Gussie Lord Davis  (1863-1899)
Last updated: 13.09.24
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Websites:
url15.gif Gussie Davis Biography by wikipedia.org.  
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif In the Baggage Coach Ahead (1896-1899) G.L. Davis Jere Mahoney Edison Record: 1517
cylinder15.gif The Fatal Wedding (1927) G.L. Davis E.V. Stoneman Edison Blue Amberol: 5355
cylinder15.gif In the Baggage Coach Ahead (1896-1900) G.L. Davis George J. Gaskin Columbia Phonograph Co.: 4080
cylinder15.gif In the Baggage Coach Ahead (1925) G.L. Davis Vernon Dalhart Edison Blue Amberol: 5011
cylinder15.gif In the Baggage Coach Ahead (1905) G.L. Davis John W. Myers Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32767
cylinder15.gif My Creole Sue - Song (1897-1900) G.L. Davis S. Porter Columbia Phonograph Co.: 4597
cylinder15.gif My Creole Sue - Song (1896-1901) G.L. Davis Harry MacDonough Edison Record: 6511
cylinder15.gif Send Back the Picture and the Ring (1896-1901) G.L. Davis John W. Myers
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
audioextmp315.gif My Creole Sue - Song (1899) G.L. Davis John Bieling
Samuel H. Dudley
William F. Hooley
Harry MacDonough
Edison's National Phonograph Company 7204
audioextmp315.gif If I Only Could Blot Out the Past - Song (1902) G.L. Davis F.C. Stanley Edison's National Phonograph Company: 7133
This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.
     Title Attribution Remarks
       
  Fatal Wedding, The Gussie Lord Davis (words & music)
Gussie Lord Davis (perf.)
 
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Dear Old Folks at Home (1882), The G.L. Davis (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Fatal Wedding (1893), The G.L. Davis (music)
W. H Windom (words)
James B. Bradley (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif I've Been Hoodoo'ed (1894) G.L. Davis (music)
John J McNally (words)
M. Irwin (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif

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In the Baggage Coach Ahead (1896) G.L. Davis (w&m)
Frank Leslie (perf.)
Frank Leslie (perf.)
Piano, Voice
IMSLP
Indiana
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pdf15.gif Irene, Good Night (1887) G.L. Davis (w&m)
Edwin Harley (perf.)
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My Creole Sue - Song (1898) G.L. Davis (w&m)
Inez Mecusker (perf.)
Chas. E. Foreman (perf.)
Piano, Voice
IMSLP
Indiana
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pdf15.gif Nigger You Won't Do (1897) G.L. Davis (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif  Sadie's a Lady (1893) G.L. Davis (w&m) Incomplete Parts IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Sing Again That Sweet Refrain (1894) G.L. Davis (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif We Sat Beneath the Maple on the Hill (1880) G.L. Davis (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 132 works by Gussie Lord Davis (1863-1899). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
We Sat Beneath the Maple on the Hill (w&m) 1880  wvicon.gif
Dear Old Folks at Home, The (w&m) 1882  wvicon.gif
Cabin on the Mississippi Shore, The (w&m) 1884  wvicon.gif
Old Church Bells Are Silent 1884
When Nellie Was Raking the Hay (w&m) 1884  Pub.
Kiss Was the Cause of It All, A (w&m) 1886 Hedli Anderson (perf.)  wvicon.gif
When the Cuckoo Goes to Sleep 1886 Billy Speed (words)  wvicon.gif
Baby's Laughing in Her Sleep 1887 Charles Crusoe (words)
Mrs Charles Cruseo (words)
George Propheter. (words)
 Pub.
Irene, Good Night (w&m) 1887 Edwin Harley (perf.)  Pub.
Little Footsteps in the Snow 1887
My Creole Sue (w&m) 1887  wvicon.gif
Fairies Watch Our Little Darling (w&m) 1888  wvicon.gif
Rector's Daughter Nell, The (w&m) 1888 Mabel Stanley (perf.)  Pub.
Steer to the Lighthouse and Home (w&m) 1888  wvicon.gif
Only a Bowery Boy 1889 Chas. B. Ward (words)  wvicon.gif
Patch on My Dear Old Brother's Pants, The 1889  Pub.
Wait Till the Tide Comes In 1889 G. Propheter (words)  wvicon.gif
When the Sun Sets by the Sea (w&m) 1890  wvicon.gif
Clime Up De Ladder to De Clouds (w&m) 1891  wvicon.gif
McGuffin's Home Run 1891 Bert. C. Norman (words)
Night Father Sent Kate Away (w&m) 1891  wvicon.gif
On the Sandy Shore (w&m) 1891  wvicon.gif
Fatal Wedding, The 1893 W. H Windom (words)
James B. Bradley (perf.)
