C.W. Murphy (1870-1913)
Last updated: 04.09.21
According to the Internet source given below, Clarence Wainwright Murphy [Charles William Murphy] as C. W. Murphy was an English composer of music hall and musical theatre tunes, born in Manchester.
His best known songs are probaby Flangagan (1910), made famous by Florrie Forde and Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1908). Will Letters wrote the lyrics to both.
He died in Blackpool.
He is not to be confused with ragtimer Clarence Wainright Murphey.
His best known songs are probaby Flangagan (1910), made famous by Florrie Forde and Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1908). Will Letters wrote the lyrics to both.
He died in Blackpool.
He is not to be confused with ragtimer Clarence Wainright Murphey.
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This list is arranged by title and contains 50 lyrics written by C.W. Murphy. The lyrics/monologues and *.pdf files have been kindly compiled by monologues.co.uk/musichall
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All Hands on Deck | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) G. Lashwood (perf. by) |
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Alphonso, My Alphonso | C.W. Murphy (words & music) |
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Baby's Name, The | C.W. Murphy (music) Albert Hall (words) Charles Bignell (perf. by) |
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Bashful! | C.W. Murphy (music) George Arthurs (words) |
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Beautiful, Beautiful Bed | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Morny Cash (perf. by) |
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Flanagan | C.W. Murphy (music) Will Letters (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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Fourteen and Sixpence a Week | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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Girl in the Clogs and Shawl, The | C.W. Murphy (music) Harry Castling (words) Daisy Dormer (perf. by) Chas R. Whittle (perf. by) |
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Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly! | C.W. Murphy (music) Will Letters (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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Hold Your Hand Out You Naughty Boy | C.W. Murphy (music) Worton David (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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I Began to Run | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) G. Formby Sr. (perf. by) |
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⇑I Live in Trafalgar Square | C.W. Murphy (words & music) Morny Cash (perf. by) |
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I Parted My Hair in the Middle | C.W. Murphy (music) Worton David (words) G. Formby Sr. (perf. by) |
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I Shall Be a Bad Lad, 'liza Ann | C.W. Murphy (words & music) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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I Shall Get in Such a Row When Martha Knows! | C.W. Murphy (music) Worton David (words) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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I Shall Sulk! | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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I Took a Big Bite of My Bun | C.W. Murphy (music) Worton David (words) H. O. Wills (perf. by) |
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If That Comes True | C.W. Murphy (words & music) M. Nolan (perf. by) |
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I'll Be Cross, Arabella, I'll Be Cross | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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I'll Be Out in the Lifeboat All Night | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Harry Bluff (perf. by) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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In the Valley of Golden Dreams | C.W. Murphy (music) Worton David (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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Is London Like It Used to Be? | C.W. Murphy (music) Harry Castling (words) Victoria Monks (perf. by) |
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It's Our Silver Wedding | C.W. Murphy (words & music) Ryder Slone (perf. by) |
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⇑It's the Best World We've Ever Seen | C.W. Murphy (words & music) G. Lashwood (perf. by) |
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It's the First Time That I've Been in Love | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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Jean, Jean From Aberdeen | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) B. Williams (perf. by) |
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Joe, I Want to Go to the Football Match | C.W. Murphy (music) D. Lipton (words) Arthur Woodville (perf. by) |
