T.W. Connor
Last updated: 19.08.20
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. Sung by : Dan Crawley.
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At My Time O' Life By: T.W. Connor.
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Beautiful Home - ''On Hire'' By: T.W. Connor. Sung by : C. 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. Sung by : J. W. Rowley.
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New ''Perjarma'' Hat, The Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Sung by : G. Elen.
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Old Cracked Basin, The Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Sung by : Harry Randall.
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Postponed Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Sung by : T. E. Dunville.
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Puss! Puss! Puss! Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Sung by : George Beauchamp.
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Thank You, For Those Few Nuts! Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Sung by : Harry Randall.
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They Can't Diddle Me! Words and Music by: T.W. Connor. Sung by : Dan Crawley.
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We Used to Gather at the Old Dun Cow Words and Music by: T.W. Connor.
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Billy Bennett's Book of Burlesque Monologues No. 3 |
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Billy Bennett's Burlesque Monologues |
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Billy Bennett's Burlesque Monologues 4th Book |
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This list is arranged by title and contains 19 lyrics written by T.W. Connor. The lyrics/monologues and *.pdf files have been kindly compiled by monologues.co.uk/musichall
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All of a Sudden He Stopped | Alf Gibson (sung by) | |
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All Over the Shop | Little Tich (sung by) | |
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And His Days Work Was Done | George Brooks (sung by) | |
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At My Time O' Life | H. Campbell (sung by) | |
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Couldn't Help It, Had To | T. E. Dunville (sung by) | |
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Father Keeps on Doing It! | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
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Fire Was Burning Hot, The | T. E. Dunville (sung by) | |
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Goose and the Golden Eggs, The | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
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He's Gone Where the Coals Are Cheaper | ||
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His Own Mother Wouldn't Know Him | J. W. Rowley (sung by) | |
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I Can't Change It | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
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⇑I Do It For Him Now! | Daisy May (sung by) | |
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Little Bit of Cucumber, A | Harry Champion (sung by) | |
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Man Was a Stranger to Me, The | G. Formby Sr. (sung by) | |
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New '''Perjarma''' Hat, The | G. Elen (sung by) | |
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Now We Sha'n't Be Long | H. Campbell (sung by) | |
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She Was One of the Early Birds, and I Was One of the Worms | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
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Why Do the Men Run After Me? | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
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You Look After Me Old Boy | H. Freeman (sung by) |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 159 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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| We All Went Round | 189- |  |
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| I've Dodged the Undertakers Up Till Now | 1890 | Tom E. Leamore (sung by) | |
| Scapegrace Brother Jack | 1892 | Bessie Bonehill (sung by) | |
| His Own Mother Wouldn't Know Him Now | 1893 | John S Baker (words) J. W. Rowley (sung by) |
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| Sunday at Home | 1893 | John S Baker (words) Harry Randall (sung by) |
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| That's the Cutting Part | 1893 | Bessie Bonehill (sung by) | |
| You Look After Me Old Boy | 1893 | John S Baker (words) Harry Freeman (sung by) |
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| E'd Come a Long Way to Oblige | 1894 | Frederick Eplett (words) George Beauchamp (sung by) |
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| He's Got to Keep A-Movin' | 1894 | John S Baker (words) George Beauchamp (sung by) |
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| I Can't Change It | 1894 | John S Baker (words) George Beauchamp (sung by) |
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| I Do It For Him Now! | 1894 | John S Baker (words) Daisy May (sung by) |
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| ⇑ I'm One of the Jays | 1894 | Alfred Lamont (words) George Beauchamp (sung by) |
