Lyr Req/Add: He used to sing in his sleep

Subject: Lyr Req: He used to sing in his sleep
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Apr 14 - 05:19 PM

Bob Keightley used to sing this song. Does anyone know the lyrics?

Subject: ADD: He Used To Sing In His Sleep
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 Apr 14 - 06:39 PM

Sounds like a music hall song to me. I wonder who the songwriter was. Here's a recording of Bob Keightley singing it:
http://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Bob-Davenport-Archive/025M-C1047X0042XX-0400V0

My transcription:

HE USED TO SONG IN HIS SLEEP
Songwriter: ???
[as sung by Bob Keightley]

He used to sing in his sleep
All night long.
In the middle of a beautiful dream,
You would hear him start to scream:
"Alice, where art thou,
Alice, I want you for my own."
His wife's name was Mary,
So now he's sleeping alone.



Gee, I wish the song were longer....

Subject: RE: Req/ADD: He used to sing in his sleep
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Apr 14 - 10:57 PM

He Used to Sing in His Sleep - Song Wynn Stanley and Andrew Allen

from the Sheet Music Warehouse site. Don't know if that is the specific song requested.

Subject: RE: Req/ADD: He used to sing in his sleep
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Apr 14 - 03:54 PM

Found another site that confirms it was Stanley and Allen.

Subject: RE: Req/ADD: He used to sing in his sleep
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Apr 14 - 03:49 PM

Carol tells me that even though I cannot play any more, I often pick in my sleep--Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Req/ADD: He used to sing in his sleep
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Apr 14 - 05:01 PM

Hello, Art. Good to hear from you.

Subject: RE: Req/ADD: He used to sing in his sleep
From: GUEST,GUEST, Trumponeman
Date: 27 Apr 14 - 05:50 PM

Thank you very much Joe and GUESTS for the link to Bob Davenport's archive, the composers and the source for the sheet music.