Henry W. Armstrong (1879-1951)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Henry W. [Harry] Armstrong was an American boxer, booking agent, producer, singer, pianist and composer. He was born in Sommerville, Massachusetts and died in, New York. During World War One, he performed in hospitals and went on to appear in night clubs, radio and near the end of his life, even on TV. His greatest hit was Sweet Adeline, in 1903 with Richard H. Gerard, whilst in Britain generations of pub "singers" and maudlin bathroom wannabes murdered his You're my heart's desire, I love you Nellie Dean (1905). A Tin Pan Alley writer, he made his mark in the ragtime world with The Frisco Rag (1909).

Websites:
	Henry W. Armstrong	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: Harry Armstrong	List of 61 historic recordings from 1902 to 1940.

Henry W. Armstrong (1879-1951) has at least 25 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Arabella
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Bartley C. Costello

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music.

Can't You See I'm Lonely - Song
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Felix F. Feist

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Limited availability..

Dew Drops
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1904.	Sheet Music 7 pages.

Driving Home the Cows From Pasture
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Co-Author: Billy Clark

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1911.	Sheet Music.

Follow the Crowd on a Sunday
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: James L. Morrison

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1904.	Sheet Music.

Frisco Rag, The
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Good Ice Cream Soda For Mine, A Song
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Felix F. Feist

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Goodbye Eyes of Blue
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Jay J. Walker

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

I Love You Just the Same, Sweet Adeline
Words and Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Co-Author: Clarence Gaskill
Performed by: Agnes Ayres, Jane Jennings, Charles Kent, Frank Kingsley

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music.

I'd Like a Girl Like You
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Jos. Mittenthal

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

If You'd Only Let Me Try Song
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Felix F. Feist

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

In the Golden Autumn Days Sweet Jennie Ray
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Ed. Gardenier

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Just a Line From Jennie
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Will H. Heelan

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1902.	Sheet Music.

Lingering Love
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Dave Reed

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1911.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Miss Dinah
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Bartley C. Costello

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music.

My Merry Irish Widow Song
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Felix F. Feist

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Rianza Waltzes
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music.

Rose of Plymouth Town, A
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Will A. Heelan

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music.

Shaky Eyes
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Billy Clark

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Slip Your Glad Rags on and Come With Me!
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Harry B. Lester, Billy Clark

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1910.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Tales the Moon Could Tell
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Harry D. Kerr

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

When You Have Time and Money
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Richard H. Gerard

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music.

When You've Won the Only Girl You Love
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Billy Clark

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You Nellie Dean
Words and Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline
Music by: Henry W. Armstrong.
Words by: Richard H. Gerard

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1913)	H.W. Armstrong	Royal James Fish	Edison Blue Amberol: 1625
Can't You See I'm Lonely - Song (1906)	H.W. Armstrong	Harry Tally	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32946
Baby Doll (1909)	H.W. Armstrong	Arthur Collins	Edison Standard Record: 10052
Can't You See I'm Lonely - Song (1905)	H.W. Armstrong	Ada Jones	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9158
Driving Home the Cows From Pasture (1912)	H.W. Armstrong	W.V. Brunt	Edison Amberol: 944
I Love You Just the Same, Sweet Adeline (1920)	H.W. Armstrong	Premier Quartet	Edison Blue Amberol: 3914
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1910)	H.W. Armstrong	Stanley Kirkby	Indestructible Record: 1364
What's the Use of Loving (1907)	H.W. Armstrong	Arthur Collins	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 33076
You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You Nellie Dean (1905)	H.W. Armstrong	Byron George Harlan F.C. Stanley	Edison Gold Moulded: 9013
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1904)	H.W. Armstrong	Albert Campbell Frederick J. Wheeler as James F. Harrison	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8677
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1904)	H.W. Armstrong	Columbia Quartette	Columbia Record: 32584