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Just to Show Who Was Boss in the House | C.W. Murphy (words & music) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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Little Irish Postman, The | C.W. Murphy (words & music) P. Rafferty (perf. by) |
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Little Yellow Bird | C.W. Murphy (music) William Hargreaves (words) Ellaline Terriss (perf. by) |
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Mac! Mac! Mac! Are You Coming Back? | C.W. Murphy (words & music) Daisy Dormer (perf. by) |
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Man and Wife Should Always Pull Together | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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Molly Mavourneen | C.W. Murphy (music) D. Lipton (words) |
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Mrs. Carter | C.W. Murphy (music) Edgar Bateman (words) G. Elen (perf. by) |
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Mulligan's Motor Car | C.W. Murphy (words & music) L. Barrett (perf. by) |
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⇑My Girl's a Yorkshire Girl | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Florrie Gallimore (perf. by) Chas R. Whittle (perf. by) |
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My Husband's Left Me Again | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) G. Bastow (perf. by) |
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Nicest Little Dolly in the Shop, The | C.W. Murphy (words & music) Lily Hawthorne (perf. by) |
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Oh, Oh, Antonio | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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Put Me Amongst the Girls | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Chas R. Whittle (perf. by) |
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Seaside Sultan, The | C.W. Murphy (music) William Hargreaves (words) Henry E Pether (words) Vesta Tilley (perf. by) |
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She's a Lassie From Lancashire | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) John Neath (words) Ella Retford (perf. by) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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Shirts | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Morny Cash (perf. by) |
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Show Me a Train That Goes to London | C.W. Murphy (words & music) Gus Harris (perf. by) |
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That's the Worst of Them Little Backstreets | C.W. Murphy (music) Weston (words) Barnes (words) |
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They're All Single by the Seaside | C.W. Murphy (music) Worton David (words) Ella Retford (perf. by) |
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Thing He Had Never Done Before, A | C.W. Murphy (music) Alfred Lamont (words) G. Robey (perf. by) |
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⇑Walker Walked Away | C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) G. Formby Sr. (perf. by) |
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We All Go the Same Way Home | C.W. Murphy (music) Harry Castling (words) Chas R. Whittle (perf. by) |
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You Might Do Worse Than Marry a Factory Lass | C.W. Murphy (music) Will Letters (words) Chas R. Whittle (perf. by) |
| Title | Performer | Comments |
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Boss of the House | Jack Pleasants | Edison Amberol: 12174 at USCB |
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Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly! | Billy Murray | at USCB |
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Hold Your Hand Out You Naughty Boy | Florrie Forde | Edison Blue Amberol: 23118 at USCB |
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How Can They Tell That Oi'm Oirish? | Edward M. Favor | Edison Standard Record: 10345 at USCB |
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I Wish I Were You : Parody | Billy Williams | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 13717 at USCB |
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Lassie From Lancashire, A | Yolande Noble | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 13670 at USCB |
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O'Brien | Florrie Forde | Edison Amberol: 12346 at USCB |
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Plink-Plonk! | George Formby Sr. | Edison Amberol: 12024 at USCB |
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Put a Little Bit Away For a Rainy Day! | Harry Bluff | Edison Bell Record: 6791 at USCB |
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Singer Was Irish, The | Peter Dawson | Edison Blue Amberol: 23014 at USCB |
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Still His Whiskers Grew | Dan W. Quinn | Columbia Phonograph Co.: 5065 at USCB |
