Alfred Bryan (1871-1958)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Alfred Bryan was a Canadian songwriter born in Ontario. A prolific and prominent lyricist of early Tin Pan Alley, he collaborated with some of the best composers including Percy Wenrich and Fred Fisher. His most enduring piece is Peg O' My Heart (1913) which he wrote with Fred Fisher. Some of his other works include Rainbow (1908) and It's A Cute Little Way Of My Own (1917) sung by Anna Held in Follow Me.

Websites:
	Alfred Bryan (lyricist)	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Cylinders

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


	When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France (1918)	C. Hess E. Leslie	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3553

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away (1927)	James V. Monaco	James Pitt-Payne
	Round on the End and High in the Middle, O-Hi-O (1922)	Bert Hanlon	James Pitt-Payne

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Girls of France (1918)	A. Bryan (music) E. Leslie (words) H. Ruby (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away (1927)	A. Bryan (w&m) James V. Monaco (coauth.) P. Wendling (coauth.) Meryl Sisters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Round on the End and High in the Middle, O-Hi-O (1922)	A. Bryan (w&m) Bert Hanlon (coauth.) Frances White (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France (1918)	A. Bryan (music) C. Hess (coauth.) E. Leslie (coauth.) Belle Baker (perf.)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 21 works by Alfred Bryan (1871-1958). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Lad Who Went to War, A (w&m)	1905
Down in the Old Cherry Orchard	1907	S. R. Henry (words)
You'll Do the Same Thing Over Again	1911	Albert Gumble (words) Beth Tate (perf.)
Supposing I Make You Wait 'til We Get Married (w&m)	1912	Tempest & Sunshine (perf.)
If I Were the Ocean and You Were the Shore	1914	Jack Wells (co-author)
Over the Top	1917	Jack Wells (words) Pete Wendling (words)
Girls of France	1918	Edgar Lesie (co-author) Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
If You're Crazy About the Women You're Not Crazy at All (w&m)	1918	Edgar Leslie (co-author) Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France	1918	Cliff Hess (co-author) Edgar Leslie (co-author) Belle Baker (perf.) Billie Burke (perf.) Arthur Fields (perf.)	Pub.
Round on the End and High in the Middle, O-Hi-O (w&m)	1922	Bert Hanlon (co-author) Elsie Steadman (perf.) Frances White (perf.)
Song of India, A (w&m)	1922	by N. Rimsky Korsakow. English Version by Alfred Bryan	Pub.
⇑ Blue Bonnet - You Make Me Feel Blue (w&m)	1926	Pete Wendling (co-author) Harry Richman (co-author) Mitchell Bros (perf.)
There's a Blue Ridge in My Heart, Virginia	1926	A. Fred Phillips (co-author) Ira Schuster (co-author)
Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away (w&m)	1927	James V. Monaco (co-author) Pete Wendling (words) Cogert & Motto (perf.) Kramer Twins (perf.) Meryl Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
I'd Like to Ride Away to a Little Hide-Away	1928	Al Hoffman (words) Pete Wendling (words)	Pub.
In the Sweet Bye and Bye	1928	Pete Wendling (co-author) Francis Wheeler (co-author)	Pub.
Laughing Water, Stop Your Crying	1928	Pete Wendling (words) Francis Wheeler (words)	Pub.
It's an Old Fashioned World After All	1934	George W Meye (co-author) Pete Wendling (co-author)
Dolly Doolittle	1939	Doris Fisher (co-author) Fred Fisher (co-author)
We'll Always Have Pearl Harbor (w&m)	1941	William Raskin (co-author) Gerald Marks (co-author)
Who Paid the Rent For Mrs Rip Van Winkle	1942	Fred Fisher (words)