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Thread #145252 Message #3359776
Posted By: Genie
05-Jun-12 - 08:10 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'Lorena' & 'Wildwood Flower' via Webster
Subject: RE: Origins: 'Lorena' & 'Wildwood Flower' via Webster
Yes, I knew that J P Webster composed the music for "Lorena." I just never realized he also composed the music for the predecessor of "Wildwood Flower." Not sure if I just didn't notice the attribution or if sources I've seen before just credited Maud Irving with having "written the song."
Q, this thread is about Joseph Philbrook Webster's contribution to both those songs (and maybe also to some other very familiar songs), not about the lyrics to "Wildwood Flower" or any of its earlier versions. (We have, indeed, discussed those lyrics at great length in other threads.) And J P Webster wasn't the lyricist on either song.