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We Don't Want More Daylight | Billy Williams | Edison Amberol: 12139 at USCB |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 161 works by C.W. Murphy (1870-1913).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| All Have A Dinner With Me | 1893 | Charles Deane (words) | |
| Irish As She's Spoken | 1893 | W. Farrell (words) | |
| Maggie Marney | 1894 | Albert Hall (words) | |
| Oh Where is My Wandering Boy To | 1894 | Albert Hall (words) | |
| Rose in Her Sunday Clothes | 1894 | Albert Hall (words) Jenny Valmore (perf. by) |
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| Stars Didn't Happen to Be Shining, The | 1894 | Albert Hall (words) Fred Gerald (words) Alfred Leggett (words) Jenny Valmore (perf. by) |
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| Still His Whiskers Grew | 1894 | Albert Hall (words) P. Rafferty (perf. by) Dan W. Quinn (perf. by) |
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| Thing He Had Never Done Before, A | 1895 | Alfred Lamont (words) G. Robey (perf. by) |
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| Clara & Sarah (w&m) | 1897 | ||
| Baby Loo (How Can I Be Poor) (w&m) | 1898 | ||
| Hooligan's Canary (w&m) | 1898 | ||
| ⇑ How Can I Be Poor? (w&m) | 1898 | ||
| How Can They Tell That Oi'm Oirish? (w&m) | 1898 | Edward M. Favor (perf. by) | |
| Jane Magee (w&m) | 1898 | ||
| Kelly, the Car (w&m) | 1898 | ||
| Baby's Name, The | 1900 | Albert Hall (words) Charles Bignell (perf. by) |
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| Everybody Loves You (w&m) | 1900 | ||
| Glorious Sprig of Shamrock for Your Coat , A | 1900 | Albert Hall (words) | |
| Just the Same To (w&m) | 1900 | ||
| Kicking Up a Row Like That | 1900 | Walt Alwyn (words) | |
| Mrs. Carter | 1900 | Edgar Bateman (words) G. Elen (perf. by) |
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| Mulligan's Motor Car (w&m) | 1900 | L. Barrett (perf. by) | |
| Just As Long As You Love Me (w&m) | 1901 | ||
| ⇑ My Blind Norah | 1901 | Albert Hall (words) | |
| Coloured Millionaire , The (w&m) | 1902 | ||
| Dat Little Gal of Johnson's (w&m) | 1902 | ||
| Girl in the Panama , The (w&m) | 1902 | ||
| I Did Feel Sorry (w&m) | 1902 | ||
| I Don't Want To Be A Honeysuckle (w&m) | 1902 | ||
| I Live in Trafalgar Square (w&m) | 1902 | Morny Cash (perf. by) | |
| If That Comes True (w&m) | 1902 | M. Nolan (perf. by) | |
| Mama's Little Sleepy (w&m) | 1902 | ||
| Molly O'Malley (w&m) | 1902 | ||
| My Home is My Garden (w&m) | 1902 | ||
| Nicest Little Dolly in the Shop, The (w&m) | 1902. | Lily Hawthorne (perf. by) | |
| ⇑ Giddy Little Isle of Man , The (w&m) | 1903 |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Hanging Mother's Picture on a Nail (w&m) | 1903 | ||
| Little Yellow Bird | 1903 | W. Hargreaves (words) Ellaline Terriss (perf. by) |
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| Seaside Sultan, The | 1903 | William Hargreaves (words) Henry E Pether (words) Vesta Tilley (perf. by) |
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| Garden Filled With Gold , The | 1904 | Edgar Bateman (words) | |
| Go Away Mr. Crocodile | 1904 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| Good (w&m) | 1904 | ||
| Little Irish Postman , The (w&m) | 1904 | P. Rafferty (perf. by) | |
| Making Up the Quarrel | 1904 | George Arthurs (words) | |
| My Husband's Left Me Again | 1904 | Dan Lipton (words) G. Bastow (perf. by) |
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| Ugly Duckling , The | 1904 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| You Wish You Were A Girl (w&m) | 1904 | ||
| ⇑ Beautiful, Beautiful Bed | 1905 | Dan Lipton (words) Morny Cash (perf. by) |
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| Bombombay | 1905 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| Dear Little Shadow | 1905 | Edgar Bateman (words) | |
| Good | 1905 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| Hello, Little Girl! Who Are You? | 1905 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| If I Had A Girl As Nice As You | 1905 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| It's the Best World We've Ever Seen | 1905 | Harry Castling (words) G. Lashwood (perf. by) |
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| Little Glow | 1905 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| Put a Little Bit Away For a Rainy Day! | 1905 | Dan Lipton (words) Carlotta Levey (perf. by) Harry Bluff (perf. by) |
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| Walker Walked Away | 1905 | Dan Lipton (words) G. Formby Sr. (perf. by) |
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| Welcome Home, Sailor Boy! (w&m) | 1905 | ||
| Ain't Yer Gwin Ter Say 'How Do?' | 1906 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| ⇑ As I Stand by the Old Church Door | 1906 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| Bangalore | 1906 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| Barbados | 1906 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| Bashful! | 1906 | George Arthurs (words) | |
| Betty, I'm Pining (w&m) | 1906 | ||
| Do a Good Turn When You Are Able | 1906 | Dan Lipton (words) Carlotta Levey (perf. by) |
