Thomas P. Westendorf (1848-1923)

Overview

Thomas Paine Westendorf is best known as the songwriter of the eternally beloved I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (1875) which he wrote for his wife, Jennie.
He was born of German parents in Virginia of German parents and was at the Indiana House of Refuge for Juvenile Offenders in Hendricks County, Indiana when the song was written.
Printings of his works over the previous almost 150 years have given a bewildering variety of attributions including T. P. Westendorf, T. Westendorf, T.P. Westendorf, T.P.Westendorf, Th. P. Westendorf, Thomas P. Westen Dorf, Thomas P. Westendorfer, Thomas P. Westendorp, Thomas P. Westerdorf, Thomas Westendorf, Thos. Westendorf, Trad., Westendorf, Westendorff, Westerndorf and simply Westondorp.

Websites:
	Thomas Westendorf	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: Thomas P. Westendorf	List of 52 historic recordings from 1912 to 1948.

Cylinders

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


	Could I See My Boy Again (1920)		Elizabeth Lennox	Edison Blue Amberol: 4025

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (1875)		Benjamin R. Tubb

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Johnson's Old Grey Mule (1927)	T.P. Westendorf	Bill Chitwood	Victor: BVE-37921
	Little Log Hut in the Lane, The (1930)	T.P. Westendorf	A.P. Carter M. Carter S. Carter Carter Family	Victor: BVE-59982

Monologues

This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen	Thomas Paine Westendorf (words & music) John McCormack (perf.)

Music Halls

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Apple Blossoms Polka (1879)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Birth of the Flowers (1880)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Bounding Ball Polka (1881)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Child's Dream (1880)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Daddy Longlegs March (1880)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Dimpled Cheek (1884)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Don't Count Your Chickens Before They are Hatched (1882)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑Dream of Joy (1880)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Floating Zephyr (1880)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (1875)	T.P. Westendorf (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
Little Footsteps March (1879)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Little Tin Trumpet (1883), The	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Out on the Lake (1877)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Papa's Delight (1879)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Play Day (1880)	T.P. Westendorf (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 24 works by Thomas Paine Westendorf (1848-1923). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (w&m)	1875	Mark Fisher (perf.) Dick Jergens (perf.) John McCormack (perf.) Kate Smith (perf.)
Out on the Lake	1877		Pub.
Apple Blossoms Polka	1879
Bye Baby Buntin'	1879
Little Footsteps March	1879
Papa's Delight	1879		Pub.
Birth of the Flowers	1880		Pub.
Child's Dream	1880		Pub.
Daddy Longlegs March	1880		Pub.
Dream of Joy	1880		Pub.
Floating Zephyr	1880		Pub.
⇑ Play Day	1880		Pub.
Bounding Ball Polka	1881		Pub.
De Little Cabins All Am Empty Now	1881
De Ole Home Am Gone	1882
Don't Count Your Chickens Before They are Hatched	1882		Pub.
I'll Nebber Leave Old Dixie Land Again	1882
Me Be Like Mellican Man	1882
Little Tin Trumpet, The	1883		Pub.
Dimpled Cheek	1884		Pub.
Johnson's Old Grey Mule	1927	Bill Chitwood (perf.)
Little Log Hut in the Lane, The	1930	Thomas P. Westendorf (words) A.P. Carter (perf.) Maybelle Carter (perf.) Sara Carter (perf.) Carter Family (perf.)
My Book of Memory	1947	Edward Heyman (words)
⇑ Could I See My Boy Again (w&m)	?	Elizabeth Lennox (perf.)