John Walter Bratton (1867-1947)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, John Walter Bratton was an American songwriter born in Wilmington, Delaware who achieved success during the 1890's together with the lyricist, Walter H. Ford. Their big hits included I Love You In The Same Old Way (1896) and Darling Sue. His instrumental piece The Teddy Bear's Picnic (1907) was also very popular and enjoyed a revival after lyrics for it were written in 1939 by Ethyl Wood. Of ragtime interest is his The Jungle Jubilee (1910), a rag novelty. Bratton died in 1947 in Brooklyn, NY.

Websites:
	John W. Bratton	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: John W. Bratton	List of 85 historic recordings from 1895 to 1944.

John Walter Bratton (1867-1947) has at least 5 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Down Red Rose Lane Song
Words and Music by: John Walter Bratton.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1913.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Teddy Bears Picnic, The for Xylophone or Marimba with Piano Accompaniment
Music by: John Walter Bratton.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1949.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

For Xylophone or Marimba with Piano Accompaniment

Two Little Blue Little True Little Eyes Song
Music by: John Walter Bratton.
Words by: George A. Norton

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

When the Fightin' Irish Come Home Song
Words and Music by: John Walter Bratton.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

You'll Always Be Just Sweet Sixteen to Me Song
Music by: John Walter Bratton.
Words by: Paul West

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

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


	There Are Fifty-Seven Ways to Catch a Man (1910)		Stella Mayhew	Edison Amberol: D-23
	Sadie, My Lady (1896-1900)		Dan W. Quinn	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 5273

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Billet Doux (1900)		James Pitt-Payne
Genevieve! (1897)		James Pitt-Payne
Henrietta! Have You Met Her? (1895)		Unknown
I Got All I Can Do to Keep My Hands Off You (1899)		James Pitt-Payne
My Little Hong Kong Baby (1902)		James Pitt-Payne
My Sunflower Sue (1900)		Unknown
On a Saturday Night (1922)		James Pitt-Payne
Scion of the House of High-Ball, A (1900)		James Pitt-Payne
Sunshine of Paradise Alley, The (1895)		James Pitt-Payne
Teddy Bears Picnic (1907), The	Paul West	James Pitt-Payne

MP3s

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


	The Teddy Bears Picnic (1908)	Paul West	Edison Symphony Orchestra	Edison's National Phonograph Company: 9777

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


As the Ivy Loves the Oak (1909)	J.W. Bratton	John Dunsmure	Columbia: 3839
Captain Cupid (1928)	J.W. Bratton	Victor Orchestra	Victor: BVE-42981
Cosy Corner Girl (1903)	J.W. Bratton	Harry MacDonough	Victor: B-227
Fol De Iddley Ido (1906)	J.W. Bratton	Dan W. Quinn H. Trix	Victor: B-3906
Frolic of the Teddy Bears (1907)	J.W. Bratton	Victor Orchestra	Victor: E-4622
Gay Golf Girl, The (1900)	J.W. Bratton	Metropolitan Orchestra	Victor: [Pre- A-]384
Good-By, Teddy! (1904)	J.W. Bratton	Billy Murray	Columbia: 1863
He Ought to Have a Tablet in the Hall of Fame (1902)	J.W. Bratton	Samuel H. Dudley	Victor: [Pre- A-]1273
In a Cosey Corner (1902)	J.W. Bratton	V.L. Ossman	Victor: [Pre- B-]1662
Laces and Graces (1903)	J.W. Bratton	Arthur Pryor's Band	Victor: B-833
My Cosey-Corner Girl (1904)	J.W. Bratton	H. Burr	Columbia: 1895
Since Ma Linda Hinda's in the Syndicate (1902)	J.W. Bratton	Arthur Collins John W. Myers Bob Roberts	Columbia: 379
Since Then, There's Been No Light About the Place (1901)	J.W. Bratton	Albert Campbell	Victor: [Pre- A-]726
Somebody's Waiting 'neath Southern Skies (1903)	J.W. Bratton	John H. Bieling Harry MacDonough	Victor: B-502
Sweetheart, Let's Grow Old Together (1936)	J.W. Bratton	Dolly Dawn	Victor: BS-0605
When the Moon Is in the Sky (1905)	J.W. Bratton	Harry MacDonough	Victor: B-2715