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| Love's Golden Dream Up to Date | 1894 | Millie Hylton (sung by) | |
| They'll Want Me Later On | 1894 | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
| All on the Nod | 1895 | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
| All Over the Shop | 1895 | Little Tich (sung by) | |
| As on Their Wedding Day | 1895 | Daisy May (sung by) | |
| E's Allus Got a Cert | 1895 | Marie Kendall (sung by) | |
| George Beauchamp's All on the Nod | 1895 | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
| He's Not Dead Yet! (w&m) | 1895 | J. W. Rowley (sung by) | |
| Knocked Him- in Once (w&m) | 1895 | T. E. Dunville (sung by) | |
| Place They Call the ''Lump'', The | 1895 | Tom Leamore (sung by) | |
| She Was One of the Early Birds, and I Was One of the Worms | 1895 | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
| ⇑ Then We Parted | 1895 | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
| At My Time O' Life (w&m) | 1896 | Herbert Campbell (sung by)
arr.: Henry E. Pether |
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| Goose and the Golden Eggs, The | 1896 | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
| I'm the Airy Fairy | 1896 | Maggie Duggan (sung by) | |
| Night In, A | 1896 | Harry Freeman (sung by) | |
| Now We Sha'n't Be Long | 1896 | Herbert Campbell (sung by) | |
| Riley Did It! | 1896 | J. W. Rowley (sung by) | |
| Strolling in the Garden | 1896 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| Sweet Little Womanly Woman, A | 1896 | |
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| Tickle-Ickle-Um | 1896 | Pat Rafferty (sung by) | |
| You Do See and You Don't See! | 1896 | Little Tich (sung by) | |
| Boys That Do the Fighting, The | 1897 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| ⇑ Couldn't Help It, Had To (w&m) | 1897 | T. E. Dunville (sung by) | |
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| Good-Bye Polly | 1897 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| Having a ''Liker'' | 1897 | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
| I'm Going to Ride a Bicycle | 1897 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| If I Hadn't Ha' Been So Shy | 1897 | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
| Let's Be Jubilant! | 1897 | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
| Puss! Puss! Puss! (w&m) | 1897 | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
| Soap! | 1897 | George Beauchamp (sung by) | |
| That's the Time to Go | 1897 | Herbert Campbell (sung by) | |
| He Had a Little Drop | 1898 | Pat Rafferty (sung by) | |
| It's Only Once a Year | 1898 | J. W. Rowley (sung by) | |
| Let 'em All Come | 1898 | Harry Randall (sung by) | |
| ⇑ Postponed (w&m) | 1898 | T. E. Dunville (sung by) | |
| Ready | 1898 | John S Baker (words) Tom Costello (sung by) |
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| Who's Going to Mash Me To-Night | 1898 | Tom Costello (words) Tom Costello (sung by) |
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| Has Anybody Seen Our Cat? (w&m) | 1899 | James T Powers (words) | |
| Oh! What a Change in the Weather | 1899 | Ada Reeve (sung by) | |
| One, Two, Three | 1899 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| Think of the Wives and Children | 1899 | Fannie Leslie (sung by) | |
| Will You Go? | 1899 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| Bally Bull-Dog, The | 1900 | G.W. Hunter (sung by) | |
| I Must Have a Day Off For That | 1900 | J. W. Rowley (sung by) | |
| Mermaids | 1900 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| My Irish Honey, O! | 1900 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| ⇑ What Paddy Gave the Drum | 1900 | Michael Nolan (sung by) | |
| Beautiful Home - ''On Hire'' (w&m) | 1901 | Charles Deane (sung by) | |
| Left- Right! | 1901 | Charles Deane (sung by) | |
| Old Dicky Bird | 1901 | George Lashwood (sung by) | |
| One's Enough | 1901 | Charles Deane (sung by) | |
| Till Pay-Day Comes Again | 1901 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| We Never Have an Angry Word | 1901 | Harry Randall (sung by) | |
| When I Dreamed I Was Santa Claus | 1901 | Ethel Haydon (sung by) | |
| After All the Shouting | 1902 | George Lashwood (sung by) | |
| All of a Sudden He Stopped | 1902 | Alf Gibson (sung by) | |
| Don't Forget To-Night | 1902 | George Lashwood (sung by) | |
| I've Been Sleeping on the Floor All Night | 1902 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| ⇑ It's a Nice Little Cosy Kitchen | 1902 | Charles Deane (sung by) | |
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| Oh the Business! | 1902 | Harry Randall (sung by) | |
| Popping 'em Into Me | 1902 | Alf Gibson (sung by) | |
| She Don't Want a Maid to Dress Her Hair | 1902 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| She's Just As Much My Sweetheart Now | 1902 | J. W. Rowley (sung by) | |
| They Soon Made an Angel of Him There | 1902 | Alf Gibson (sung by) | |
| What Do You Do With Your Money? | 1902 | Charles Deane (sung by) | |
| And His Days Work Was Done | 1903 | George Brooks (sung by) | |
| Angel's Eyes | 1903 | |
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| Fly and the Treacle-Pot, The | 1903 | Herbert Campbell (sung by) | |
| My Old Comrade | 1903 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| New ''Perjarma'' Hat, The (w&m) | 1903 | Gus Elen (sung by) | |
| ⇑ Oh, ''Tit Bits''! | 1903 | Harry Anderson (sung by) | |
| Why Should I Leave Old England? | 1903 | J. W. Rowley (sung by) | |
| Bunch of Shamrock, A | 1904 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| Frozen Meat | 1904 | Alf Gibson (sung by) | |