Gussie Lord Davis (perf.)
Ernest V. Stoneman (perf.)
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Sadie's a Lady (w&m) 1893  Pub.
Sea-Gull, Fly Home (w&m) 1893  wvicon.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Beyond Pardon, Beyond Recall (w&m) 1894 George J. Gaskin (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Delia Moore (w&m) 1894  wvicon.gif
Don't Forget to Send For Me (w&m) 1894  Pub.
Girl Who Left a Happy Home For Me, The (w&m) 1894  Pub.
Give Me Your Answer to Day (w&m) 1894  wvicon.gif
Hold Your Temper Casey (w&m) 1894  wvicon.gif
I Guess He Knows the Secret Now (w&m) 1894  Pub.
I've Been Hoodoo'ed 1894 John J McNally (words)
May Irwin (perf.)
 Pub.
It's a Good Thing, Push It Along! (w&m) 1894  Pub.
Lighthouse by the Sea, The (w&m) 1894  Pub.
One Little Word 1894 Ludomir Thomas (words)  wvicon.gif
Picture Eighty-Four 1894 Charles Ward (words)
Hedli Anderson (perf.)
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Sing Again That Sweet Refrain (w&m) 1894  Pub.
Vows at the Altar (w&m) 1894  Pub.
Wedded at Last (w&m) 1894  wvicon.gif
When They Straighten All the Colored People's Hair (w&m) 1894  Pub.
Blackballed in De Lime Kiln Club (w&m) 1895  Pub.
Coon That I Suspected, The (w&m) 1895  wvicon.gif
Don't You Miss It on Your Life (w&m) 1895  Pub.
Girl He Didn't Get, The (w&m) 1895  Pub.
Girl I Promised to Wed, The (w&m) 1895  Pub.
Go Where Duty Calls You (w&m) 1895  Pub.
Her Choice (w&m) 1895  wvicon.gif
Hoist Up the White Sails. Waltz Song (w&m) 1895  Pub.
Honey, Don't You Shake Me (w&m) 1895  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
I'll Bring It Home to You All De Times (w&m) 1895  wvicon.gif
If They Write That I'm Forgiven I'll Go Home 1895 Paul Dresser (words)  Pub.
Mama, Does You Love Your Honey (w&m) 1895  wvicon.gif
Midway in the Moon, The (w&m) 1895 Madge Ellis (perf.)  Pub.
Mine Alone. Song (w&m) 1895  wvicon.gif
Pastor's Resignation, The (w&m) 1895  wvicon.gif
Reason Bess Went Away, The (w&m) 1895  wvicon.gif
Sexton Will Never Know, The (w&m) 1895  wvicon.gif
She Waited at the Altar in Vain (w&m) 1895  Pub.
Since Hannah's Done Learned to Ride a Wheel (w&m) 1895  Pub.
Since Nancy Goes to Dancing School (w&m) 1895  Pub.
Stranger's Story, The (w&m) 1895  wvicon.gif
Too Late (w&m) 1895  wvicon.gif
Twas a Sad Trip Coming Back (w&m) 1895 Lew Dockstader (perf.)  Pub.
Ain't I Yer Honey Boy No More? (w&m) 1896 Belle Davis (perf.)  wvicon.gif
And the Court Adjourned (w&m) 1896  Pub.
Bright Side of Lifes, The (w&m) 1896  wvicon.gif
Bye and Bye. Song, (w&m) 1896  wvicon.gif
Down in Poverty Row 1896 Arthur Trevelyan (words)
Girl I Loved the Best, The (w&m) 1896  wvicon.gif
I Just Got a Message From Mars (w&m) 1896  Pub.
If I Only Could Blot Out the Past (w&m) 1896  Pub.
If I Only Could Blot Out the Past - Song (w&m) 1896 Frank C. Stanley (perf.)
Rose Winchester (perf.)
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In the Baggage Coach Ahead (w&m) 1896 Imogene Comer (perf.)
Vernon Dalhart (perf.)
George J. Gaskin (perf.)
Frank Leslie (perf.)
Jere Mahoney (perf.)
John W. Myers (perf.)
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Just Beneath the Coffin Lid (w&m) 1896  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Just Outside a Millionaire's Door (w&m) 1896  wvicon.gif
Just Set a Light 1896 Henry V. Neal (words)  Pub.
