Charles Osborne 
Last updated: 26.04.24
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     Title Attribution Remarks
       
  Adam Missed It Charles Osborne (music)
E J Symons (words)
Richard George Knowles (perf.)
 
  And the Verdict Was - Charles Osborne (music)
Henry E Pether (words)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 
  Binks' Wife Charles Osborne (words & music)
Millie Lindon (perf.)
 
  Bunk-A-Doodle I-Do Charles Osborne (words & music)
 
  Con-Stan-Ti-No-P-L-E Charles Osborne (words & music)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 
  Conundrums Charles Osborne (words & music)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 
  Cursory Rhymes Charles Osborne (words & music)
 
  Da Da's Baby Boy - Parody Charles Osborne (words & music)
Herbert Campbell (perf.)
 
  Faces Charles Osborne (music)
Ernest Allan (words)
George Beauchamp (perf.)
 
  Folies Bergéres, The Charles Osborne (words & music)
Harry Anderson (perf.)
 
  For Old Times' Sake Charles Osborne (words & music)
Millie Lindon (perf.)
 
   Getting to the Bottom of It Charles Osborne (words & music)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 
  Good Old London Town Girl, A Charles Osborne (words & music)
G.H. Chirgwin (perf.)
 
  He Felt a Draught Charles Osborne (words & music)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 
  He's Much Better Off Where He Is Charles Osborne (words & music)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 
  How's That For a Snap-Shot? Charles Osborne (words & music)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 
  Hypochondriac, The Charles Osborne (words & music)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 
  Just Before the Battle, Mother Charles Osborne (words & music)
George Beauchamp (perf.)
 
  Kate O'Grady Charles Osborne (words & music)
Tom Carney (perf.)
 
  Logic Charles Osborne (words & music)
Ben Albert (perf.)
 
  Man of Eccentric Notions, The Charles Osborne (words & music)
Cliff Ryland (perf.)
 
  Mother's Advice Charles Osborne (words & music)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 
  Naval Scare-Crow, The Charles Osborne (words & music)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 
   Our Tyke Charles Osborne (words & music)
Gus Elen (perf.)
 
  Patching Up the Seats of the Mighty Charles Osborne (words & music)
Herbert Campbell (perf.)
 
  Pen'orths Charles Osborne (words & music)
Cliff Ryland (perf.)
 
  Plain Speaker, The Charles Osborne (words & music)
 
  Scientific Man, The Charles Osborne (words & music)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 
  Something Tickled Her Fancy Charles Osborne (words & music)
Harry Randall (perf.)
 
  Where's My Two-Bob Gone? Charles Osborne (words & music)
A. G. Spry (perf.)
 
  You 'ave to 'ave 'em Charles Osborne (words & music)
Harry Randall (perf.)
 
