Harry Gifford (1887-1960)
Last updated: 07.10.25
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Harry Gifford (songwriter) | Biography by wikipedia.org. |
| Title | Co-Author(s) | Sequencer |
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Come Along My Mandy (1907) | Alf. J. Lawrence T. Mellor |
James Pitt-Payne |
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Is Anybody Looking For a Widow? (1908) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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When I'm Cleaning Windows | Fred E. Cliffe G. Formby |
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| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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Grannie's Little Old Skin Rug (1931) | Cliffe | Gracie Fields | HMV B3920 |
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| Title | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Is Anybody Looking For a Widow? | Harry Gifford (words & music) Vesta Victoria (perf.) |
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| It's Nice to Have a Friend | Harry Gifford (music) Tom Mellor (words) Florrie Forde (perf.) |
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| She Sells Sea Shell on the Sea Shore | Harry Gifford (music) Terry Sullivan (words) Wilkie Bard (perf.) |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Come Along My Mandy (1907) | H. Gifford (w&m) Alf. J. Lawrence (coauth.) T. Mellor (coauth.) N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer |  |
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Is Anybody Looking For a Widow? (1908) | H. Gifford (w&m) V. Victoria (perf.) V. Victoria (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer YorkSpace |
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Mister Wright - You're Wrong! (1908) | H. Gifford (music) T. Mellor (words) Mabel Phylis Irving (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | YorkSpace | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 69 works by Harry Gifford (1887-1960).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
(w&m)
(w&m)
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| What a Shame (w&m) | 1904 | |
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| You Don't Stay in One Place Long (w&m) | 1904 | Pub. | |
| Drummer Boy, or, When Your Country Calls You, The | 1905 | Marie Winsome (words) Hamilton Hill (perf.) |
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| If You'll Be My Girl (w&m) | 1905 | George Lashwood (perf.) | Pub. |
| My Little Snowdrop (w&m) | 1906 | Pub. | |
| Come Along My Mandy (w&m) | 1907 | Alf. J. Lawrence (co-author) Tom Mellor (co-author) Nora Bayes (perf.) Jack Norworth (perf.) |
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| Au Revoir Leonore | 1908 | Percy Edgar (words) John S. Baker (words) |
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| Is Anybody Looking For a Widow? (w&m) | 1908 | Vesta Victoria (perf.) | |
| Mister Wright - You're Wrong! | 1908 | Tom Mellor (words) Mabel Phylis Irving (perf.) |
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| She Sells Sea Shell on the Sea Shore (w&m) | 1908 | Wilkie Bard (perf.) | Pub.  |
| Underneath the Silv'ry Moon | 1908 | Terry Sullivan (words) Billy Williams (perf.) |
Pub. |
| ⇑ Won't You Teach Me the Way to Love? (w&m) | 1908 | Pub. | |
| Beyond the Veil of Laughter (w&m) | 1909 | Pub. | |
| Esau Wood | 1909 | A E Sidney Davis (words) May Mars (perf.) |
Pub. |
| If I Should Build a Nest For You (w&m) | 1909 | Pub. | |
| In the Land Where the Beautiful Conway Flows | 1910 | Arthur Stroud (words) Aubrey Kennett (words) Annie Purcell (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Poor Old Adam Was My Father (w&m) | 1911 | |
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| Your Lips Were Meant For Kissing .. | 1912 | Huntley Trevor (words) | |
| In Dear Old Romany | 1913 | Huntley Trevor (words) | Pub. |
| Little Ray of Moonlight, A | 1913 | Huntley Trevor (words) | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Some-Day! | 1913 | Fred Godfrey (words) Lawrence Wright (words) |