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Can't You See I'm Lonely - Song (1905)		Unknown
Dew Drops (1904)		Unknown
Driving Home the Cows From Pasture (1911)	Billy Clark	James Pitt-Payne
Frisco Rag (1909), The		Sakae Watanabe
I Love My Wife, But Oh You Kids (1909)		James Pitt-Payne
I'd Like a Girl Like You (1908)		James Pitt-Payne
Shaky Eyes (1909)		James Pitt-Payne
Slip Your Glad Rags on and Come With Me! (1910)		James Pitt-Payne
You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You Nellie Dean (1905)		James Pitt-Payne
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1896)		Unknown

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Can't You See I'm Lonely - Song (1906)	H.W. Armstrong	Harry Tally	Columbia: 3400
Dew Drops (1906)	H.W. Armstrong	Chris Chapman	Victor: B-3435
Driving Home the Cows From Pasture (1911)	H.W. Armstrong	Frank Coombs William H. Thompson	Columbia: 19673
Have a Heart (1913)	H.W. Armstrong	W.V. Brunt Ada Jones	Columbia: 38977
I Love You All the Time (1904)	H.W. Armstrong	Harry MacDonough	Victor: B-1316
I Love You Just the Same, Sweet Adeline (1919)	H.W. Armstrong	American Quartet	Edison: 6968
Lingering Love (1912)	H.W. Armstrong	W.V. Brunt Ada Jones	Columbia: 19706
Story the Violets Told, The (1902)	H.W. Armstrong	Arthur Collins John W. Myers S. C. Porter	Columbia: 399
Sweet Elaine (1928)	H.W. Armstrong	Knickerbocker Quartet	Columbia: 145598
What's the Use of Loving (1907)	H.W. Armstrong	Arthur Collins	Columbia: 3558
You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You Nellie Dean (1915)	H.W. Armstrong	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Columbia: 45946
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1904)	H.W. Armstrong	John H. Bieling S. H. Dudley Harry MacDonough	Victor: B-1590
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1929)	H.W. Armstrong	Robert MacGimsey	Victor: BVE-56725
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1936)	H.W. Armstrong	Tempo King	Victor: BS-0425
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1905)	H.W. Armstrong	Columbia Quartette	Columbia: 3166
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1921)	H.W. Armstrong	Alice Nielsen	Columbia: 79841

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


Baby Doll (1908)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T(A)/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OT)
⇑Chimes (1912), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A+D/T+A/B+T/B/GB(B)+S
Follow the Crowd on a Sunday (1904)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T/T/B/B/GB(B)
Frisco Rag (1909), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Styliani	Dizzy Fingers

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE681	Baby Doll (1908) - Song T(A)/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OT), approx. 3 mins.	1-2 days
DBE682	The Chimes (1912) - Reverie D/A+D/T+A/B+T/B/GB(B)+S, approx. 4½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE683	Follow the Crowd on a Sunday (1904) - Song T/T/B/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE684	The Frisco Rag (1909) A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B), approx. 3½ mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


Baby Doll (1908)	T(A)/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OT)
Chimes (1912), The	D/A+D/T+A/B+T/B/GB(B)+S	Pub.
Follow the Crowd on a Sunday (1904)	T/T/B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Frisco Rag (1909), The	A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)	Pub.

Mono.