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 165 works by Charles Osborne. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Grave of Kitty Clyde, The 1859  wvicon.gif
Happy Dreams, Return Again 1859 J. H. Collins (perf.)  wvicon.gif
I Ask Not a Home 1859  Pub.
My Old Familiar Home 1859  Pub.
Nellie Wilt Thou Be My Bride 1859  wvicon.gif
Bonny Jean 1863 George Linley (words)  wvicon.gif
Nelly Dear Good Bye 1865  wvicon.gif
Outpost, The 1879 Charles J Rowe (words)  wvicon.gif
My Boy's Birthday 1885 Alfred Lee (words)
Nellie Farrell (words)
Will Atkins (perf.)
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Solomon's Proverbs 1886 Edmund Forman (words)
G.W. Hunter (perf.)
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Twas Only a Drooping Primrose 1888 Edmund Forman (words)
Connie Melnotte (perf.)
 Pub.
Good Old Barnum 1889 E J Symons (words)
George Watson (perf.)
 Pub.
I Wasn't So Drunk As All That 1889 John S. Baker (words)
Harry Randall (perf.)
 Pub.
Wreck of the Life Boat, The 1889 Alf Chester (perf.)
arr.: Alfred Leggett
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Faded Leaves 1890 E W Eyre (words)
Alf Chester (perf.)
 Pub.
Fireman's Story, The 1890 arr.: E.W. Eyre  Pub.
I Picked It Up 1890 John S. Baker (words)
Harry Randall (perf.)
 Pub.
I've Got Something Else to Think About 1890 John S. Baker (words)
Alf Rivers (perf.)
 Pub.
Lost For Ever 1890 arr.: A. Leggett.  Pub.
Postman's Story, The 1890 Alf Chester (perf.)
arr.: E W Eyre;
 Pub.
Sailing Home 1890 John S. Baker (words)
Wilton Smart (perf.)
 Pub.
That Was Me 1890 arr.: Augustus E. Durandeau  Pub.
Warders Story, The 1890 Alfred Leggett (words)
Alf Chester (perf.)
 Pub.
Last Roll Call, The 1890c Ernest J Symons (words)  Pub.
Queen's Pardon, The 1890c Alf Chester (perf.)  Pub.
In -Arranged by F. Eplett 1891 Fred Harvey (words)  Pub.
Kate O'Grady 1891 Tom Carney (perf.)  Pub.
Longing to Meet 1891 George Leyton (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Maria Martin's Bogie 1891 E W Eyre (words)
Arthur Lennard (perf.)
 Pub.
Naval Exhibtion, The 1891 George Beauchamp (perf.)
arr.: E W Eyre;
 Pub.
Welcome the Exile Home! 1891 Tom Carney (perf.)  Pub.
Accidents 1892 Henry E. Pether (words)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 Pub.
Deserter, The 1892 E W Eyre (words)
George Leyton (perf.)
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I'm Another 1892 Albert E. Ellis (words)
John S. Baker (words)
Herbert Campbell (perf.)
 Pub.
Old Companions 1892 E W Eyre (words)
Fred Belmont (perf.)
 Pub.
Phew! Them Golden Kippers! Don't They Tid'ly Wink 1892 E W Eyre (words)
George Beauchamp (perf.)
 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Puzzling Proverbs 1892 Frank Coyne (perf.)  wvicon.gif
We Shall Miss Them Bye-And-Bye 1892  Pub.
What Do They Do With the Old 'uns? 1892 arr.: Alfred Lee  wvicon.gif
And the Verdict Was - 1893 Henry E Pether (words)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 Pub.
Bunk-A-Doodle I-Do (w&m) 1893  Pub.
Just Before the Battle, Mother 1893 George F Root (words)
George Beauchamp (perf.)
 Pub.
Later On 1893 Warwick Williams (words)
Harry Randall (perf.)
 Pub.
On Duty. a Tale of the Crimea 1893  wvicon.gif
After That 1894 George Ison (words)
A A Moore (words)
Richard George Knowles (perf.)
 Pub.
After the Squal - Parody on After the Ball 1894 John Stanford Baker (words)  Pub.
Con-Stan-Ti-No-P-L-E 1894 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Folies Bergéres, The 1894 Harry Anderson (perf.)  Pub.
He's Much Better Off Where He Is 1894 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Hypochondriac, The 1894 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Naval Scare-Crow, The 1894 Henry E. Pether (words)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 Pub.