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Recorder Music CDs:
Bremen Recorder Touring Company	Recorder Recital at St. Mathews
Brass Music CDs:
New Columbian Brass Band	The Teddy Bears Picnic
Jazz Music CDs:
Kenny Ball	The Very Best of Kenny Ball
Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	American Light Music Classics	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra	Knockout Drops	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra	More Candy	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
The Great American Main St. Band	Silks & Rags
Tom Brier	Generic
Palm Court Theatre Orchestra	The Picnic Party	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Teddy Bears' Picnic, The	S/D/A/T/B

Monologues

This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Just As if She Didn't Know	John Walter Bratton (music) Walter Ford (words) Marie Lloyd (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Billet Doux (1900)	J.W. Bratton (music) Walter H. Ford (words) Geo. V. Hobart (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Down Red Rose Lane (1913)	J.W. Bratton (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Genevieve! (1897)	J.W. Bratton (music) Walter H. Ford (words) Merri Osbourne (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Henrietta! Have You Met Her? (1895)	J.W. Bratton (music) Walter H. Ford (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
I Got All I Can Do to Keep My Hands Off You (1899)	J.W. Bratton (music) Walter H. Ford (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
In a Cosey Corner (1901)	J.W. Bratton (music)	Piano	YorkSpace	Pub.
Just a Word For Father (1900)	J.W. Bratton (music) Ford, Walter H. (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
⇑Laces and Graces (1903)	J.W. Bratton (music) Gus Salzer (coauth.)	Piano	YorkSpace	Pub.
Little Black Man (1905), The	J.W. Bratton (music) West, Paul (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
My Little Hong Kong Baby (1902)	J.W. Bratton (music) West, Paul (words) Violet Dale (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
My Sunday Dolly (1898)	J.W. Bratton (music) Ford, Walter H. (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
My Sunflower Sue (1900)	J.W. Bratton (music) Walter H. Ford (words) Peter F. Dailey (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
On a Saturday Night (1922)	J.W. Bratton (music) Bratton, John W. (words) Downs, William Andrew (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Scion of the House of High-Ball (1900), A	J.W. Bratton (music) Walter H. Ford (words) Peter Dailey (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Seeing New York in the Rubber-Neck Hack (1904)	J.W. Bratton (music) West, Paul (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑Sunshine of Paradise Alley (1895), The	J.W. Bratton (music) Walter H. Ford (words) Julius P. Witmark (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Teddy Bears Picnic (1907), The	J.W. Bratton (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Then I'll Come Back to You (1917)	J.W. Bratton (music) Bratton, John W. (words) E. Morton (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
You'll Always Be Just Sweet Sixteen to Me (1908)	J.W. Bratton (music) West, Paul (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 148 works by John Walter Bratton (1867-1947). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1893-1896

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Marie	1893
Rose Glenroy (w&m)	1893
Two Pictures	1893	Walter H. Ford (words) Julius P. Witmark (perf.)	Pub.
Bells of Fate	1894	Walter H. Ford (words) W Murray Smith (perf.)	Pub.
His Little Sweetheart, Nell	1894	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
My Dainty Cigarette	1894	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
My Dear Old Chum	1894	Walter H. Ford (words) Lottie Gilson (perf.)
Old Stage Door, The (w&m)	1894	Robert S Baird (perf.)	Pub.
Only Me	1894	Walter H. Ford (words) Joseph B. Maxwell (perf.) Alfred L. Simpson (perf.)	Pub.
She Didn't Do a Thing to Him	1894	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Tarry Carrie Till We Marry	1894	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
⇑ Tell Me Ruby, Will You True Be?	1894	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Under the City Lights	1894	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Waiting For Nora's Return	1894	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
What D'ye Think of Hoolihan?	1894	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Henrietta! Have You Met Her?	1895	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Honey Does You Love Yer Man?	1895	Walter H. Ford (words) Flora Irwin (perf.)	Pub.
I Did'nt Think He'd Do It, But He Did	1895	Walter H. Ford (words)
I'll Not Forsake You, Tom	1895	Walter H. Ford (words) Al Bellman (perf.)	Pub.
Just As if She Didn't Know	1895	Walter H. Ford (words) Hawthorne Sisters (perf.) Marie Lloyd (perf.)	Pub.
Melody He Used to Sing, The	1895	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Songs We Hear on the Stage	1895	Walter H. Ford (words) Henry V Donnelly (perf.) Edward Girard (perf.)	Pub.
Sunshine of Paradise Alley, The	1895	Walter H. Ford (words) Hawthorne Sisters (perf.) Julius P. Witmark (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Because We're Together	1896	Walter H. Ford (co-author)
I Love You in the Same Old Way	1896	Walter H. Ford (words) Richard J. José (perf.) Joseph B. Maxwell (perf.) Alfred L. Simpson (perf.)	Pub.

