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Thread #55661   Message #868250
Posted By: masato sakurai
16-Jan-03 - 09:10 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Lifeboat (Floating Down the Stream..
Subject: RE: Origins: The Lifeboat (Floating Down the Stream..
Only the title is mentioned in Sigmund Spaeth, A History of Popular Music in America (Random House, 1948, p. 257):

By 1891 the outstanding songs from DeKoven's Robin Hood had been published and were in general circulation. Harrigan and Braham had their usual quota of hits, with Scanlan represented by Molly O! and McGlennon by Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Life Boat and That Is Love.