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Date of Birth
6 July 1876, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Date of Death
20 January 1930, New York City, New York, USA

Mini Biography

Songwriter ("Sunbonnet Sue", "School Days", "Waltz Me Around Again Willie"), and author, educated at Girard College. He was a department-store salesman before becoming a songwriter. Joining ASCAP in 1927, his chief musical collaborator was Gus Edwards. His other popular-song compositions include "Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay", "The Little Red School House", "I Can't Tell Why I Love You But I Do", "Goodbye Little Girl, Goodbye", "I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave", "Goodbye Dolly Gray", "I'll Be With You When the Roses Bloom Again", "Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield", "In Zanzibar", "If a Girl Like You Loved a Boy Like Me", and "Laddie Boy".

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