Tom Costello (1863-1943)
Last updated: 04.10.24
According to the Internet source given below, Tom Costello [Thomas Costellow] was a British music hall comedian and singer who may have been born in Birmingham or Ireland. He was an engraver before making his first stage appearance in Wolverhampton in 1883 and before performing in music halls in Bedford and south London in the same year. An early successe was his performance of My Nellie's Blue Eyes (1886 ) by William James Scanlan which was then parodied by Charles Coborn with his Two Lovely Black Eyes (1886).
Costello specialised in black humour, such as At Trinity Church I Met My Doom(1894) by Fred Gilbert and sentimental/patriotic ballads such as Comrades (1890) by Felix McGlennon which became his signature song. Both those songs are given in 60 Old-Time Variety Songs
He toured with his own variety company in the 1920's and recorded a medley of his most famous songs in 1933.
He died in London.
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Tom Costello (1863-1943) has at least 1 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
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I Don't Mind Leaving the Dear Homeland. Music by: Tom Mellor. Words by: Harry Gifford Performed by: Tom Costello
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Farewell My Little Yo San! (190-) | B. Scott | T. Costello | Pathé 60866 |
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Various Performers | Variety Veterans 1931-1952 |
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| At Trinity Church I Met My Doom | Fred Gilbert (words & music) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Club Raid Upside Down, The | George Le Brunn (music) Edgar Bateman (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Comrades | Felix McGlennon (words & music) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Does It Hurt You Very Much? | Fred W. Leigh (music) Tom Costello (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Eliza Brown | Joseph Tabrar (words & music) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Farmer's Farewell, The | Will Godwin (words & music) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Good-Bye Dolly Gray | Paul Barnes (music) Will. D. Cobb (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| He's in the Asylum Now | Frank P. Aylmer (music) Edmund Forman (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| His Funeral's To-Morrow | Felix McGlennon (words & music) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| In Those Dear Old Golden Days | Bennett Scott (music) A. J. Mills (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Madam Duvan | Tom Costello (music) Joseph Tabrar (words) Marie Lloyd (perf.) |
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| ⇑She Comes Home Tight on Saturday Night | Fred Gilbert (words & music) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Sheeny Coon, The | Harry Castling (words & music) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Ship I Love, The | Felix McGlennon (words & music) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Society Actor, The | Felix McGlennon (music) Norton Atkins (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| What I Say I Do Do, I Do Do! | Fred W. Leigh (music) Tom Costello (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| Working Man's Sunday at Home, The | Frank Egerton (words & music) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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| You're Still One of the Boys | E.W. Rogers (words & music) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Song That Will Live For Ever (1896), The | F. McGlennon (music) Tom Browne (words) Charles Howard (perf.) Harry P. Cargill (perf.) T. Costello (perf.) |
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The peformer is featured on 91 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
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He's in the Asylum Now (1889) | Frank P. Aylmer | Edmund Forman (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Good-Bye Dolly Gray (1898) | Paul Barnes | Will D. Cobb (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Sheeny Coon (1898), The | Harry Castling(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Tom Costello's Appreciation of ''There's Air'' (1900) | Harry Castling | Edgar Bateman (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Publican's Lament (1919), The | Harry Castling(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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I've Got the Girl I've Got the Ring (1920) | Harry Castling(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Come Down, Mrs. Brown! Come Down! (1911) | Charles Collins | Fred Murray (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Strolling in the Garden (1896) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Boys That Do the Fighting (1897), The | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Good-Bye Polly (1897) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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⇑I'm Going to Ride a Bicycle (1897) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Ready (1898) | T.W. Connor | John S Baker (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Who's Going to Mash Me To-Night (1898) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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One, Two, Three (1899) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Will You Go? (1899) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Mermaids (1900) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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My Irish Honey, O! (1900) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Till Pay-Day Comes Again (1901) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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I've Been Sleeping on the Floor All Night (1902) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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She Don't Want a Maid to Dress Her Hair (1902) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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My Old Comrade (1903) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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⇑Bunch of Shamrock (1904), A | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Convict and the Bird (1910), The | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Under the Mistletoe-Bough (1911) | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Soldier's Farewell (1913), The | T.W. Connor | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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What's in a Name? (1893) | John Crook | Richard Barnard (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Working Man's Sunday at Home (1892), The | Frank Egerton(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Theosophee (1891) | Frederick Eplett | Charles Wilmott (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Faithful (1899) | Frederick Eplett | Fred Gilbert (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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If You'll Be True to Me (1892) | Fred Gilbert | Frederick Eplett (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Man That Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1892), The | Fred Gilbert | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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At Trinity Church I Met My Doom (1894) | Fred Gilbert(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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⇑Never Knock at Her Door Now, My Boy (1894) | Fred Gilbert | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Oh! Maria, if You Love Me (1894) | Fred Gilbert | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Sunday Afternoon (1894) | Fred Gilbert | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Father's Come Home With His Money All Right (1895) | Fred Gilbert(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Laughing Madman (1895), The | Fred Gilbert | John S Baker (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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She Comes Home Tight on Saturday Night (1895) | Fred Gilbert | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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I Gave the Missis a