According to the Internet source given below, Composer, songwriter (Hold That Tiger"), author and pianist who accompanied Jones & Hare, and a writer of special material for vaudeville. He was a pianist for music publishers and a radio script writer and composer. Joining ASCAP in 1925, his other popular-song compositions include "Little Gray Mother", "Ragamuffin Romeo", "That Soothing Serenade", "Slappin' the Bass", "Mary Dear", "Love Me a Little Little", "My Mammy Knows", and "Love Made a Gypsy Out of Me".

Harry DeCosta  (1885-1964) has at least 3 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Are You Half the Man Your Mother Thought You'd Be? By Harry DeCosta, Co-Author: Leo Wood. Publisher: Leo Feist Suppliers: Printed: 1916. Sheet Music 5 pages.

I'm Saving Up the Means to Get to New Orleans Music by Harry DeCosta. Words by: Howard Johnson. Publisher: Leo Feist Suppliers: Printed: 1916. Sheet Music.

Love Made a Gypsy Out of Me By Harry DeCosta. Publisher: Leo Feist Suppliers: Printed: 1929. Sheet Music.

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 23 works by Harry DeCosta (1885-1964). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Key: Items on hold

The Bunny Hug Rag (1912)	I've Got the Shimmee Blues (1919)  Words & Music: DeCosta
In Alabama, Dear, With You (1915)  Co-Author: Ellen Orr	My Mammy Knows (1921)
The Little Grey Mother (1915)  Words by: Bernard Grossman	Mary Dear (1922)  Words & Music: DeCosta Co-Author: M.K. Jerome
Are You Half the Man Your Mother Thought You'd Be? (1916)   Co-Author: Leo Wood	The Dumber They Come the Better I Like 'em (1924)
The Eyes of Heaven (1916)  Words by: William A. Wilander	Oh Boy! How It Was Raining (1926)  Words & Music: DeCosta Co-Author: Abner Silver
I'm Saving Up the Means to Get to New Orleans (1916)   Words by: Howard Johnson	Vulgar Boatman (1926)  Co-Authors: Sidney Claire, James V Monaco
At the Coffee Cooler's Tea (1918)  Co-Author: Alex Sullivan	The Prune Song (1928)  Words by: Frank Crumit
An Old Grand Army Man (1918)  Words & Music: DeCosta	Dancing Animal Crackers (1929)  Co-Author: Herbert Steiner
That Soothing Serenade (1918)  Words & Music: DeCosta	Love Made a Gypsy Out of Me (1929)
We Want Our Daddy Dear, Back Home (1918)  Words by: James M. Reilly	Slappin' the Bass (1930)
When the Good Lord Makes a Record of a Hero's Deed He Draws No Color Line (1918)	Love Me a Little Little (?)
I'll Be Back Home in Indiana (1919)  Words by: Frank Chodrow