Last Fight I Was In, The (w&m) 1896  wvicon.gif
Let All of Us Stay at Home (w&m) 1896  wvicon.gif
Nearing the Harbor (w&m) 1896  wvicon.gif
Postman's Welcome Call, The 1896 James I Horton (words)  wvicon.gif
Sail to the Lights on the Shore (w&m) 1896  wvicon.gif
Send Back the Picture and the Ring (w&m) 1896 John W. Myers (perf.)  wvicon.gif  cylinder15.gif
Trusting Only You (w&m) 1896  Pub.
When I Do the Hoochy-Coochy in De Sky (w&m) 1896  Pub.
Bridegroom That Never Came, The (w&m) 1897  Pub.
Christmas in the Old Home 1897 Mrs Charles Davison (words)  Pub.
Don't Let Her Fall (w&m) 1897  wvicon.gif
Ever Since Melinda Struck the Town (w&m) 1897  Pub.
Every Day at the Station (w&m) 1897  wvicon.gif
Fighting Life's Battle Alone (w&m) 1897 William H. Gardner (words)  wvicon.gif
Home on a Furlough (w&m) 1897  Pub.
I Don't Need You Never, No More! (w&m) 1897  Pub.
I Loved Her First (w&m) 1897  wvicon.gif
I'm the Father of a Little Black Coon 1897 Charles Hunn (words)
George Golden (words)
Eugene Stratton (perf.)
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Just 13 (w&m) 1897  wvicon.gif
Mother's the Girl For Me (w&m) 1897  Pub.
My Baby Is a Bon Ton Belle (w&m) 1897  Pub.
My Wife (w&m) 1897  Pub.
Nigger You Won't Do (w&m) 1897  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Sweet Norine (w&m) 1897  wvicon.gif
Tying the Leaves (w&m) 1897  wvicon.gif
We Never Meet, 'tis Better So (w&m) 1897 Lillian Waltone (perf.)  Pub.
All Quiet Along the Potomac to Night (w&m) 1898  wvicon.gif
Bring Back to My Life the Sunshine (w&m) 1898  Pub.
Coming Home to Die (w&m) 1898  Pub.
De Ragtown Brigade Is Off to War (w&m) 1898  wvicon.gif
Dig Away Dempsey, Dig Away (w&m) 1898 Tom Browne (perf.)  Pub.
Get on Your Sneakshoes Children! 1898  wvicon.gif
Have Pity Judge, She's My Mother (w&m) 1898  wvicon.gif
Just Ask if He's Forgotten Her (w&m) 1898  Pub.
My Creole Sue - Song (w&m) 1898 John Bieling (perf.)
Samuel H. Dudley (perf.)
Charles E. Foreman (perf.)
Chas. E. Foreman (perf.)
William F. Hooley (perf.)
Harry MacDonough (perf.)
Inez Mecusker (perf.)
Steve Porter (perf.)
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Soldier and Sweetheart That Never Returned, The (w&m) 1898  Pub.
Story the Villagers Tell, A (w&m) 1898  Pub.
When Africa and Ireland Go to War 1898 Dan Packard (words)  Pub.
When the Mighty Ship Begins to Roll (w&m) 1898  wvicon.gif
When the Troops Come Home (w&m) 1898 Wm. Estren (words)  Pub.
You're Alright, But You Must Stay Out (w&m) 1898  Pub.
You're It (w&m) 1898  Pub.
He Carved His Mother's Name Upon the Tree 1899 Henry V. Neal (words)  Pub.
Old Church Door, The 1899 Arranged By E.T. Paull  Pub.
There'd Never Been No Trouble if They'd Kidnapped a Coon 1899 Tom Brown (words)  Pub.
There's Always a Home For You (w&m) 1899  Pub.
Won't You Take Me Back to Dixie? 1899 Edward B Marks (words)
George Rosey (words)
Walter J. Talbot (perf.)
 Pub.
When the Autumn Leaves Were Falling 190- John B Foley (words)  wvicon.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Come Back to the Home That You Deserted (w&m) 1900  wvicon.gif
He Wears the Army Blue 1900 Charles Coltrin (words)  wvicon.gif
When All the World Forsakes You, Send For Me 1900 W S Estren (words)  Pub.
He Said When He Kissed Me at Parting (w&m) 1901  Pub.
Bridge Is Washed Away, The 1902 H V Neal (words)  Pub.
He Found Her in the City (w&m) 1902  Pub.
Court House in De Sky, The 1946 J A Macon (words)
Harry Eaton (words)