Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-07-14

setting tn all his entertainments. But
when he heard Bishops music he straight
way discarded his own and helped cousid-
erably t. make the latters music popular
Mr.. Bishop tells this little story OF now
the song fund It's way into prlnt
Leaf by Lear was afloat FOR seven
years he saws "One day in cincinnati
| called On John Church. He WAS an old
friend. had known him very we'll when
he clerk for Ditson X Go-. IN Ens-
ton. | WAS chatting with him ia the Of
lee when 4 clerk came IN and said that a
lady was asking for Leaf by Leaf but
She said the one sale WIS mol the right
one The words were there hut he music
was not The clerk said There had been
many similar complaints. Church asked
me II / knew anything about the song
! told him that on my travels had been
singing melody to- the words lie asked
me Ia 90 Ia the front OF the store. see the
woman aud sing the melody FOR her. |
had hardly started off when she said
yes that Is It, and you're the gentleman
| heard sing IL a. Mayor Bishops. X. X.
Bishop WIS mayor of Cincinnati about
that time. Church published the song.
and II had tremendous sale. The mel
DDS VS. written ia lS57. Willie WAS IN
Portland Ne.
- was generally credited with having
" ritter The words Some Xears later. while
on Visit 10 Portland | was tskrn 10 task
.Dr claiming the authorship Of the verses.
then learned that Mrs. Dana Howe was
.he real author. ana that she WAS II resi-
dent of the city. Immediately placed her
name upon the titie page"
"lf Your Foot Is Pretty. Show It," was
written while Bishop was In St Louis
The song was introduced Al the Olympic
thtater. New York, by Mrs. John Wood.
II was the first time she had ever sung
a song Of this class. She made a great hit
with It. and II was principally through her
efforts that IL became q great favorite
A wartime FnNoritc.
The melody now known as when John
ny Comes Marching Home WAS first set
to Johnny. Fill Up the Bowl. while Bish-
op was In Providence, X. l., I'm 1870. 1t
was at large until 1863. when T.. :. GIL
more wrote the new words. When John
ny Comes Marching Home. TO 1t, Bishop
and Gilmore took the song 10 Tolman
CO.. of Boston. II was accepted. Mr..
lIealy. now OF the firm of Lyon q ilealY.
Chicago, was then a bookkeeper for the
house re thought that the melody had
run Itself out in It's association with
johnny. Fiji Up the Bowl. ana sHg-
gesfed to Bishop and Gilmore that the
name Louis Lambert be placed npon the
title page The song became one of the
national airs.
Speaking about John Browns Body,
Mr.. bishop said: "The melody. 80 far as
| can find out, was original with me, ana
the line which suggested the same was
spoken upon my return from st. Louis IN
1858. | met a brother-in-iaw of mine, Mr..
Johnson. who had experienced religion,
and he took me to task. remarking that
my songs were all written TO the deNii.
Then he said I am bound to be "A soldier
I'm the army of the Lord Glory, Glory.
Hallelujah without stopping to think
sang this line to melody which seemed
TO escape from my mouth. repeating the
same, and the chorus followed. the verse
and chorus simply being two lines. 1t was
done as joke before a friend who was
always teasing my brother-in-laW. inns
is the origin OF the song.
"The song. of hymn. was sung by Mr..
Johnson few evenings aftcrward at a
revival meeting Everybody took to 1t.
used It on several occasions, adapting 1t
10 circum stances and conditions. and wh'n
at Martinsburg, Va, after John Brown S
execution at IIarper's Ferry. wrote the
original lines OF John Browns Body Lies
Lfoldering In the Grave. also wrote
verse Cor 'f:llsworths Body. and. with
tae exception OF the jeff Davis stanza
an originated with me
"The song was published in 1861 by John
church al Cincinnati. | thought little Of
The song or / would have published il long
before I believed II would never amount
10 anything But its success was magical
rhen Julia Ward Howe took the music
sna used II for her grand poem The Bat
tie Hvmn of the Republic. And row VINO
doesn't know the melody?
= list OF Bishops songs would be very
ing ! Nearly fifty wears ago he began 70