Mark Sheridan  (1864-1918)
Last updated: 04.10.24
p_sheridanm.jpgAccording to the Internet source given below, Mark Sheridan [Frederick Shaw] was an English music hall comedian, singer and songwriter born in in Hendon, Sunderland, County Durham.
Before becoming popular performer, he worked in the Sunderland docks and then being employed at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Theatre taking up amateur dramatics. In progressing his stage career, he toured Europe and South Africa in 1890, Australia in 1892 and returned to London in 1895. He quickly became a leading performer in English music halls. He is perhaps best remembered for his rendition of Oh I Do Like to Be Be Beside the Seaside (1909 - words & music: John A. Glover-Kind). Sheridan went on to record more than fifty songs over a ten years.
Sheridan wrote and composed the musical burlesque, Gay Paree (1917), which he performed in London and with which later toured the northern provinces including Scotland.
He committed suicide in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow where he is buried,
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     Title Attribution Remarks
       
  All the Little Ducks Went Quack H.M. Watkins (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  And the Villain Still Pursued Her Hermann E. Darewski (music)
R.P. Weston (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser Alf Ellerton (The Younger) (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  By the Sea Fred Godfrey (music)
Billy Williams (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  Colonel K-Nut Fred Godfrey (music)
Mark Sheridan (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  Hello! Hello! Who's Your Lady Friend? Harry Fragson (music)
Worton David (words)
Bert Lee (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  Here We Are, Here We Are, Here We Are Again Charles Knight (music)
Kenneth Lyle (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside John A. Glover-Kind (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  I Do Like to Listen to the Church Bells Unknown (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  I Felt Quite Sorry For the Feller Frank Leo (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  I Wanted a Wife Mark Sheridan (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
   I'd Like to Shake, Shake, Shake Shakespeare Alf Ellerton (The Younger) (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  It Was Very, Very Warm There Unknown (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  Josser Cricketer, The Mark Sheridan (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  Nursery Rhymes Mark Sheridan (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  One of the Soldiers Joseph Tabrar (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  Other Things Too Numerous to Mention Unknown (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  They All Walk the Wibbly Wobbly Walk Paul Pelham (music)
J.P.Long (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  We All Went Marching Home Again William Hargreaves (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  We'll All March to Trafalgar Square Bennett Scott (music)
A.J. Mills (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  What a Game It Is! Wow! Wow! Fred Godfrey (music)
Harry Gifford (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  What a Grand Place London Would Be William Hargreaves (words & music)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
  Who Were You With Last Night? Fred Godfrey (music)
Mark Sheridan (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
   You Can Do a Lot of Things at the Seaside That You Can't Do in Town Charles Ridgewell (music)
George A. Stevens (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
 
The peformer is featured on 38 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
     Title Composer Attribution Remarks
         
perf15.jpg When a Woman Says No (1912) Charles Collins Fred Murray (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg On the Esplanade (1911) T.W. Connor
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg And the Villain Still Pursued Her (1915) Hermann E. Darewski R.P. Weston (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser (1914) Alf Ellerton (The Younger)(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
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perf15.jpg I'd Like to Shake, Shake, Shake Shakespeare (1915) Alf Ellerton (The Younger)(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg Hello! Hello! Who's Your Lady Friend? (1913) Harry Fragson Worton David (words)
Bert Lee (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (1909) John A. Glover-Kind(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
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perf15.jpg By the Sea (1910) Fred Godfrey Billy Williams (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg Who Were You With Last Night? (1912) Fred Godfrey(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg What a Game It Is! Wow! Wow! (1913) Fred Godfrey Harry Gifford (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
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perf15.jpg  Colonel K-Nut (1915) Fred Godfrey(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg We All Went Marching Home Again (1911) William Hargreaves(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg What a Grand Place London Would Be (1911) William Hargreaves Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg Here We Are, Here We Are, Here We Are Again (1914) Charles Knight Kenneth Lyle (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg I Felt Quite Sorry For the Feller (1900) Frank Leo(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg What a Fine Old Game You're Having (1900) Frank Leo(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg There Ain't Going to Be Any Ragtime (1913) Frank Leo(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg Here We Are, Here We Are, Here We Are Again! (1915) Kenneth Lyle Charles Knight (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg Take a Nice Stroll Thro' the Park (1906) Nat Mayer(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg Hear What the Crowd Say! (1910) John Neat J. P. Harrington (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg High Street Promenade (1915), The John Neat T F Robson (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg  They All Walk the Wibbly Wobbly Walk (1912) Paul Pelham John P Long (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg You Can Do a Lot of Things at the Seaside That You Can't Do in Town (1906) Charles Ridgewell George A. Stevens (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg Let's Go Home Together! (1912) E.W. Rogers Fred Murray (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg Where Have You Left the Girls? (1912) E.W. Rogers Charles Collins (words)
Fred Murray (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg Oh! the ''Black List'' (1903) Bennett Scott(w&m)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg We'll All March to Trafalgar Square (1913) Bennett Scott(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg One of the Soldiers (1899) Joseph Tabrar(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg  Tom! Tom! Tom! (1914) Joseph Tabrar(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg I Do Like to Listen to the Church Bells (?) Unknown Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg It Was Very, Very Warm There (?) Unknown Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg Other Things Too Numerous to Mention (?) Unknown Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg All the Little Ducks Went Quack (1904) H.M. Watkins(w&m) Mark Sheridan (perf.)
perf15.jpg Nature (1904) Harry Wincott Harry Leighton (words)
Mark Sheridan (perf.)
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 5 works by Mark Sheridan (1864-1918). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
At the Football Match Last Saturday (w&m) 1897 Mark Sheridan (perf.)  wvicon.gif youtube15.jpg
Nursery Rhymes (w&m) 1900 Mark Sheridan (perf.)  Pub.
Josser Cricketer, The (w&m) 1904 Mark Sheridan (perf.)  Pub.
That Was Years and Years and Years and Years Ago (w&m) 1914  Pub.
I Wanted a Wife ? Mark Sheridan (perf.)
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg A. Ellerton (The Younger) Belgium Put The Kibosh On The Kaiser (1915) (2:50) M. Sheridan
youtube15.jpg J.A. Glover-Kind Oh I Do Like to Be Be Beside the Seaside (1909) (3:07) M. Sheridan
youtube15.jpg F. Godfrey What a Game It Is! Wow! Wow! (1913) (3:02) M. Sheridan
youtube15.jpg M. Sheridan At the Football Match Last Saturday (1897) (2:32) M. Sheridan