T.W. Connor
Last updated: 30.08.23
It is surprising that so little is known about this composer considering the large number of compositions located. All that can presently (May 2020) be gleaned about T.W. Connor from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that he has 157 works published between 1890 and 1926.
According to the Internet source given below, he was a music hall composer, a writer of monologues and lyrics and best known for his association with variety comedian Billy Bennett for whom he wrote many monologues.
Of his songs still sung today are She Was One of the Early Birds, and I Was One of the Worms (1895) and At My Time O' Life (1896), both published by Francis, Day & Hunter, London W.C.2, England.
According to the Internet source given below, he was a music hall composer, a writer of monologues and lyrics and best known for his association with variety comedian Billy Bennett for whom he wrote many monologues.
Of his songs still sung today are She Was One of the Early Birds, and I Was One of the Worms (1895) and At My Time O' Life (1896), both published by Francis, Day & Hunter, London W.C.2, England.
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T W Connor | Biography by allpoetry.com. |
T.W. Connor has at least 12 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
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Anywhere Does For Me! Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Performed by: Crawley, Dan
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At My Time O' Life Music by: T.W. Connor.
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Beautiful Home - ''On Hire'' Music by: T.W. Connor. Performed by: Charles Deane
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Come With Me in My Caravan Words and Music by: T.W. Connor.
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He's Not Dead Yet! Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Words by: J W Rowley Performed by: Rowley, J. W.
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New ''Perjarma'' Hat, The Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Performed by: Gus Elen
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Old Cracked Basin, The Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Performed by: Harry Randall
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Postponed Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Performed by: Dunville, T. E.
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Puss! Puss! Puss! Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Performed by: Beauchamp, George
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Thank You, For Those Few Nuts! Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Performed by: Harry Randall
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They Can't Diddle Me! Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Performed by: Crawley, Dan
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We Used to Gather at the Old Dun Cow Words and Music by: T.W. Connor.
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Father Went Down to Southend | Edison Amberol: 12345 | Charman, Jack |
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All of a Sudden He Stopped | T.W. Connor (words & music) Gibson, Alf (perf.) |
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All Over the Shop | T.W. Connor (words & music) Tich, Little (perf.) |
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And His Days Work Was Done | T.W. Connor (words & music) Brooks, George (perf.) |
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At My Time O' Life | T.W. Connor (words & music) Herbert Campbell (perf.) |
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Couldn't Help It, Had To | T.W. Connor (words & music) Dunville, T. E. (perf.) |
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Father Keeps on Doing It! | T.W. Connor (words & music) Crawley, Dan (perf.) |
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Fire Was Burning Hot, The | T.W. Connor (words & music) Dunville, T. E. (perf.) |
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Goose and the Golden Eggs, The | T.W. Connor (words & music) Beauchamp, George (perf.) |
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Has Anybody Seen Our Cat? | T.W. Connor (words & music) Shepard, Burt (perf.) |
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He's Gone Where the Coals Are Cheaper | T.W. Connor (words & music) |
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His Own Mother Wouldn't Know Him Now | T.W. Connor (words & music) Rowley, J. W. (perf.) |
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⇑I Can't Change It | T.W. Connor (words & music) Beauchamp, George (perf.) |
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I Do It For Him Now! | T.W. Connor (words & music) Daisy May (perf.) |
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Little Bit of Cucumber, A | T.W. Connor (words & music) Harry Champion (perf.) |
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Man Was a Stranger to Me, The | T.W. Connor (words & music) George Formby Sr. (perf.) |
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New ''Perjarma'' Hat, The | T.W. Connor (words & music) Gus Elen (perf.) |
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Night Out, A | T.W. Connor (words & music) Collins, Lottie (perf.) |
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Now We Sha'n't Be Long | T.W. Connor (words & music) Herbert Campbell (perf.) |
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One's Enough | T.W. Connor (words & music) Charles Deane (perf.) |
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She Was One of the Early Birds, and I Was One of the Worms | T.W. Connor (words & music) Beauchamp, George (perf.) |
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Why Do the Men Run After Me? | T.W. Connor (words & music) Crawley, Dan (perf.) |
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You Look After Me Old Boy | T.W. Connor (words & music) Harry Freeman (perf.) |
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She Was One of the Early Birds, and I Was One of the Worms (1895) | T.W. Connor (music) Beauchamp, George (perf.) |
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Why Do the Men Run After Me? (1912) | T.W. Connor (music) Crawley, Dan (perf.) |
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 161 works by T.W. Connor.
