William Austin Dillon (1877-1966)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, William Austin Dillon was an American songwriter and Vaudevillian born in Cortland, New York. He is best known as the lyricist for the song I Want A Girl (Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad (1911) written in collaboration with Harry von Tilzer. He performed in Vaudeville with his brothers John and Harry and billing his own act as the Man of a Thousand Songs".After suffering injuries a car accident he died in Ithaca, New York.

Websites:
	William Dillon	Biography by wikipedia.org.

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Jo Ann Castle	12 Great Hits In Ragtime
	Jo Ann Castle	Ragtime Melodies
	Bill Edwards	T-Model Tunes

	Title	Performer	Comments


	Ev'ry Little Bit, Added to What You've Got, Makes Just a Little Bit More	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	ram File provided by tinfoil.com

Music Halls

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


End of the Road	Piano, Voice	Del Delbridge (co-author) Gus Kahn (words)
Every Little Bit Added to What You've Got Makes Just a Little Bit More	Piano, Voice	Del Delbridge (co-author) Gus Kahn (words)
That Girl of Mine	Piano, Voice	Del Delbridge (co-author) Gus Kahn (words)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 18 works by William Austin Dillon (1877-1966). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I'd Like to Know You Better (w&m)	1902	Arr. by Ed. A Dicky
Mary Ann	1904
Every Little Bit Added to What You've Got Makes Just a Little Bit More	1907	Laurence M. Dillon (co-author) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Lew Dockstader (perf.) Mamie Harnish (perf.)
Bonnie, My Highland Lassie (w&m)	1908	Blanche Ring (perf.)
I'd Rather Have a Girlie Than an Automobile (w&m)	1908
Playtime	1908
I Want One Like Pa Had Yesterday (w&m)	1912
Take Me to the Cabaret (w&m)	1912	Will Dillon (words) Emma Carus (perf.) Bert Walton (perf.)
I'll Wed the Girl I Left Behind (w&m)	1916
My Grandfather's Girl (w&m)	1916	Blanche Ring (perf.)
On the Old Back Seat of the Henry Ford	1916	Lawrence Dillon (co-author) Arthur Collins (perf.)
⇑ Take Me to My Alabam'	1916	Harry Tobias (co-author)
That Girl of Mine	1916	H. Tobias (co-author) A. Lange (co-author)
End of the Road	1924	Harry Lauder (co-author) H. Lauder (perf.)
Our Father Who Art in Heaven	1929
I Know Who's Kissing Her Now (w&m)	1948
Come Back My Own United States	?
Your Town and My Town	n.d.