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Thread #26118 Message #3514273
Posted By: GUEST,Myron Rosenberg
12-May-13 - 02:37 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother
There seems to be a dispute that I cannot resolve. If you Google Joseph Howard, you will find in Wikipedia the story of his life. It states he wrote this song, presumably with his wife Ida Emerson, and at a much later date than the 1880's.