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| We All Went Round | 189- | |
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| I've Dodged the Undertakers Up Till Now | 1890 | Tom E. Leamore (perf.) | |
| Scapegrace Brother Jack | 1892 | Bonehill, Bessie (perf.) | Pub. |
| His Own Mother Wouldn't Know Him Now | 1893 | John S Baker (words) Rowley, J. W. (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Sunday at Home | 1893 | John S Baker (words) Harry Randall (perf.) |
Pub. |
| That's the Cutting Part | 1893 | Bonehill, Bessie (perf.) | Pub. |
| You Look After Me Old Boy | 1893 | John S Baker (words) Harry Freeman (perf.) |
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| E'd Come a Long Way to Oblige | 1894 | Frederick Eplett (words) Beauchamp, George (perf.) |
Pub. |
| He's Got to Keep A-Movin' | 1894 | John S Baker (words) Beauchamp, George (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I Can't Change It | 1894 | John S Baker (words) Beauchamp, George (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I Do It For Him Now! | 1894 | John S Baker (words) Daisy May (perf.) |
Pub. |
| ⇑ I'm One of the Jays | 1894 | Alfred Lamont (words) Beauchamp, George (perf.) |
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| Love's Golden Dream Up to Date | 1894 | Hylton, Millie (perf.) | Pub. |
| They'll Want Me Later On | 1894 | Beauchamp, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| All on the Nod | 1895 | Beauchamp, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| All Over the Shop | 1895 | Tich, Little (perf.) | Pub. |
| As on Their Wedding Day | 1895 | Daisy May (perf.) | Pub. |
| E's Allus Got a Cert | 1895 | Kendall, Marie (perf.) | Pub. |
| George Beauchamp's All on the Nod | 1895 | Beauchamp, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| He's Not Dead Yet! (w&m) | 1895 | Rowley, J. W. (perf.) |  Pub. |
| Knocked Him- in Once (w&m) | 1895 | Dunville, T. E. (perf.) | Pub. |
| Place They Call the ''Lump'', The | 1895 | Tom E. Leamore (perf.) | Pub. |
| She Was One of the Early Birds, and I Was One of the Worms | 1895 | Beauchamp, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Then We Parted | 1895 | Beauchamp, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| At My Time O' Life (w&m) | 1896 | Herbert Campbell (perf.)
arr.: Henry E. Pether |
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| Goose and the Golden Eggs, The | 1896 | Beauchamp, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| I'm the Airy Fairy | 1896 | Duggan, Maggie (perf.) | Pub. |
| Night In, A | 1896 | Harry Freeman (perf.) | Pub. |
| Night Out, A | 1896 | Collins, Lottie (perf.) | |
| Now We Sha'n't Be Long | 1896 | Herbert Campbell (perf.) | Pub. |
| Riley Did It! | 1896 | Rowley, J. W. (perf.) | Pub. |
| Strolling in the Garden | 1896 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| Sweet Little Womanly Woman, A | 1896 | Pub. | |
| Tickle-Ickle-Um | 1896 | Pat Rafferty (perf.) | Pub. |
| You Do See and You Don't See! | 1896 | Tich, Little (perf.) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Boys That Do the Fighting, The | 1897 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
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| Couldn't Help It, Had To (w&m) | 1897 | Dunville, T. E. (perf.) | |
| Good-Bye Polly | 1897 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| Having a ''Liker'' | 1897 | Beauchamp, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| I'm Going to Ride a Bicycle | 1897 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| If I Hadn't Ha' Been So Shy | 1897 | Beauchamp, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| Let's Be Jubilant! | 1897 | Beauchamp, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| Puss! Puss! Puss! (w&m) | 1897 | Beauchamp, George (perf.) | |
| Soap! | 1897 | Beauchamp, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| That's the Time to Go | 1897 | Herbert Campbell (perf.) | Pub. |
| He Had a Little Drop | 1898 | Pat Rafferty (perf.) | Pub. |
| It's Only Once a Year | 1898 | Rowley, J. W. (perf.) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Let 'em All Come | 1898 | Harry Randall (perf.) | Pub. |
| Postponed (w&m) | 1898 | Dunville, T. E. (perf.) | Pub. |