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| Dominic McCue | 1906 | Fred W. Leigh (words) | |
| Don't Tell the World Your Troubles | 1906 | Dan Lipton (words) Carlotta Levey (perf. by) |
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| Farewell, New York! | 1906 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| If Your Hair Were Not So Curly | 1906 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| It is the Scarecrow | 1906 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| Man and Wife Should Always Pull Together | 1906 | Dan Lipton (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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| ⇑ Costumes, Gowns & Frocks | 1907 | George Arthurs (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Don't Throw Stones at Other People's Windows | 1907 | Hugh Owen (words) | |
| Fire! Fire! Fire! | 1907 | George Arthurs (words) | |
| Firelight | 1907 | George Arthurs (words) | |
| Get It Over! | 1907 | George Arthurs (words) | |
| House, the Flat and the Bungalow , The (w&m) | 1907 | ||
| I Don't Like Your Stovepipe Hat | 1907 | R.P. Weston (words) F.J. Barnes (words) |
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| I Wish I Were You : Parody | 1907 | Dan Lipton (words) B. Williams (perf. by) |
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| It's Our Silver Wedding | 1907 | Edgar Bateman (words) Ryder Slone (perf. by) |
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| Lassie From Lancashire, A | 1907 | John Neat (words) Yolande Noble (perf. by) |
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| Little Cloud with the Silv'ry Lining (w&m) | 1907 | ||
| My Chateau in Barcelona (w&m) | 1907 | ||
| ⇑ Put Me Amongst the Girls | 1907 | Dan Lipton (words) Chas R. Whittle (perf. by) |
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| Rowing To Hampton Court | 1907 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| She's a Lassie From Lancashire | 1907 | Dan Lipton (words) John Neat (words) Ella Retford (perf. by) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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| Don't Be Ridiculous, Nicholas! | 1908 | George Arthurs (words) | |
| Goo-Goo Land | 1908 | Fred W. Leigh (words) Ada Reeve (perf. by) |
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| I Began to Run | 1908 | Dan Lipton (words) G. Formby Sr. (perf. by) |
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| I Could Get Along So Nicely With You | 1908 | George Arthurs (words) | |
| I Would Still Love You | 1908 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| I'm Not Looking for a Beautiful Girl | 1908 | George Arthurs (words) | |
| I'm the Best Pal I've Ever Had! | 1908 | George A. Stephens (words) | |
| I've Been Fishing for Pearls | 1908 | George Arthurs (words) | |
| If You Were The Only Girl on Earth | 1908 | Dan Lipton (words) Hugh Owen (words) |
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| ⇑ Jean, Jean From Aberdeen | 1908 | Dan Lipton (words) B. Williams (perf. by) |
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| Meet Me, Jenny, When the Sun Goes Down | 1908 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| Molly Mavourneen | 1908 | D. Lipton (words) | |
| My Girl's a Yorkshire Girl | 1908 | Dan Lipton (words) Florrie Gallimore (perf. by) Chas R. Whittle (perf. by) |
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| Oh, Oh, Antonio | 1908 | Dan Lipton (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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| Shirts | 1908 | Dan Lipton (words) Morny Cash (perf. by) |
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| Take Me Back to the Isle of Man! | 1908 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| Won't You Be My Husband | 1908 | G. Arthurs (words) Lily Lena (perf. by) |
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| Won't You Harmonize With Me? | 1908 | Laura Guerite (perf. by) | |
| All Hands on Deck | 1909 | Dan Lipton (words) G. Lashwood (perf. by) |
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| Alphonso, My Alphonso (w&m) | 1909 | ||
| Come and Hear Him Play His Oom | 1909 | Charles Collins (words) | |
| ⇑ Girl in the Clogs and Shawl, The | 1909 | Harry Castling (words) Daisy Dormer (perf. by) Chas R. Whittle (perf. by) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly! | 1909 | Will Letters (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) N. Bayes (perf. by) Billy Murray (perf. by) |
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| I Only Got Married To | 1909 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| I'll Be Cross, Arabella, I'll Be Cross | 1909 | Dan Lipton (words) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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| Joe, I Want to Go to the Football Match | 1909 | D. Lipton (words) Arthur Woodville (perf. by) |
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| Kelly Two, The | 1909 | Will Letters (words) | |
| Mum (w&m) | 1909 | ||
| Pull Yourselves Together, Girls | 1909 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| We Don't Want More Daylight | 1909 | Dan Lipton (words) B. Williams (perf. by) |
