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Thread #96294 Message #1880355
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
09-Nov-06 - 01:08 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Tandem or donkey: Which came first?
Subject: RE: Origins: Tandem or donkey: Which came first?
Sheet music of "Daisy Bell" gives the composer, words and music, as Harry Dacre. T. B. Harms and Co., NY, 1892. Also published in England, Francis, Day & Hunter, London.
Harry Dacre was English, but he wrote the song while visiting the United States. Copies deposited at the Library of Congress and the British Museum are American editions. Katie Lawrence made the song famous. James J. Fuld, "The Book of World-Famous Music," 3rd. ed., Dover, 1985, pp. 188-189.