| Ready | 1898 | John S Baker (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Who's Going to Mash Me To-Night | 1898 | Tom Costello (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Has Anybody Seen Our Cat? (w&m) | 1899 | James T Powers (words) Powers, James T. (perf.) Shepard, Burt (perf.) |
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| Oh! What a Change in the Weather | 1899 | Reeve, Ada (perf.) | Pub. |
| One, Two, Three | 1899 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| Think of the Wives and Children | 1899 | Leslie, Fannie (perf.) | Pub. |
| Will You Go? | 1899 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| Bally Bull-Dog, The | 1900 | G.W. Hunter (perf.) | Pub. |
| I Must Have a Day Off For That | 1900 | Rowley, J. W. (perf.) | Pub. |
| Mermaids | 1900 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| ⇑ My Irish Honey, O! | 1900 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| What Paddy Gave the Drum | 1900 | Michael Nolan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Beautiful Home - ''On Hire'' (w&m) | 1901 | Charles Deane (perf.) | Pub. |
| Left- Right! | 1901 | Charles Deane (perf.) | Pub. |
| Old Dicky Bird | 1901 | George Lashwood (perf.) | Pub. |
| One's Enough | 1901 | Charles Deane (perf.) | Pub. |
| Till Pay-Day Comes Again | 1901 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| We Never Have an Angry Word | 1901 | Harry Randall (perf.) | Pub. |
| When I Dreamed I Was Santa Claus | 1901 | Haydon, Ethel (perf.) | Pub. |
| After All the Shouting | 1902 | George Lashwood (perf.) | Pub. |
| All of a Sudden He Stopped | 1902 | Gibson, Alf (perf.) | Pub. |
| Don't Forget To-Night | 1902 | George Lashwood (perf.) | Pub. |
| ⇑ I've Been Sleeping on the Floor All Night | 1902 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
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| It's a Nice Little Cosy Kitchen | 1902 | Charles Deane (perf.) | |
| Oh the Business! | 1902 | Harry Randall (perf.) | Pub. |
| Popping 'em Into Me | 1902 | Gibson, Alf (perf.) | Pub. |
| She Don't Want a Maid to Dress Her Hair | 1902 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| She's Just As Much My Sweetheart Now | 1902 | Rowley, J. W. (perf.) | Pub. |
| They Soon Made an Angel of Him There | 1902 | Gibson, Alf (perf.) | Pub. |
| What Do You Do With Your Money? | 1902 | Charles Deane (perf.) | Pub. |
| And His Days Work Was Done | 1903 | Brooks, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| Angel's Eyes | 1903 | Pub. | |
| Fly and the Treacle-Pot, The | 1903 | Herbert Campbell (perf.) | Pub. |
| My Old Comrade | 1903 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| ⇑ New ''Perjarma'' Hat, The (w&m) | 1903 | Gus Elen (perf.) | Pub. |
| Oh, ''Tit Bits''! | 1903 | Anderson, Harry (perf.) | Pub. |
| Why Should I Leave Old England? | 1903 | Rowley, J. W. (perf.) | Pub. |
| Bunch of Shamrock, A | 1904 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| Frozen Meat | 1904 | Gibson, Alf (perf.) | Pub. |
| Oh, Nancy Lee! | 1904 | Hylton, Millie (perf.) | Pub. |
| There's Another One Out O' Work | 1904 | Pub. | |
| They Made Such a Fuss of Me! | 1904 | Harry Randall (perf.) | Pub. |
| Bertie | 1905 | George Lashwood (perf.) | Pub. |
| Father Keeps on Doing It! | 1905 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| I Thought It Was My Birthday Come | 1905 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Sisters and Brothers | 1905 | Pub. | |
| ⇑ That's Where I Come In! | 1905 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| They Can't Diddle Me! (w&m) | 1905 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Turn on the Water! | 1905 | Brooks, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| Another Little ''Bird'' | 1906 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Anywhere Does For Me! (w&m) | 1906 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Happy Land | 1906 | Brooks, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| Sweet Norah Grady | 1906 | Pub. | |
| We Close at Two on Thursday | 1906 | Gilbert, Arthur (perf.) |  |
| Won't They Be Glad to See Me! | 1906 | Mavius, Gladys (perf.) | Pub. |
| He Was ''One of the Boys'' | 1907 | Levey, Carlotta (perf.) | Pub. |
| I Finish 'em Off! | 1907 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| I Love Two Little Girls! | 1907 | Pub. | |