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| Cricket and the Bat, The | 1914 | Alf J Lawrance (words) | |
| Oh! Why Did I F-Foller 'er About? | 1915 | Huntley Trevor (words) Jack Pleasants (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Girl of the Lonely Isle (w&m) | 1916 | Fred Wolgast (perf.) | Pub. |
| I Never Knew You'd Fancy Me | 1916 | Huntley Trevor (words) | |
| I Was Going Back Home (Till I Met You) | 1916 | Tom Mellor (words) Bennett Scott (words) |
Pub. |
| If I Could Only Say in French (w&m) | 1916 | Pub. | |
| They're All Carrying on the Good, Good Work | 1916 | Huntley Trevor (words) | Pub. |
| Why Didn't You Tell Me | 1916 | Huntley Trevor (words) Will Terry (perf.) |
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| It's a Long, Long Way to Home and Mother (And the Dear Old Dad) | 1918 | Fred Murray (words) | Pub. |
| Hold My Hand, I've Got the Wind Up | 1919 | Huntley Trevor (words) | |
| ⇑ In the Far Nor' West | 1919 | Alfred J Lawrance (words) | Pub. |
| Isn't It Nice to Be Again by the Seaside | 1919 | Fred Murray (words) | Pub. |
| My Sicilian Maid | 1919 | Arthur Stroud (words) Hermann E. Darewski (words) |
Pub. |
| Philip Would Fill Up, and Fill Up, and Fill Up | 1919 | Fred Murray (words) Alec Kendal (words) Chas R. Whittle (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Pipes Are Playing in the Town of Troon, The | 1919 | Fred Murray (words) | Pub. |
| There's a Wee Hame in the Hielands | 1919 | John Neat (words) | Pub. |
| You Get Me Wondering | 1919 | Alf J Lawrence (words) | Pub. |
| If We Built the World Over Again (w&m) | 1920 | ||
| Buttercups and Daisies | 1921 | Trevor Huntley (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Man of His Word, A (w&m) | 1922 | ||
| Bowery Rose (w&m) | 1923 | ||
| I'm Going to Make You Love Me | 1923 | J P Long (words) | |
| Your Way Is My Way | 1925 | Arthur Stroud (words) | |
| Ev'ry Little Corner of My Irish Home | 1927 | Fred E. Cliffe (words) | |
| Five Years (w&m) | 1927 | ||
| He Said He Would Remember | 1927 | Fred E. Cliffe (words) | |
| I May Not Be Your First Love (w&m) | 1927 | ||
| Oh! Pola Nicoli! | 1927 | Fred E. Cliffe (words) | |
| We Can't Make ''William Tell'' | 1927 | Fred E. Cliffe (words) J W Johnson (words) |
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| From Sunday in the Summer Time | 1928 | Fred E. Cliffe (words) | |
| ⇑ Murphy's Museum | 1928 | Fred E. Cliffe (words) | |
| World Will Be Mine Once Again, The | 1928 | Fred E. Cliffe (words) | |
| Leave the Women Alone (w&m) | 1929 | ||
| Grannie's Little Old Skin Rug (w&m) | 1931 | Cliffe (co-author) Gracie Fields (perf.) |
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| Rochdale Hounds, The (w&m) | 1932 | Pub. | |
| When I'm Cleaning Windows | 1936 | Fred E. Cliffe (co-author) George Formby (co-author) George Formby (perf.) |
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| Keep Your Seats Please! (w&m) | 1937 | ||
| Sun Bathing in the Park | 1938 | Fred Cliffe (co-author) George Formby (words) George Formby (perf.) |
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| Hitting the High Spots Now | 1939 | George Formby (words) Fred E. Cliffe (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Our Sergeant Major | 1941 | Fred E. Cliffe (words) George Formby (perf.) |
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| Madame Moscovitch | 1962 | Fred E. Cliffe (words) | |
| There's Nothing Proud About Me (w&m) | 1964 | Fred E. Cliffe (co-author) George Formby (perf.) |
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| With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock (w&m) | 1964 | Fred E. Cliffe (co-author) George Formby (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Lancashire Toreador, The (w&m) | 1967 | Fred E. Cliffe (co-author) George Formby (perf.) |
Pub. |
| This Time (w&m) | 1977 | ||
| To the City (w&m) | 1977 | ||
| You're All I Need (w&m) | 1977 | ||
| It's Nice to Have a Friend | ? | Tom Mellor (words) Florrie Forde (perf.) |
| Composer | Title | Performer |
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H. Gifford | She Sells Sea Shell on the Sea Shore (2:31) | W. Bard |