Our Rulers 1894 John S. Baker (words)
Harry Anderson (perf.)
 Pub.
Phonetic Family, The 1894 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Tableaux Vivants 1894 Richard George Knowles (perf.)  Pub.
Tipster, The 1894 George Lashwood (perf.)
arr.: Peter Wilson
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Conundrums 1895 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Faces 1895 Ernest Allan (words)
George Beauchamp (perf.)
 Pub.
He Felt a Draught 1895 Henry E. Pether (words)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 Pub.
Household Words 1895  wvicon.gif
How Can I Break the News 1895 John S. Baker (words)
Will Atkins (perf.)
 Pub.
Mixtures 1895 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Mother's Advice 1895 Henry E. Pether (words)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 Pub.
Scientific Man, The 1895 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
That Touches the Spot 1895 George Ison (words)
Harry Randall (perf.)
 Pub.
There Yet 1895 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Boys of England 1896 Hetty Haywood (perf.)  Pub.
Man of Eccentric Notions, The 1896 Cliff Ryland (perf.)
arr.: Fred Eplett
 Pub.
Man Who Carries the Boards, The 1896 John S. Baker (words)
W. P. Dempsey (perf.)
 Pub.
Modern ''Sweeny Todd'', The 1896 Henry E. Pether (words)
Herbert Campbell (perf.)
W. P. Dempsey (perf.)
 Pub.
One Thing Brought Up Another 1896 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Saying Good-Night at the Door 1896 Tom Carney (perf.)
arr.: Ernest J Symons
 Pub.
Special Scotch - Man, The 1896 Henry E. Pether (words)
T. E. Dunville (perf.)
 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
That's a Woman All Over 1896 Herbert Campbell (perf.)
arr,: Henry E. Pether
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Too High 1896 Charles Wood (perf.)  Pub.
Washerwoman, The 1896 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Whoa! the Humming Birds 1896 W. P. Dempsey (perf.)  Pub.
Getting to the Bottom of It 1897 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
He Was One of the Light Brigade 1897 Alf Chester (perf.)  Pub.
O.H.M.S 1897 W E Goodwins (words)
Alf Chester (perf.)
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Our Tyke 1897 Gus Elen (perf.)  Pub.
Patching Up the Seats of the Mighty 1897 Henry E. Pether (words)
Herbert Campbell (perf.)
 Pub.
Postman, The 1897 Millie Lindon (perf.)  Pub.
Punctured 1897 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
What Price That For a Quick Change? 1897 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
When Your Ride on Your Motor Car 1897 W. P. Dempsey (perf.)  Pub.
You 'ave to 'ave 'em 1897 Henry E. Pether (words)
Harry Randall (perf.)
 Pub.
Adam Missed It 1898 E J Symons (words)
Richard George Knowles (perf.)
 Pub.
All Change 1898 E J Symons (words)
Will E. Edwards (perf.)
 Pub.
Cursory Rhymes 1898 Harry Randall (perf.)  Pub.
For Old Times' Sake 1898 Millie Lindon (perf.)  Pub.
Good Old London Town Girl, A 1898 Edmund Forman (words)
G.H. Chirgwin (perf.)
 Pub.
How's That For a Snap-Shot? 1898 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Man of the ''Wide, Wide World'', The 1898 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Man of the Wide, Wide World 1898
Pen'orths 1898 Cliff Ryland (perf.)  Pub.
Plain Speaker, The 1898  Pub.
Stormy Winds Did Blow, The 1898 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Umpi-Doodle-Um 1898 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
What Can I Do For You? 1898 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Will My Dream Come True? 1898  Pub.
Binks' Wife 1899 Millie Lindon (perf.)  Pub.
Cockney Coon, The 1899 G.H. Chirgwin (perf.)  Pub.
