910 Billy Murray (perf.)
Adele Ritchie (perf.)
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Pa's Typewriter 1910 Malcolm Williams (co-author)  Pub.
Regular Finishing School, A 1910 George Ade (words)  Pub.
Saturday 1 P.M 1910 George Ade (words)  Pub.
Shame Upon You Nancy (w&m) 1910 Edgar Keller (words)  Pub.
They All Were Cheering Dixie Way Up North 1910 John E. Hazzard (words)  wvicon.gif
When You've Got a Line of Talk (w&m) 1910  Pub.
Owl in the Old Oak Tree, The 1911 Stanley Murphy (words)
Weston, Fields & Carroll (perf.)
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Hiram Tucker (w&m) 1914 Byron George Harlan (perf.)
Ada Jones (perf.)
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When You're All Dressed Up and No Place to Go 1914
My Fox Trot Wedding Day 1915 Raymond Hubbell (words)
Nat Wills (perf.)
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Some Little Bug Is Going to Find You 1915 Roy Atwell (words)
Silvio Hein (words)
 Pub.
Cute Little Beaut, The (w&m) 1916  Pub.
Here Comes the Groom 1916 Ross Adrian (words)  Pub.
I'd Rather Be a Lamp-Post on Old Broadway : (w&m) 1916 Billy Murray (perf.)   cylinder15.gif
You've Got the Mischief in Your Eyes 1919 Jean Schwartz (words)
from Passing show of 1919
 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
She Was Very Dear to Me 1921 Howard E Johnson (words)
Julia Sanderson (perf.)
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Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away, The (w&m) 1933  wvicon.gif
Deep Elem Blues (w&m) 1935
Wal, I Swan - Gid-Dap Napoleon 1935  wvicon.gif
We're Poor Little Sheep 1935  wvicon.gif
Whoa! - Josephine! 1935  Pub.
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg B.H. Burt I'd Rather Two Step Than Waltz, Bill (2:38) Clarice Vance