Billy Merson (1881-1947)

	Title	Instruments/Issue	Attribution


MP3 File(s
Gay Cavalier, The	Edison Blue Amberol: 23094	B. Merson (perf.)
Prairie Life For Me, A	Edison Blue Amberol: 23206	B. Merson (perf.)
Yacht I've Not Got, The	Edison Blue Amberol: 23046	B. Merson (perf.)

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Beautiful Yacht I've Not Got, The	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	Chinese Tangle Trot, The	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	Desdemonia	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	Don't Sing in Ragtime	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	Gay Cavalier, The	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	Gladiator, The	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	Gondolier, The	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	I'll Keep Off the Grass No More	W.J. Stafford (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	I'm Setting the Village on Fire	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	I'm So Spiteful When I'm Wild	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	It's Going to Be a Serious Thing For England!	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	⇑Madame Anita Peroxide	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	Night I Appeared As Macbeth, The	William Hargreaves (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	On the Good Ship Yacki Hicki Doo La	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	Out on the Praire	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	Photo of the Girl I Left Behind, The	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	Spaniard That Blighted My Life, The	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)
	They Can't Find Kelly	Billy Merson (words & music) B. Merson (perf.)

Music Halls

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Desdemonia (1922)(w&m)	Billy Merson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Photo of the Girl I Left Behind (1924), The(w&m)	Billy Merson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Spaniard That Blighted My Life (1911), The	Al Jolson (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP
As performer
Desdemonia (1922)	Piano, Voice	By B. Merson
Photo of the Girl I Left Behind (1924), The	Piano, Voice	By B. Merson
Spaniard That Blighted My Life (1911), The	Piano	By B. Merson

Titles

This list is arranged by composer and contains 23 songs sung by Billy Merson who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Twelve Hundred Years Ago (1906)	W. Bowker Andrews	Keith (words) B. Merson (perf.) F. Lynne (perf.)
Night I Appeared As Macbeth (1922), The	William Hargreaves(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
Don't Sing in Ragtime (1913)	J.P. Long	Paul Pelham (words) B. Merson (perf.)
Beautiful Yacht I've Not Got (1913), The	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
Chinese Tangle Trot (1917), The	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
Desdemonia (1922)	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
Don't Sing in Ragtime (1913)	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
Gay Cavalier (1913), The	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
Gladiator (?), The	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
Gondolier (?), The	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
⇑I'm Setting the Village on Fire (1909)	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
I'm So Spiteful When I'm Wild (1912)	Billy Merson	Fred Camplin (words) B. Merson (perf.)
It's Going to Be a Serious Thing For England! (1911)	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
Keep Off the Grass / My Mother's Birthday (1936)	Billy Merson	B. Merson (perf.)
Madame Anita Peroxide (1920)	Billy Merson	David Duncan (words) B. Merson (perf.)
On the Good Ship Yacki Hicki Doo La (1917)	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
Out on the Praire (?)	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
Photo of the Girl I Left Behind (1924), The	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
Prairie Life For Me (1913), A	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
Spaniard That Blighted My Life (1911), The	Billy Merson	B. Merson (perf.) A. Jolson (perf.)
They Can't Find Kelly (1910)	Billy Merson(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)
⇑Yacht I've Not Got (1913), The	Billy Merson	B. Merson (perf.)
I'll Keep Off the Grass No More (1930)	W.J. Stafford(w&m)	B. Merson (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 38 works by Billy Merson (1881-1947). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

1909-1917

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I'm Setting the Village on Fire (w&m)	1909	B. Merson (perf.)
Lighthouse Keeper , The	1910	Josh Dixon (words)
They Can't Find Kelly (w&m)	1910	B. Merson (perf.)
I'm Going Away (w&m)	1911
It's Going to Be a Serious Thing For England! (w&m)	1911	B. Merson (perf.)
Spaniard That Blighted My Life, The	1911	B. Merson (perf.) A. Jolson (perf.)
Don't Blame Me! (w&m)	1912
I Can Do a Song and Dance (w&m)	1912
I'm So Spiteful When I'm Wild	1912	Fred Camplin (words) B. Merson (perf.)
Beautiful Yacht I've Not Got, The (w&m)	1913	B. Merson (perf.)
Don't Sing in Ragtime (w&m)	1913	B. Merson (perf.)
⇑ Gay Cavalier, The (w&m)	1913	B. Merson (perf.)
Prairie Life For Me, A (w&m)	1913	B. Merson (perf.)
Yacht I've Not Got, The	1913	B. Merson (perf.)
Come On, My Baby	1914	Max Pemberton (words) Albert P De Courville (words) G. Arthurs (words) Louis A Hirsch (words) N. Wayburn (words) Shirley Kellogg (perf.)
Chinese Tangle Trot, The (w&m)	1917	B. Merson (perf.)

1917-1924

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


In Ohio.	1917	W H Thompson (words)
Let Us Sing a Song About the Girls (w&m)	1917
On the Good Ship Yacki Hicki Doo La (w&m)	1917	B. Merson (perf.)
Back to My Home in the Mountains (w&m)	1918	Jack Pleasants (perf.)
Van Dam Family, The (w&m)	1918	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Signora	1919	Adrian Ross (words) O'Connor (words)
Umpteen Bandit, The	1919	Hilton (words)
Do You Remember? (w&m)	1920
In the Days When Knights Were Bold (w&m)	1920
Madame Anita Peroxide	1920	David Duncan (words) B. Merson (perf.)
Desdemonia (w&m)	1922	B. Merson (perf.)
⇑ When the Clock Strikes	1923	J Jones (words)
My Little Wigwam Wembley Way (w&m)	1924
Photo of the Girl I Left Behind, The (w&m)	1924	B. Merson (perf.)
Rudolph Valentino (w&m)	1924
Sweetie (w&m)	1924

1924-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


When They're Eating Rice in China	1924	T H Melford (words) A Kendal (words)
Scotland's Whisky (w&m)	1926
Keep Off the Grass / My Mother's Birthday	1936	B. Merson (perf.)
Gladiator, The (w&m)	?	B. Merson (perf.)
Gondolier, The (w&m)	?	B. Merson (perf.)
Out on the Praire (w&m)	?	B. Merson (perf.)

Videos

	Title	Dur	Performer	Composer	Score/Song


Desdemona (1927)	3:56	Billy Merson	B. Merson
Keep off the Grass / My Mother's Birthday (1936)	4:26	Billy Merson	B. Merson
The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life!	2:32	Billy Merson	B. Merson