| Oh, Nancy Lee! | 1904 | Millie Hylton (sung by) | |
| There's Another One Out O' Work | 1904 | |
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| They Made Such a Fuss of Me! | 1904 | Harry Randall (sung by) | |
| Bertie | 1905 | George Lashwood (sung by) | |
| Father Keeps on Doing It! | 1905 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| I Thought It Was My Birthday Come | 1905 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Sisters and Brothers | 1905 | |
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| That's Where I Come In! | 1905 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| ⇑ They Can't Diddle Me! (w&m) | 1905 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Turn on the Water! | 1905 | George Brooks (sung by) | |
| Another Little ''Bird'' | 1906 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Anywhere Does For Me! (w&m) | 1906 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Happy Land | 1906 | George Brooks (sung by) | |
| Sweet Norah Grady | 1906 | |
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| We Close at Two on Thursday | 1906 | |
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| Won't They Be Glad to See Me! | 1906 | Gladys Mavius (sung by) | |
| He Was ''One of the Boys'' | 1907 | Carlotta Levey (sung by) | |
| I Finish 'em Off! | 1907 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| I Love Two Little Girls! | 1907 | |
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| It's a Poor Heart That Never Rejoices | 1907 | Maud Mortimer (sung by) | |
| ⇑ Old Cracked Basin, The (w&m) | 1907 | Harry Randall (sung by) | |
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| So Does Father! | 1907 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Te Um Te Iddley Ay! | 1907 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Thank You, For Those Few Nuts! (w&m) | 1907 | Harry Randall (sung by) | |
| Treasure Ship, The | 1907 | Harry Anderson (sung by) | |
| You May Want a Friend Some Day | 1907 | |
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| Come With Me in My Caravan (w&m) | 1908 | |
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| Sailing Merrily On! | 1908 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Study Those Who Study You | 1908 | Carlotta Levey (sung by) | |
| There's a Pair of Bright Blue Eyes | 1908 | |
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| We've All Been Doing a Bit | 1908 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| George Brooks' ''Good-Night, Nurse!'' | 1909 | George Brooks (sung by) | |
| ⇑ Money Don't Make Happiness | 1909 | Carlotta Levey (sung by) | |
| Put a Bit of Salt on His Tail | 1909 | Florrie Forde (sung by) | |
| There's a Nice How D'ye Do! | 1909 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| We All Went Home Again | 1909 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| When I Got Up This Morning | 1909 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Convict and the Bird, The | 1910 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| Girl With the ''Rooster'' in Her Hat!, The | 1910 | George Lashwood (sung by) | |
| He's a Pal! | 1910 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Hennessey | 1910 | |
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| In Ballyhooly | 1910 | |
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| My Wife's Gone | 1910 | Frederick Hall (words) Fred Keeton (sung by) Fred Keeton |
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| Only Think of It! | 1910 | Fred Earle (sung by) | |
| ⇑ What a Diff'rence When Your Ship Comes Home! | 1910 | |
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| Father Went Down to Southend! | 1911 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| On the Esplanade | 1911 | Mark Sheridan (sung by) | |
| That's As Far As I Want to Go! | 1911 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Under the Mistletoe-Bough | 1911 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| You're a Bad, Bad Man to Gamble | 1911 | Carlotta Levey (sung by) | |
| All For Father's Sake | 1912 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Come Round and Hear the Gramophone! | 1912 | |
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| It's Only a Way I've Got | 1912 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Mice Have Been at It Again, The | 1912 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Why Do the Men Run After Me? | 1912 | Dan Crawley (sung by) | |
| Soldier's Farewell, The | 1913 | Tom Costello (sung by) | |
| ⇑ There's Another Insurance Claim | 1914 | |
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| Little Bit of Cucumber, A | 1915 | Harry Champion (sung by) | |
| Sally O'Malley | 1917 | |
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| Same Old Clock in the Corner, The | 1917 | |
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| We Used to Gather at the Old Dun Cow (w&m) | 1918 | |
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| I Wish It Was 12 O'Clock | 1919 | Jack Smiles (sung by) | |
| It's That Little Touch of ''Home'' | 1919 | Jen Latona (sung by) | |
| Man Was a Stranger to Me, The (w&m) | 1919 | George Formby Sr. (sung by) | |
| Crown and Anchor | 1920 | ||
| Children's A.B.C. of Christmas-Time, The | 1921 | ||
| Let To-Day Be the Day! | 1922 | Sydney Moorhouse (sung by) | |
| Pea Nuts [Sic] | 1923 | Ernie Mayne (sung by) | |
| ⇑ Tickle the Keys of Your Silvery Saxophone | 1923 | |
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| Mrs Murphy | 1923 | ||
| Doubles | 1926 | ||
| Fire Was Burning Hot, The (w&m) | ? | T. E. Dunville (sung by) |