The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
His last work, "Tom Jones", was a collaboration with Courtneidge, who had co-written an opera libretto adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling". Taylor supplied the lyrics, and Edward German wrote the music. Some of the songs such as "For Tonight" (sometimes recorded as "The "Tom Jones" Waltz"), "The Green Ribbon", and "The West Country Lad" proved to be some of the most popular of Taylor's and German's work. The work eventually became popular among amateur light opera groups.