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	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You Nellie Dean	Henry W. Armstrong (words & music) Gertie Gitana (perf.)
	You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline	Henry W. Armstrong (music) Richard H. Gerard (words) George Donaldson (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Angel Child (1909)	H.W. Armstrong (music) Billy Clark (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Can't You See I'm Lonely - Song (1905)	H.W. Armstrong (music) Felix Feist (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
Driving Home the Cows From Pasture (1911)	H.W. Armstrong (music) Billy Clark (coauth.) George F. Britt (perf.) Billy Clark (perf.) H.W. Armstrong (perf.)	Piano	Indiana Sheet Music Singer
Frisco Rag (1909), The	H.W. Armstrong (music)	Piano	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
I Love My Wife, But Oh You Kids (1909)	H.W. Armstrong (w&m) H.W. Armstrong (perf.) Billy Clark (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
I Love You Just the Same, Sweet Adeline (1919)	H.W. Armstrong (music) C. Gaskill (coauth.) Agnes Ayres (perf.) Jane Jennings (perf.) Charles Kent (perf.) Frank Kingsley (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
I'd Like a Girl Like You (1908)	H.W. Armstrong (music) Jos. Mittenthal (words) H.W. Armstrong (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑Lingering Love (1911)	H.W. Armstrong (music) Dave Reed (words) Virginia Grant (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
My Merry Irish Widow (1908)	H.W. Armstrong (music) Felix F. Feist (words) Lillian Doherty (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Shaky Eyes (1909)	H.W. Armstrong (w&m) Billy Clark (words) Joe B. McGee (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Slip Your Glad Rags on and Come With Me! (1910)	H.W. Armstrong (music) Harry B. Lester (words) Billy Clark (words) H.W. Armstrong (perf.) Billy Clark (perf.) G. Greene (perf.) H.W. Armstrong (perf.) Billy Clark (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Will My Soul Pass Through Old Ireland (1900)	H.W. Armstrong (music) H.W. Armstrong (coauth.) V. Bryan (coauth.)	Piano	Indiana
You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You Nellie Dean (1905)	H.W. Armstrong (w&m) Souther Sisters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1896)	H.W. Armstrong (music) Richard H. Gerard (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1903)	H.W. Armstrong (music) Richard H. Gerard (words) Harry Ernest (perf.) William R. Moore (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Indiana	Pub.
As performer
Pullman Porters on Parade (1913), The	M. Abrahams (music) I. Berlin (words) H.W. Armstrong (perf.) Billy Clark (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Dat's Music to Me (1907)	C. Smith (music) Billy Clark (perf.) H.W. Armstrong (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana

Titles

The peformer is featured on 6 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


	Pullman Porters on Parade (1913), The	Maurice Abrahams	Irving Berlin (words) Harry Armstrong (perf.)
	Dat's Music to Me (1907)	Chris Smith	Harry Armstrong (perf.) Billy Clark (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 47 works by Henry W. Armstrong (1879-1951). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1896-1905

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline	1896	Richard H. Gerard (words) John H. Bieling (perf.) Albert Campbell (perf.) Columbia Quartette (perf.) George Donaldson (perf.) S. H. Dudley (perf.) Harry Ernest (perf.) Royal James Fish (perf.) Tempo King (perf.) Stanley Kirkby (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.) Robert MacGimsey (perf.) William R. Moore (perf.) William R Moore (perf.) Alice Nielsen (perf.) Pearl Redding (perf.) James Rowland (perf.) Emma Tole (perf.) Frederick J. Wheeler as James F. Harrison (perf.)
Will My Soul Pass Through Old Ireland	1900	Henry W. Armstrong (co-author) Vincent Bryan (co-author)
I Wonder What George Washington Would Say	1902	Claude Thardo (perf.)
Just a Line From Jennie	1902	Will H. Heelan (words)	Pub.
Story the Violets Told, The	1902	Ed Gardenier (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) John W. Myers (perf.) S. C. Porter (perf.)
Miss Dinah	1903	Bartley C. Costello (words)	Pub.
Rose of Plymouth Town, A	1903	Will A. Heelan (words)	Pub.
When You Have Time and Money	1903	Richard H. Gerard (words)	Pub.
Dew Drops	1904	Chris Chapman (perf.)	Pub.
Follow the Crowd on a Sunday	1904	James L. Morrison (words) Nora Bayes (perf.) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
I Love You All the Time	1904	Harry MacDonough (perf.)
⇑ Josie O'Neill	1904	Richard H. Gerard (words) Eva Wallace (perf.)
Arabella	1905	Bartley C. Costello (words)	Pub.
Can't You See I'm Lonely - Song	1905	Felix Feist (words) Irene D'Arville (perf.) Grace Dean (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) Lillian Leroy (perf.) Marion Stanley (perf.) Harry Tally (perf.)
Can't You See I'm Lonely?	1905	Harry Tally (perf.)	Pub.
Goodbye Eyes of Blue	1905	Jay J. Walker (words)	Pub.

