[PW] Re: Song from Prairie Home Companion Movie

Ellen Cousins ellen at smithie.com
Wed Jun 21 15:23:12 PDT 2006


Sigmund Spaeth's _Read 'em and Weep_ (Doubleday, Page, 1927) credits 
William B. Gray as the song's publisher (with a copyright of 1898) but 
does not go so far as to say that he wrote it himself, although it talks 
about other songs Gray wrote.

Ellen C.

Andrew Warren wrote:
> Michael J. Lowrey wrote:
>
>   
>>> "She is More to be Pitied than Censured."
>>>       
>> Yup, a goodie by good ol' "Trad." (a pseudonym for "Anon.").
>>     
>
>     Hmm... Most references say words and music are by William B. Gray
> (c. 1894).
>
>     -Andrew
>
> === Andrew Warren  - awarren at synaptics.com
> === Synaptics, Inc - Santa Clara, CA
>
>   


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