Harry Clifton (1824-1872)

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Awfully Jolly	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Broken Down	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Calico Printer's Clerk, The	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Cushie Butterfield	Harry Clifton (music) George Ridley (words) G. Ridley (perf.)
	Faithless Maria	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Granny Snow	Charles Davenport (music) Harry Clifton (words) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Hardware Line, The	Andrew Banks (music) Harry Clifton (words) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Isabella, the Barber's Daughter	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	It's Not the Miles We Travel	J. Holbrook (music) Harry Clifton (words) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Mary-Ann	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Mere Detail, A	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	⇑Merry Old Uncle Joe	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Motto For Every Man, A	M. Hobson (music) M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words) H. Clifton (perf.)
	My Mother-In-Law	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Paddle Your Own Canoe	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Polly Perkins of Paddington Green	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Send Back My Barney to Me	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Shabby Genteel	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Shelling Green Peas	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Ten Minutes Too Late	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Up With the Lark in the Morning	F. A. Springthorpe (music) Harry Clifton (words) H. Clifton (perf.) Fred French (perf.)
	Wait For the Turn of the Tide	Charles Coote (music) Harry Clifton (words) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Watercress Girl, The	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	⇑Weepin' Willer, The	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Work Boys Work and Be Contented	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Clifton (perf.)
	Work Boys Work	Harry Clifton (words & music) H. Champion (perf.)

Music Halls

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Pulling Hard Against the Stream	H. Clifton (words & music) M Hobson (words)	Piano	Greer

Titles

This list is arranged by composer and contains 31 works performed by Harry Clifton 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)

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Hardware Line (1865), The	Andrew Banks	Harry Clifton (words) H. Clifton (perf.)
Oh! She Had Such Taking Ways (1862)	George Bicknell	G. Bicknell (words) A B Hollingsworth (words) J Copson (words) Butler Knaggs (words) Robert Jacob Hamerton (words) Fred French (perf.) H. Clifton (perf.)
Isabella, the Barber's Daughter (1863)	Harry Clifton(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)
Mary-Ann (1864)	Harry Clifton(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Polly Perkins of Paddington Green (1865)	Harry Clifton	Billy Morris (words) H. Clifton (perf.)
Weepin' Willer (1865), The	Harry Clifton(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Calico Printer's Clerk (1866), The	Harry Clifton(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)
Faithless Maria (1866)	Harry Clifton(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Shelling Green Peas (1866)	Harry Clifton	M Hobson (words) T W Lee (words) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Work Boys Work and Be Contented (1867)	Harry Clifton	M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words) Fred French (perf.) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
⇑Awfully Jolly (1868)	Harry Clifton(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)
Ten Minutes Too Late (1869)	Harry Clifton	M Hobson (words) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Shabby Genteel (1875c)	Harry Clifton	H. Clifton (perf.)
Paddle Your Own Canoe (1896c)	Harry Clifton	M Hobson (words) H. Clifton (perf.)
Mere Detail (1915), A	Harry Clifton(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)
Broken Down (?)	Harry Clifton(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)
Merry Old Uncle Joe (?)	Harry Clifton(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)
Send Back My Barney to Me (?)	Harry Clifton(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)
Watercress Girl (?), The	Harry Clifton(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)
My Mother-In-Law (n.d.)	Harry Clifton(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)
Wait For the Turn of the Tide (?)	Charles Coote	Harry Clifton (words) H. Clifton (perf.)
⇑Granny Snow (1862)	Charles Davenport	Harry Clifton (words) H. Clifton (perf.)
Uncle Joe (1862)	Charles Davenport	M Hobson (words) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Beautiful Moon (1870)	T. Vincent Davies	H C Maguire (words) Fanny Edwards (perf.) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Sailor Sinbad (1870), The	Frank Hall(w&m)	H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Motto For Every Man (1865), A	M. Hobson	M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
It's Not the Miles We Travel (1868)	J. Holbrook	Harry Clifton (words) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Oh! She Had Such Taking Ways (1862)	G.W. Hunt	G. Bicknell (words) A B Hollingsworth (words) J Copson (words) Butler Knaggs (words) Robert Jacob Hamerton (words) Fred French (perf.) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Up With the Lark in the Morning (1870)	F. A. Springthorpe	Harry Clifton (words) H. Clifton (perf.) Fred French (perf.)	Pub.
Dark Girl Dressed in Blue (?), The	Traditional(w&m)	G. Leybourne (perf.) Kate Harley (perf.) H. Clifton (perf.)
Paddy's Dream (1868)	George Ware	A T Birtchnell (words) Sam Collins (words) P Aikin (words) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 33 works by Harry Clifton (1824-1872). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

1863-1867

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Isabella, the Barber's Daughter (w&m)	1863	H. Clifton (perf.)
Cushie Butterfield	1864	George Ridley (words) G. Ridley (perf.) arr.: J. Candy
Isabella and Her Gingham Umbrella	1864	Billy Morris (words)
Mary-Ann (w&m)	1864	H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
My Old Wife	1864c	M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words)	Pub.
Jemima Brown	1865	John Candy (words)	Pub.
Polly Perkins of Paddington Green	1865	Billy Morris (words) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Weepin' Willer, The (w&m)	1865	H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Calico Printer's Clerk, The (w&m)	1866	H. Clifton (perf.)
Faithless Maria (w&m)	1866	H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Shelling Green Peas	1866	M Hobson (words) T W Lee (words) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Agreeable Young Man, The	1867	M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words)	Pub.
Up a Tree	1867	M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words)	Pub.
Very Suspicious	1867	M Hobson (words) Fanny Edwards (perf.)
Work Boys Work (w&m)	1867	H. Champion (perf.)
Work Boys Work and Be Contented	1867	M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words) Fred French (perf.) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.

1868-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Awfully Jolly (w&m)	1868	H. Clifton (perf.)
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The	1869	M Hobson (words)
Love and Pride	1869	M Hobson (words) Fanny Edwards (perf.)
Mrs. Jones' Musical Party	1869	A Sedgwick (words)
Pulling Hard Against the Stream (w&m)	1869	M Hobson (words)
Seventy Two and Hard As Steel (w&m)	1869		Pub.
Ten Minutes Too Late	1869	M Hobson (words) H. Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Trifles Light As Air (w&m)	1870		Pub.
Shabby Genteel	1875c	H. Clifton (perf.)
Where the Grass Grows Green (w&m)	1880
Paddle Your Own Canoe	1896c	M Hobson (words) H. Clifton (perf.)
⇑ Mere Detail, A (w&m)	1915	H. Clifton (perf.)
Broken Down (w&m)	?	H. Clifton (perf.)
Merry Old Uncle Joe (w&m)	?	H. Clifton (perf.)
Send Back My Barney to Me (w&m)	?	H. Clifton (perf.)
Watercress Girl, The (w&m)	?	H. Clifton (perf.)

n.d.

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


My Mother-In-Law (w&m)	n.d.	H. Clifton (perf.)