| ⇑ It's a Poor Heart That Never Rejoices | 1907 | Mortimer, Maud (perf.) | Pub. |
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| Old Cracked Basin, The (w&m) | 1907 | Harry Randall (perf.) | |
| So Does Father! | 1907 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Te Um Te Iddley Ay! | 1907 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Thank You, For Those Few Nuts! (w&m) | 1907 | Harry Randall (perf.) | Pub. |
| Treasure Ship, The | 1907 | Anderson, Harry (perf.) | Pub. |
| You May Want a Friend Some Day (w&m) | 1907 | Gallimore, Florrie (perf.) | Pub. |
| Come With Me in My Caravan (w&m) | 1908 | Pub. |
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| Sailing Merrily On! | 1908 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Study Those Who Study You | 1908 | Levey, Carlotta (perf.) | Pub. |
| There's a Pair of Bright Blue Eyes | 1908 | Pub. | |
| We've All Been Doing a Bit | 1908 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| ⇑ George Brooks' ''Good-Night, Nurse!'' | 1909 | Brooks, George (perf.) | Pub. |
| Money Don't Make Happiness | 1909 | Levey, Carlotta (perf.) | Pub. |
| Put a Bit of Salt on His Tail | 1909 | Forde, Florrie (perf.) | Pub. |
| There's a Nice How D'ye Do! | 1909 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| We All Went Home Again | 1909 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| When I Got Up This Morning | 1909 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Convict and the Bird, The | 1910 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| Girl With the ''Rooster'' in Her Hat!, The | 1910 | George Lashwood (perf.) | Pub. |
| He's a Pal! | 1910 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Hennessey | 1910 | Pub. | |
| In Ballyhooly | 1910 | Pub. | |
| My Wife's Gone | 1910 | Frederick Hall (words) Keeton, Fred (perf.) Fred Keeton |
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| ⇑ Only Think of It! | 1910 | Fred Earle (perf.) | Pub. |
| What a Diff'rence When Your Ship Comes Home! | 1910 | Pub. | |
| Father Went Down to Southend! | 1911 | Charman, Jack (perf.) Crawley, Dan (perf.) |
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| On the Esplanade | 1911 | Mark Sheridan (perf.) | Pub. |
| That's As Far As I Want to Go! | 1911 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Under the Mistletoe-Bough | 1911 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
| You're a Bad, Bad Man to Gamble | 1911 | Levey, Carlotta (perf.) | Pub. |
| All For Father's Sake | 1912 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Come Round and Hear the Gramophone! | 1912 | Pub. | |
| It's Only a Way I've Got | 1912 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Mice Have Been at It Again, The | 1912 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | Pub. |
| Why Do the Men Run After Me? | 1912 | Crawley, Dan (perf.) | |
| ⇑ Soldier's Farewell, The | 1913 | Tom Costello (perf.) | Pub. |
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| There's Another Insurance Claim | 1914 | |
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| Little Bit of Cucumber, A | 1915 | Harry Champion (perf.) | Pub. |
| Sally O'Malley | 1917 | Pub. | |
| Same Old Clock in the Corner, The | 1917 | Pub. | |
| He's Gone Where the Coals Are Cheaper (w&m) | 1918 | ||
| We Used to Gather at the Old Dun Cow (w&m) | 1918 | |
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| I Wish It Was 12 O'Clock | 1919 | Smiles, Jack (perf.) | Pub. |
| It's That Little Touch of ''Home'' | 1919 | Jen Latona (perf.) | Pub. |
| Man Was a Stranger to Me, The (w&m) | 1919 | George Formby Sr. (perf.) | |
| Crown and Anchor | 1920 | ||
| Children's A.B.C. of Christmas-Time, The | 1921 | ||
| ⇑ Let To-Day Be the Day! | 1922 | Moorhouse, Sydney (perf.) | Pub. |
| Mrs Murphy | 1923 | ||
| Pea Nuts [Sic] | 1923 | Ernie Mayne (perf.) | Pub. |
| Tickle the Keys of Your Silvery Saxophone | 1923 | Pub. | |
| Doubles | 1926 | ||
| Fire Was Burning Hot, The (w&m) | ? | Dunville, T. E. (perf.) |
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A Little Bit of Cucumber (1915) | 2:25 | H. Champion |
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We Close at Two on Thursday | 2:46 | Gilbert, Arthur |