1896-1898

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Isabelle	1896	Walter H. Ford (words)
It's Sunshiny Weather	1896	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Japanese Lantern Dance	1896
Lika a Good Little Girl Should Do	1896	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
She Always Dressed in Black	1896	Walter H. Ford (words) Fannie Leslie (perf.)	Pub.
She's Been a Mother to Me	1896	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Since Maggie Bought the Parrot	1896	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Sunday Night in Lover's Lane	1896	Walter H. Ford (words)
Belle of the Season, The	1897		Pub.
Dance of the Waves	1897		Pub.
Gayest Manhattan	1897
⇑ Genevieve!	1897	Walter H. Ford (words) Merri Osbourne (perf.)	Pub.
Lurline	1897		Pub.
Mary's Not As Green As She Looks	1897	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Only a Newsboy	1897	Arthur J. Lamb (words)
Sadie, My Lady	1897	Walter H. Ford (words) Dan W. Quinn (perf.)	Pub.
At the Sound of the Sunset Gun	1898	Walter H. Ford (words) Robert S Baird (perf.)
Cinderella	1898	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Don't Ask Me to Forget	1898	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Gold, Wine and Kisses	1898		Pub.
Hats Off to the Boys Who Made Good	1898	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Have a Kiss With Me	1898	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
I'm Nothing to You Now	1898	Walter H. Ford (words) Lottie Gilson (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ My Sunday Dolly	1898	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Oh Liza, How I Despise Her	1898	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.

1898-1901

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Old Folks Are Longing For You May, The	1898	Walter H. Ford (words)
Queen of Hearts, The	1898		Pub.
You May Regret Some Day	1898	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Change Will Do You Good	1899
Dear Old Soul	1899	Walter H. Ford (words) Richard J. José (perf.)	Pub.
Heigh Ho	1899	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
I Got All I Can Do to Keep My Hands Off You	1899		Pub.
Mandy From Mandalay	1899	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
My Queen Irene	1899	Walter H. Ford (words) Truly Shattuck (perf.)	Pub.
Pride of the Pier, The	1899	Walter H. Ford (words) Lottie Gilson (perf.)
Rubber Neck Jim	1899		Pub.
⇑ That You May Be Mine	1899	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
Touch of a Woman's Hand, A	1899	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
You'se Honey to Yo' Mammy Just De Same	1899	Walter H Ford (words) Isadore Rush (perf.)	Pub.
Billet Doux	1900		Pub.
Gay Golf Girl, The	1900	Metropolitan Orchestra (perf.)
Just a Word For Father	1900	Walter H. Ford (words)
My Little Lady Bug	1900	Walter H. Ford (words)	Pub.
My May Day	1900
My Sunbeam From the South	1900	Walter H. Ford (co-author)
My Sunflower Sue	1900	Walter H. Ford (words) Peter F. Dailey (perf.)	Pub.
Scion of the House of High-Ball, A	1900	Peter Dailey (perf.)	Pub.
Spring-Time Bells	1900
⇑ You Never Can Tell What a Kiss Will Do	1900
Barn Yard Frolics	1901

1901-1904

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


He Ought to Have a Tablet in the Hall of Fame	1901	Arthur L. Robb (words) Samuel H. Dudley (perf.) Francis Wilson (perf.)
I'm Not Coming Back	1901	Walter H. Ford (words) Julius P. Witmark (perf.)	Pub.
In a Cosey Corner	1901	Vess L. Ossman (perf.)	Pub.
Since Then, There's Been No Light About the Place	1901	Walter H. Ford (words) Albert Campbell (perf.)
At Sunrise	1902	J. W. Bratton (words)	Pub.
My Little Hong Kong Baby	1902	Paul West (words) Violet Dale (perf.) Adele Ritchie (perf.)	Pub.
She Read the New York Papers Every Day	1902	Grace Cameron (perf.)
Since Ma Linda Hinda's in the Syndicate	1902	Walter H. Ford (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) John W. Myers (perf.) Bob Roberts (perf.)
Amorous Esquimaux, The	1903	Paul West (words)	Pub.
Cosy Corner Girl	1903	Harry MacDonough (perf.)
I Want to Play Hamlet	1903
⇑ I'm on the Water Wagon Now	1903	Paul West (words) Frank Daniels (perf.)	Pub.
Laces and Graces	1903	Gus Salzer (co-author) Arthur Pryor's Band (perf.)	Pub.
My Cosey-Corner Girl	1903	Chas. Noel Douglas (words) Henry Burr (perf.) Geo. Grossmith Jr. (perf.) Edna May (perf.)	Pub.
Somebody's Waiting 'neath Southern Skies	1903	Arthur J. Lamb (words) John H. Bieling (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.)
Two Little Blue Little True Little Eyes	1903	George A. Norton (words)	Pub.
Good-By, Teddy!	1904	Paul West (words) Billy Murray (perf.) Alton Brooks Parker (perf.)
Happy Jappy Soldier Man	1904	Paul West (words) Eleanor Falk (perf.)	Pub.
Honeymoon Hall	1904	Paul West (words)	Pub.
In a Pagoda	1904		Pub.
In Black and White	1904
Mademoiselle New York	1904	Paul West (words)	Pub.
Roses' Honeymoon, The	1904	J.W. Bratton (words)	Pub.
⇑ Seeing New York in the Rubber-Neck Hack	1904	Paul West (words)	Pub.
That's the Girl	1904

