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Thread #51212   Message #2906747
Posted By: GUEST, Sminky
14-May-10 - 09:23 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs by Harry Clifton (1832-1872)
Subject: RE: Help: Harry Clifton Songwriter
All extracts are from Era Magazine unless otherwise stated:

'Awfully jolly'
Mar 29 1868


'The way to be happy'
May 31 1868


'True blue and seventy two'
'It's not the miles we travel, but the pace that kills' "(one of the best he has ever written)"
Sept 12 1868


"A Pleasing Testimonial - Mr Harry Clifton, the well-known and talented artist, has received a splendid and massive gold watch from the publishers of his favourite songs."
Sept 20 1868


'Very suspicious'
Oct 11 1868


'Broken down'
Oct 18 1868


'Seventy two and hard as steel'
Nov 15 1868


'Wait for the turn of the tide'
Dec 27 1868


"Mr Harry Clifton, now in the fifth year of his tour of the United Kingdom (it having extended over fifty consecutive months) will have the honour of introducing to the public his new comic songs, 'Uncle John's birthday', 'Musical miseries', 'The wedding of Buddy M'Grane', and a new song with a sentiment, 'Wait for the turn of the tide'."
Jan 10 1869


"Mr Harry Clifton's Concert Company

Miss Theresa Egan (Soprano)
Miss Amelia Packer (Contralto)
Miss Annie Kinnaird (Ballad and Serio-Comic)
Mr Ernest Fox (Baritone)
Mr W Halliday (Solo Pianist)
Mr Harry Clifton (Comic)
Agent in advance, Mr A Shields."
Jan 10 1869


'Look before leaping'
'The Dutchman's courtship'
'Cupid in the kitchen'
May 23 1869


"Died, Sept 19th, from effusion of the brain, Albert Charles Shields, Agent-in-advance to Mr Harry Clifton."
Sept 25 1870