It Grows on Yer 1899 Will E. Edwards (perf.)  Pub.
One's Enough 1899 Harry Rose (perf.)  Pub.
Song of the Kettle, The 1899 Millie Lindon (perf.)  Pub.
Sweethearts 1899 Millie Lindon (perf.)  Pub.
Go and Have It Out, Like I Did 1900  wvicon.gif
Her Majesty the Baby 1900  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
I Felt As We'd Been Pals For Years and Years 1900 James Jefferson (words)
Harry Bawn (perf.)
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That Reminds Me! Ever Heard This? 1900 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
That Was My Happiest Time 1900 Arthur Lennard (perf.)  Pub.
War Correspondent, The 1900 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Enjoyment 1901 Millie Lindon (perf.)  Pub.
Hurrah! For a Country Life 1901 G G Davis (words)
Albert Ben (perf.)
 Pub.
Mottoes on the Wall (w&m) 1901 Harry Randall (perf.)  Pub.
Railway Guides 1901 James Jefferson (words)  Pub.
Something Tickled Her Fancy 1901 Harry Randall (perf.)
arr.: James Jefferson
 Pub.
Cook Who Cooks, The (w&m) 1902 Albert Ben (perf.)  Pub.
Pop! Goes - (w&m) 1902 Albert Ben (perf.)  Pub.
She's a Woman Still 1902 Rose Elliott (perf.)  Pub.
That Old Rocking Chair (w&m) 1902 Millie Lindon (perf.)  Pub.
Adam Had an Adder (w&m) 1903 T. E. Dunville (perf.)  Pub.
Ancient Lights (w&m) 1903 Albert Ben (perf.)  Pub.
You Thought I Was Going to Say - 1903 Maynard Dakin (words)
Albert Ben (perf.)
 Pub.
Brave Deeds 1904 G G Davis (words)
Walter Curtis (perf.)
 Pub.
Mother 1904 Daisy Jerome (perf.)  Pub.
What Are You Thinking Of? 1904 arr.: F Bennett  Pub.
I Want to Be a Sailor (w&m) 1905  Pub.
Jenny, My Own True Love 1905 Dave O'Toole (words)
Charlie Rich (perf.)
Harry Rich (perf.)
 Pub.
Logic (w&m) 1905 Ben Albert (perf.)  Pub.
Are You Sure? (w&m) 1906  wvicon.gif
Leave Her Alone With Them (w&m) 1906 Albert Ben (perf.)  Pub.
Night of the Party, The (w&m) 1906 G.H. Chirgwin (perf.)  Pub.
Oh! Who Says So? 1906 Charles Penrose (perf.)  Pub.
Join the Navy (w&m) 1907  Pub.
Potted Poetry 1907 Burt Shepard (words)
Daniel Decatur Emmett (words)
Bernard Russell (perf.)
Owen Way (perf.)
 Pub.
When Mother Cooked the Pancake 1907 Owen Way (perf.)  Pub.
Where's My Two-Bob Gone? 1907 A. G. Spry (perf.)  Pub.
Alice 1908 Brothers Brooks (perf.)  Pub.
Jocular Joker, The (w&m) 1908 G.H. Chirgwin (perf.)  Pub.
Mr N. Peck 1908 Charles Collins (words)  Pub.
Shake Hands! 1908 Beatrice Varley (perf.)  Pub.
Sophy's Sweethearts (w&m) 1908  wvicon.gif
Speak of a Man As You Find Him 1908 Beatrice Varley (perf.)  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Whistle and Shut Your Eyes (w&m) 1908 Ben Albert (perf.)
Albert Ben (perf.)
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Why Go Abroad? (w&m) 1908  Pub.
Anatomy 1909 Bernard Russell (perf.)  Pub.
Press Cuttings (w&m) 1909 Bernard Russell (perf.)  Pub.
Grandfather Green (w&m) 1910  Pub.
Ladder of Fame, The 1910 Fred Wilson (perf.)  Pub.
Non Stops 1910 Fred Rome (words)  Pub.
Odd Numbers. (w&m) 1910  wvicon.gif
Best of Everything, The 1911 Charlie Rich (perf.)
Harry Rich (perf.)
 Pub.
Directions 1911 Sydney Locklynne (perf.)  Pub.
What Is It - Likes So Much? (w&m) 1911 Albert Ben (perf.)  Pub.
Follow Your Nose (w&m) 1914  wvicon.gif
It's a Fat Lot! (w&m) 1914 Albert Ben (perf.)  Pub.
Puzzles (w&m) 1914 Albert Ben (perf.)  Pub.
Sugar (w&m) 1917  wvicon.gif
Bad Language. (w&m) 1919  Pub.
Doh 1920 George Jackley (perf.)  Pub.
Boggles For Boggleton! 1923 Stanley Holloway (perf.)  Pub.
Bird in a Gilded Cage, A (w&m) ?  wvicon.gif
Da Da's Baby Boy - Parody ? Herbert Campbell (perf.)
Darling Rosabel; ?  wvicon.gif
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg C. Osborne Whistle and Shut Your Eyes (1905) (3:27) B. Albert