1905-1909

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Come My True Love	1905
Come On, Let's Two-Step	1905
Hang Together	1905
Jack O'Lantern Joe	1905	Paul West (words)
Lily White	1905
Little Black Man, The	1905	Paul West (words)	Pub.
Sitting on the Starboard Tack	1905
Skating	1905	Frank Daniels (perf.)
String of Pearls	1905
Tricks	1905
When America Is Captured by the Japs	1905	Paul West (words) Inga Orner (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ When the Moon Is in the Sky	1905	Paul West (words) Harry MacDonough (perf.)
Fol De Iddley Ido	1906	Paul West (words) Dan W. Quinn (perf.) Helen Trix (perf.)
Rosy Lips	1906
Town at the End of the Line, The	1906	Arthur J. Lamb (words) Emma Carus (perf.)
Frolic of the Teddy Bears	1907	Victor Orchestra (perf.)
Molly McGinnity You're My Affinity (w&m)	1907	Walter H. Ford (co-author) James F. Macdonald (perf.)	Pub.
Somebody's Been Around Here Since I've Been Gone	1907	Walter H. Ford (words) Maude Raymond (perf.)
Spangles	1907		Pub.
Teddy Bears Picnic, The	1907	Paul West (co-author) Edison Symphony Orchestra (perf.) Ma Douguo Recorder Orchestra (perf.)	Pub.
Baby Say 'da! Da!'	1908
Come Out Sue	1908
My Boy Bill	1908	Paul West (words) Mabel Russel (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ You'll Always Be Just Sweet Sixteen to Me	1908	Paul West (words)
As the Ivy Loves the Oak	1909	John Dunsmure (perf.)

1909-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Ev'ry Baby Is a Sweet Bouquet	1909	Paul West (words)
Mister Jigger	1909
Jungle Jubilee, The	1910
Rest of the Week She's Mine, Caroline, The	1910	Richard Carle (perf.)
There Are Fifty-Seven Ways to Catch a Man	1910	Stella Mayhew (perf.)
Patsy Rosenstein	1911
Down Red Rose Lane (w&m)	1913
Then I'll Come Back to You (w&m)	1917	Bowman Brothers (perf.) Ed Morton (perf.)	Pub.
When the Fightin' Irish Come Home (w&m)	1919		Pub.
Hello Prosperity!	1921
On a Saturday Night	1922	William Andrew Downs (words)	Pub.
⇑ Mender of Broken Dreams	1925
Mouse! Mouse!	1925
Captain Cupid	1928	Victor Orchestra (perf.)
Sweetheart, Let's Grow Old Together	1936	John W. Bratton (words) Dolly Dawn (perf.)
Do You Think She'll Ever Love Me Any More?	?	Walter H. Ford (words)
He Thought He Was in Heaven	?	Walter H. Ford (words)
I Did'nt Marry All Your Kin	?	Walter H. Ford (words)
It's Alright, But It's Awkward	?	Walter H. Ford (words)
Just a Little Case of May Be	?	Walter H. Ford (words)
Night at the Play, A	?
O'Dwyer Caught a Cold	?	Walter H. Ford (words)
Trilby Waltzes	?

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	J.W. Bratton	Barn Yard Frolics (3:51)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	J.W. Bratton	The Teddy Bears' Picnic (3:32)	Ma Douguo Recorder Orchestra