1905-1909

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


In the Golden Autumn Days Sweet Jennie Ray	1905	Ed. Gardenier (words)
Tales the Moon Could Tell	1905	Harry D. Kerr (words)	Pub.
Twilight, The	1905	L. Roland Jones (words) Nellie McCoy (perf.)
You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You Nellie Dean (w&m)	1905	Columbia Stellar Quartette (perf.) Wm. B. Daly (perf.) Gertie Gitana (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Souther Sisters (perf.) Frank C. Stanley (perf.)	Pub.
Maryland My Maryland	1906	Jos. Mittenthal (words)
When the Evening Twilight Bids the Day Good-Bye	1906	Bartley C. Costello (words)
If I Had a Thousand Hearts I'd Send Them All to You	1907	Jos. Mittenthal (words) Billy Clark (perf.)
What's the Use of Loving	1907	Joseph Mittenthal (words) Arthur Collins (perf.)
Baby Doll	1908	Billy Clark (co-author) Arthur Collins (perf.) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Good Ice Cream Soda For Mine, A	1908	Felix F. Feist (words) Gertie Carlisle (perf.)
I Could Learn to Love You	1908	Felix F. Feist (words) Sue Smith (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ I'd Like a Girl Like You	1908	Jos. Mittenthal (words) Henry W. Armstrong (perf.)	Pub.
If You'd Only Let Me Try	1908	Felix F. Feist (words)	Pub.
My Merry Irish Widow	1908	Felix F. Feist (words) Lillian Doherty (perf.)	Pub.
There's No One Half So Good As You Mame	1908	Billy Clark (co-author)
Angel Child	1909	Billy Clark (words)	Pub.

1909-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Frisco Rag, The	1909	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
I Love My Wife, But Oh You Kids	1909	Henry W. Armstrong (perf.) Billy Clark (perf.)
Rianza Waltzes	1909		Pub.
Shaky Eyes	1909	Billy Clark (words) Estelle Hart (perf.) Joe B. McGee (perf.)	Pub.
When You've Won the Only Girl You Love	1909	Billy Clark (words)	Pub.
Slip Your Glad Rags on and Come With Me!	1910	Harry B. Lester (words) Billy Clark (words) Henry W. Armstrong (perf.) Billy Clark (perf.) Gene Greene (perf.) Beth Tate (perf.)	Pub.
Driving Home the Cows From Pasture (w&m)	1911	Billy Clark (co-author) Henry W. Armstrong (perf.) George F. Britt (perf.) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Billy Clark (perf.) Frank Coombs (perf.) William H. Thompson (perf.)	Pub.
Fanatic Rag	1911
Lingering Love	1911	Dave Reed (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Virginia Grant (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.)	Pub.
Chimes, The	1912	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Have a Heart	1913	Jack Drislane (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.)
⇑ D-A Double D-Y	1914	Clark (co-author) Armstrong (words) Clark (words) Lenora Navasio (perf.)	Pub.
I Love You Just the Same, Sweet Adeline (w&m)	1919	Clarence Gaskill (co-author) American Quartet (perf.) Agnes Ayres (perf.) Jane Jennings (perf.) Charles Kent (perf.) Frank Kingsley (perf.) Premier Quartet (perf.)	Pub.
Sweet Elaine	1928	Richard H. Gerard (words) Knickerbocker Quartet (perf.)
Only a Flower by the Wayside	?	Arthur J. Lamb (words)	Pub.

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	H.W. Armstrong	The Frisco Rag (2:54)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	H.W. Armstrong	Nellie Dean (3:23)	Gertie Gitana