Brace of Kisses (1896) | Fred Gilbert | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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I've Got to Prove It (1896) | Fred Gilbert(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Bridget the Spaniard (1897) | Fred Gilbert(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Farmer's Farewell (1895), The | Will Godwin(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Club Raid Upside Down (1901), The | George Le Brunn | Edgar Bateman (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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⇑Music, Sweet Music (1901) | George Le Brunn | J P Harrington (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Zanana! (1905) | George Le Brunn | J P Harrington (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Does It Hurt You Very Much? (1901) | Fred W. Leigh(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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What I Say I Do Do, I Do Do! (1904) | Fred W. Leigh(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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My Little Ammunition Girl. (1916) | Fred W. Leigh(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Fed Up! (1918) | Fred W. Leigh(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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I've Come Back to Town Once Again (1919) | Fred W. Leigh(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Gate (1889), The | Felix McGlennon | Warwick Williams (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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His Funeral's To-Morrow (1889) | Felix McGlennon(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Comrades (1890) | Felix McGlennon | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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I Promised (1890) | Felix McGlennon | John S. Baker (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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⇑They Bloom in Summer (1890) | Felix McGlennon | Harold Hope (words) John S. Baker (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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They Discharged Him Because He Was Old (1890) | Felix McGlennon | John S. Baker (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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He's in Regular Employment Now (1891) | Felix McGlennon | Norton Atkins (words) John S. Baker (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Society Actor (1891), The | Felix McGlennon | Norton Atkins (words) John S. Baker (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Temperance Brigade (1891), The | Felix McGlennon | Tom Conley (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Buy a Bicycle (1893) | Felix McGlennon | James Curran (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Ship I Love (1893), The | Felix McGlennon(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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I'll Forgive Him (1894) | Felix McGlennon | James Curran (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Norah My Wife (1894) | Felix McGlennon | W A Archbold (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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One-Legged Family (1895), The | Felix McGlennon | Albert Hall (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Lavender, the Howler (1896) | Felix McGlennon | Charles D Hickman (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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⇑Song That Will Live For Ever (1896), The | Felix McGlennon | Tom Browne (words)
Harry P. Cargill (perf.) Tom Costello (perf.) Charles Howard (perf.) |
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Quiet Little Corner Down in Kent (1897), A | Felix McGlennon | Edgar Bateman (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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I Don't Mind Leaving the Dear Homeland. (1910) | Tom Mellor | Harry Gifford (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Board and Lodging For a Nice Young Man (1911) | Tom Mellor | Harry Gifford (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Home Again to Dear Old London (1911) | Tom Mellor | Harry Gifford (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Farewell to Ireland! (1912) | Tom Mellor | Harry Gifford (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Why Did You Go to War? (1900) | Henry E. Pether | Paul Pelham (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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All Through ''Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay'' (1892) | Orlando Powell | J. P. Harrington (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Duchess of Deansgate (1896), The | Orlando Powell | Albert Hall (words) Felix McGlennon (words) Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Two Angels (1896) | Orlando Powell | Albert Hall (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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You're Still One of the Boys (1909) | E.W. Rogers(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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⇑Have Me on a Three Months' Lease (1898) | Bennett Scott | C G Cotes (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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It Don't Go Well With ''Scroggs'' (1898) | Bennett Scott(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Burglar Coon (1901), The | Bennett Scott | A J Mills (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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I've Made Up My Mind to Sail Away (1902) | Bennett Scott | Henry E. Pether (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Oh! the ''Black List'' (1903) | Bennett Scott(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Somebody's Sailor Boy (1903) | Bennett Scott | George Arthurs (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Fair Trade (1904) | Bennett Scott(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Farewell My Little Yo San! (1904) | Bennett Scott | A J Mills (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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There's No One to Say Good-Bye (1905) | Bennett Scott | A J Mills (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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In Those Dear Old Golden Days (1906) | Bennett Scott | A J Mills (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Ten-Bob Rise, or, My Old Pal Joe (1906), The | Bennett Scott | Edgar Bateman (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) |
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⇑Wreck of the ''Serpent'' (1890), The | F.V St. Clair | W.W. Bright (words)
Tom Costello (perf.) Ella Dean (perf.) |
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One of the Racing Boys (1898) | Joseph Tabrar(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Only a Simple Message From the Dear Homeland (1899) | Joseph Tabrar(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
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Eliza Brown (1908) | Joseph Tabrar(w&m) | Tom Costello (perf.) |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 10 works by Tom Costello (1863-1943).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
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| Madam Duvan | 1891 | Joseph Tabrar (words) Marie Lloyd (perf.) |
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| Supersitious Wife , The | 1896 | E W Rogers (words) Charles Bignell (perf.) |
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| Blow Winds Gently (w&m) | 1898 | Pub. | |
| If You Love Me Just As I Love You | 1903 | A J Mills (words) Bennett Scott (words) |
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| On Monday I Met Him | 1909 | Fred W. Leigh (words) Henry E. Pether (words) |
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| Pitmates (w&m) | 1913 | Pub. | |
| I'm Giving Up My Job to the Kaiser | 1915 | Fred W. Leigh (words) | Pub. |
| Mary Devine | 1915 | Fred W. Leigh (words) | Pub. |
| When You Hear Your Country Calling | 1915 | Fred W. Leigh (words) | Pub. |
| Nellie Brown | 1919 | Fred W. Leigh (words) | Pub. |
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F. Gilbert | At Trinity Church I Met My Doom (1934) (3:02) | T. Costello |