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| Boss of the House (w&m) | 1910 | Jack Pleasants (perf. by) | |
| First Time That I've Been in Love , The | 1910 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| Flanagan | 1910 | Will Letters (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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| ⇑ Fourteen and Sixpence a Week | 1910 | C.W. Murphy (words) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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| Have a Banana! | 1910 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| I Shall Be a Bad Lad, 'liza Ann (w&m) | 1910 | Jack Pleasants (perf. by) | |
| I Shall Sulk! | 1910 | Dan Lipton (words) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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| In Your Old Tam (w&m) | 1910 | ||
| It's the First Time That I've Been in Love | 1910 | Dan Lipton (words) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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| Just to Show Who Was Boss in the House (w&m) | 1910 | Jack Pleasants (perf. by) | |
| Kelly, The (w&m) | 1910 | ||
| Mac! Mac! Mac! Are You Coming Back? (w&m) | 1910 | Daisy Dormer (perf. by) | |
| On the Same Place Every Time | 1910 | Charles Collins (words) | |
| Plink-Plonk! | 1910 | Dan Lipton (words) G. Formby Sr. (perf. by) |
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| Singer Was Irish , The | 1910 | Harry Castling (words) Peter Dawson (perf. by) |
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| ⇑ We'll Treat You like One of Our Own | 1910 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| You Might Do Worse Than Marry a Factory Lass | 1910 | Will Letters (words) Chas R. Whittle (perf. by) |
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| At the Grinding of the Cane | 1911 | Frank Stanton (words) | |
| Have You Heard John James O'Hara? | 1911 | Worton David (words) | |
| Hi, Hi, Hi, Mr. McKie | 1911 | Will Letters (words) | |
| I'll Be Out in the Lifeboat All Night (w&m) | 1911 | Dan Lipton (words) Harry Bluff (perf. by) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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| I'm the Man That Buried Flanagan | 1911 | Harry Castling (words) | |
| I've a Garden in Sweden | 1911 | Dan Lipton (co-author) Hugh Owen (co-author) |
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| No Wonder I Look Jolly | 1911 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| O'Brien (w&m) | 1911 | Florrie Forde (perf. by) | |
| Only Bit of Ireland in Old New York, The | 1911 | N. Bayes (perf. by) J. Norworth (perf. by) |
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| They're All Single by the Seaside | 1911 | Worton David (words) Ella Retford (perf. by) |
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| ⇑ We All Go the Same Way Home | 1911 | Harry Castling (words) Chas R. Whittle (perf. by) |
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| Follow The Footsteps in the Snow | 1912 | Worton David (words) | |
| Hogmanay (w&m) | 1912 | ||
| I Took a Big Bite of My Bun | 1912 | Worton David (words) H. O. Wills (perf. by) |
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| Let's All Go into the Ballroom | 1912 | Andrew N. Allen (words) | |
| We Must Have a Song about the Isle of Man (w&m) | 1912 | ||
| You Must All Do as I Do | 1912 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| You Must Come Round on Saturday | 1912 | Sidney Davis (words) Daisy James (perf. by) |
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| Hold Your Hand Out You Naughty Boy | 1913 | Worton David (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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| I Parted My Hair in the Middle | 1913 | Worton David (words) G. Formby Sr. (perf. by) |
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| I Shall Get in Such a Row When Martha Knows! | 1913 | Worton David (words) Jack Pleasants (perf. by) |
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| In the Valley of Golden Dreams | 1913 | Worton David (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) |
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| ⇑ Show Me a Train That Goes to London (w&m) | 1913 | Gus Harris (perf. by) | |
| Bed, Wonderful Bed | 1915 | Dan Lipton (words) | |
| Keep Your Head Down, Fritzi Boy (We Saw You) | 1918 | Worton David (words) | |
| I Wonder What It Feels Like To Be Poor | 1920 | Dan Lipton (words) Magini (words) |
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| Is London Like It Used to Be? | ? | Harry Castling (words) Victoria Monks (perf. by) |
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| That's the Worst of Them Little Backstreets | ? | Weston (words) Barnes (words) |
| Title | Dur | Performer | Composer | Score/Song |
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Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly | 2:25 | Florrie Forde | C.W. Murphy | |
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We All Go The Same Way Home | 3:02 | Chas R. Whittle | C.W. Murphy |