The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-03
SONGS WE USED 10 SING.
Some Old Melodies and Tbeh Local Asso-
Citations.


Citations.
In small and old-fashioed but coy |
chop-house. way down-town.fvo yeritable
Bohemians sat the other aernoon, and |
over their pipes and ale exchanged recollec-
tions. Their talk after a willie touched |
upon old, familiar songs, may OF which |
possess peculiarly interesting pal associa'
tons.
snow. there's The old Oakt Bucket"
said one Of the BOhemians, IN song mac
its birth up here in Duane SUI IN lol''
samuel Woodwork, gifted ut erralc
printer. was living there at tll me Ohe
hot summers day he went in ms mouse
and drank glass Of water. rem King thai
tastes good. but how | wish | coulo
drink lust at this minute from oiu oahch
bucket on my fathers farm: VpI~ofNs
wife remarked sympatheticall nat
poem could be written on tha houSht.
| The printer pOndercd for mil ana SIT
ting down at the nearest tab began To
write. soon the touching We :, begin
ming, How dear 10 this he are the
scenes OF my childhood wd written.
soon afterward the words N coupled
wilh "A melody composed by Isl marx LOT
Araby's Daughter and were lar ana
WIDE"
! ".Woodman Spare that Tree another
famous song, based on lOca lcldent,
said the second Bohemian. pc words
were written by George T.. rs, VINO
| lived i'm New York almost all life ana
died here in 1864. When he " boy his
home was on farm not far Bloom
! ingdale. He was wont 10 play under
an old tree planted by his q diather,
! Many wears after he had left th arm ana
the property had passed out Of Il ands oil
/ his family he happened IN that lshooi-
hood one day and saw man a y 10 cut
down the old familiar tree. lie Sed the
man 10 de-ist and received they run re-
Spouse that the tree would brlnl NlV LOT
| irehood. lie gave the man the Il ley and
took a bond for the safe protect OF the
| tree. Soon after he wrote the no soue,
| which was set 10 music by Henry i7seil.
"Nou have heard how y Iii on the
Ocean Wave came b be writer sup
pose" queriod the first speaLt az he
! mOiStened his lips from his ale mu $50.
Wen. IL was this way. Epes Sa no wa
walking along the edge OF the b, ~ one
brigh morning, when the numer crai',
dancing on the glistening water, l-ht to
ms mind suggestion made % ~ some
time before By his friend Henry f'ussell.
that he write a marine song. lie wn.2 the
words of a Life on the Ocean Na'e.l and
showed them % George +. Morris. Vii0 re-
marked that they made a nice little POEM.
but they would not do for "a song. soon AZ
terward Russell met Sargent. and asked
| him for the verses. Taking them io "a music
stO:e at Broadway and Park Place. Russell
went into a little back room. seated himself
at q piano. and in few minutes composed
the air Of the famous song. Sargent mover
received a cent for IT, although the sales Of
the song were large.
o.. ~ Rolf rampul lar n noted
song about 1850" continued the trsf B0he-
milan. The original words Of tPtt song
were written in 1872 by Or. Thomik Dunn
English. Of Philadelphia. while 0f visit
| 10 New York. and sent As a gratuiti lus con-
| tributiOn To magazine edited 10y mss lriend'
y. I. Willis. Some years afterwards the
verses were repeated from memory % Nel-
son KDeass, NV York Bohemian, who
| set them 10 MUSE. adapting an old Ger
man song. The instantaneous success OF
Ben Bolt made it a source Of great profit
| 20 its publishers, but kneass died in
poverty. complaining that he only received
| Z tribe for his work. So far As is known
| he writer OF the original verses got moth
NO.
but few writers Of popular songs ever
made any money out Of them',' oraculafly
remarked the second Bohemian. There's
| the familiar case OfJOhn Howard Payne,
aNt
Home while starving in an attic in Paris
| The song was TO Doe sung in his opera, CLAIR,
the Maid of Milan Payne never got any
thing for it, and later in his iiie he wrote 20
a friend in this city: How often have |
been in the heart OF Paris, Berlin. London,
or some other city, and have heard persons
singing OF hand organs playing Home,
sweet Home without having shilling j.
buy myself the next meal or place 20
| lay my head.
True. Payne's case was pathetic onel'
as anted bohemian Number 1, mOtioniIg
the bartender to again till the mugs. "bJ
there have been instances where -Oni
writer's made great deal of money and d
not know now to keep II. Take the expert
ence of stephen Collins Foster for example,.
He produced old Kentucky Home 'Oit
DogFTrAy. 'Old Folks nj Home Old / ncli
Ned aid scores Of other popular sor Is ttr
which hs received large sums of m0ne1
IL is matter Of record that more than -
900 copies Of Old Dog Tray We're sold
eighteen months. Foster was rechies(
happy -go-lucky fellow. some Of his mol
famous songs were written on brown Wulk
ping paper In the back part Of "A dOWn-t0W
grocery in this city. He was taken -ic
here and was conveyed 10 a hospital Whcrt
he died pennless January i, lGI
Another man who received large sum{
OF money for his songs was Henry {. Work.
of this city. the author Of Wake Nicodei
mus Marching Through GeorMas' and
Grandfathers Clock The sales pf the
aforementioned song were cnOrmOul, and
Work received $1,000 in royalties % that
alone.
There are song writers who motif only
never received any money tor their twork,
but in subsequent years had 10 tight iar the
credit OF authorship. such was Ga ease
with the author Of Rock Me 10 >leep,
Mother who was Mrs. Elizabeth Aher-
Allen. wife Of Paul Akers, the sculptou and
afterward the wife Of T.. NJ. Allen. III tins
city. She wrote the song while lii italy
and sent il to Philadelphia, where lAWas
published There was "A widely discd4 sed
dispute over the authorship OF that soIlr&
"Weil. guess, there has never beetH ny
dispute about the origin Of Hail COlu1 ga
said Bohemian Number ,, sOmewhat1 e-
yeUently. The words Of that stirring p
were written By Joseph Hopkins ol
Philadelphia, in l70s, when war with ~ T.
was thought 10 be imminent. The mu' y
which the words were subsequently Sc
originally written as General Washin
March, by German named Faylet
leader Of the orchestra in the old 81
street Theatre in this city. Mr.. Cd
WashingtOas stepsOn, is the AUTHORIZE
that statement
"Well, let Us drink up and move AID
said Bohemian Number /, lifting his Il
tiecked mug for a final draught. "B
way. you remember that famous drin !
soag. sparkling and Bright which
written by Charles Fenuo Holman =
fellow. although "A cripple from boy hOo ~
was always genial and cOnviyial. He Uld
one Of his legs crushed by "A ferry-bo: az
Cortlandt street when he was bot elS en
years old. In spite OF his deformiiM be
graduated from Columbia College Viii
honors, and practiced Law with fair deire
OF success. He died in a hospital."-New
York Times.
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