Harry Clifton (1824-1872)

Monologues

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	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Awfully Jolly	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Broken Down	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Calico Printer's Clerk, The	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Cushie Butterfield	Harry Clifton (music) George Ridley (words) George Ridley (perf.)
	Faithless Maria	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Granny Snow	Charles Davenport (music) Harry Clifton (words) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Hardware Line, The	Andrew Banks (music) Harry Clifton (words) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Isabella, the Barber's Daughter	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	It's Not the Miles We Travel	J. Holbrook (music) Harry Clifton (words) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Mary-Ann	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Mere Detail, A	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	⇑Merry Old Uncle Joe	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Motto For Every Man, A	M. Hobson (music) M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	My Mother-In-Law	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Paddle Your Own Canoe	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Polly Perkins of Paddington Green	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Send Back My Barney to Me	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Shabby Genteel	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Shelling Green Peas	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Ten Minutes Too Late	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Up With the Lark in the Morning	F. A. Springthorpe (music) Harry Clifton (words) Harry Clifton (perf.) Fred French (perf.)
	Wait For the Turn of the Tide	Charles Coote (music) Harry Clifton (words) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Watercress Girl, The	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	⇑Weepin' Willer, The	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Work Boys Work and Be Contented	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Clifton (perf.)
	Work Boys Work	Harry Clifton (words & music) Harry Champion (perf.)

Music Halls

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Pulling Hard Against the Stream (1869)	H. Clifton (w&m) M Hobson (words)	Piano	Greer

Titles

The peformer is featured on 31 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Hardware Line (1865), The	Andrew Banks	Harry Clifton (words)
Oh! She Had Such Taking Ways (1862)	George Bicknell	George Bicknell (words) A B Hollingsworth (words) J Copson (words) Butler Knaggs (words) Robert Jacob Hamerton (words)
⇑Wait For the Turn of the Tide (?)	Charles Coote	Harry Clifton (words)
Granny Snow (1862)	Charles Davenport	Harry Clifton (words)
Uncle Joe (1862)	Charles Davenport	M Hobson (words)
Beautiful Moon (1870)	T. Vincent Davies	H C Maguire (words)
Sailor Sinbad (1870), The	Frank Hall(w&m)
Motto For Every Man (1865), A	M. Hobson	M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words)
It's Not the Miles We Travel (1868)	J. Holbrook	Harry Clifton (words)
Oh! She Had Such Taking Ways (1862)	G.W. Hunt	George Bicknell (words) A B Hollingsworth (words) J Copson (words) Butler Knaggs (words) Robert Jacob Hamerton (words)
Up With the Lark in the Morning (1870)	F. A. Springthorpe	Harry Clifton (words)
Dark Girl Dressed in Blue (?), The	Traditional(w&m)
Paddy's Dream (1868)	George Ware	A T Birtchnell (words) Sam Collins (words) P Aikin (words)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 33 works by Harry Clifton (1824-1872). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

1863-1867

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Isabella, the Barber's Daughter (w&m)	1863	Harry Clifton (perf.)
Cushie Butterfield	1864	George Ridley (words) George Ridley (perf.) arr.: J. Candy
Isabella and Her Gingham Umbrella	1864	Billy Morris (words)
Mary-Ann (w&m)	1864	Harry Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
My Old Wife	1864c	M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words)	Pub.
Jemima Brown	1865	John Candy (words)	Pub.
Polly Perkins of Paddington Green	1865	Billy Morris (words) Harry Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Weepin' Willer, The (w&m)	1865	Harry Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Calico Printer's Clerk, The (w&m)	1866	Harry Clifton (perf.)
Faithless Maria (w&m)	1866	Harry Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Shelling Green Peas	1866	M Hobson (words) T W Lee (words) Harry Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Agreeable Young Man, The	1867	M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words)	Pub.
Up a Tree	1867	M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words)	Pub.
Very Suspicious	1867	M Hobson (words) Fanny Edwards (perf.)
Work Boys Work (w&m)	1867	Harry Champion (perf.)
Work Boys Work and Be Contented	1867	M Hobson (words) H C Maguire (words) Harry Clifton (perf.) Fred French (perf.)	Pub.

1868-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Awfully Jolly (w&m)	1868	Harry Clifton (perf.)
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The	1869	M Hobson (words)
Love and Pride	1869	M Hobson (words) Fanny Edwards (perf.)
Mrs. Jones' Musical Party	1869	A Sedgwick (words)
Pulling Hard Against the Stream (w&m)	1869	M Hobson (words)
Seventy Two and Hard As Steel (w&m)	1869		Pub.
Ten Minutes Too Late	1869	M Hobson (words) Harry Clifton (perf.)	Pub.
Trifles Light As Air (w&m)	1870		Pub.
Shabby Genteel	1875c	Harry Clifton (perf.)
Where the Grass Grows Green (w&m)	1880
Paddle Your Own Canoe	1896c	M Hobson (words) Harry Clifton (perf.)
⇑ Mere Detail, A (w&m)	1915	Harry Clifton (perf.)
Broken Down (w&m)	?	Harry Clifton (perf.)
Merry Old Uncle Joe (w&m)	?	Harry Clifton (perf.)
Send Back My Barney to Me (w&m)	?	Harry Clifton (perf.)
Watercress Girl, The (w&m)	?	Harry Clifton (perf.)

n.d.

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


My Mother-In-Law (w&m)	n.d.	Harry Clifton (perf.)