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Daddy Mine

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"Daddy Mine"
Song
Released1918 (1918)
GenreWorld War I song
Composer(s)Al Dubin
Lyricist(s)Lew Wilson

"Daddy Mine" is a World War I song released in 1918. Lew Wilson wrote and Alfred Dubin composed this ballad. It was published by M. Witmark & Songs in New York, New York.[1] It was written for both voice and piano.

The cover features a photo of Mae Marsh, a Goldwyn Pictures Star, holding an infant.[2] This song, performed by Charles Hart, and Elizabeth Spencer, was included in a 1918 sound disc recording entitled "Three Wonderful Letters from Home."[3]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library,[4] and the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7.
  2. ^ Dubin, Alfred and Wilson, Lew, "Daddy Mine" (1918). Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection. Book 2064. http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/2064
  3. ^ Hanley, James F, Joe Goodwin, Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley, Alfred Dubin, Lew Wilson, Charles Hart, and Elizabeth Spencer. Three Wonderful Letters from Home. Camden, N.J: Victor, 1918. Sound recording. OCLC 71278944
  4. ^ Wilson, Lew, and Al Dubin. Daddy Mine. New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1918. OCLC 24885929
  5. ^ Sudduth, Elizabeth A. The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina: An Illustrated Catalogue. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 2005. OCLC 59099089

Bibliography

  • Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7.
  • Music Trades. Vol. 57. Englewood, N.J., etc.: Music Trades Corp., 1919. Print.
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