Arthur Longbrake

Arthur Longbrake was a songwriter and lyricist. He established the Eclipse Music Company.[1] He wrote the words to "I'd like to know where I met you" and "On the Beach 'Neath the Old Willow Tree".[2]

"Brother Noah Gave Out Checks for Rain" recounts the story of a church deacon with a leaky roof and a baseball game with Biblical figures.[3]

Several performances of the songs he wrote were recorded with Arthur Collins singing them. They are minstrel songs. Joseph Smith published several.

Songs
  • "Nobody Knows Where John Brown Went"[4]
  • "Brother Noah Gave out Checks for Rain"
  • "Parson Jones' Three Reasons" (1908)[1][5]
  • "Powder River, let's go; song foxtrot[6]
  • "It's Morning (The Song with the Rooster Crow)" (1908)[5]
  • "My Affinity" (1908)[5]
  • "When the Sunshine in your Heart Turns Night Into Day" (1908), lyrics[5]
  • "You're Going on a Long, Long Journey Soon", words by Arthur Longbrake and music by Arthur Hauk
  • "I'd Like to Know Where I Met You", lyrics by Arthur Longbrake and music by A. Jackson Peabody Jr.
  • "Come Down and Pick Your Husband Out, the Rest of Us Want to Go Home" (1909), lyrics[7]
  • "When You're Dreaming Dream of Me" (1906), lyrics[8]
  • "Fever's On" (1906), lyrics[8]
  • "Rose of the Night" (1917), lyrics[9]
  • "Iam Longing for Tomorrow When I Think of Yesterday", lyrics[10]
  • "Singing Bird" (1909), lyrics[10]
  • "It Was Your Pleasing Smile" (1909), lyrics[10]

See also

References
  1. Hoffmann, Frank; Cooper, B. Lee; Gracyk, Tim (November 12, 2012). "Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925". Routledge – via Google Books.
  2. "The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks". Patent Office. May 7, 1908 – via Google Books.
  3. Holloway, Diane (August 1, 2001). "American History in Song: Lyrics from 1900 to 1945". iUniverse – via Google Books.
  4. Lightner, Otto C.; Reeder, Pearl Ann (May 7, 1981). "Hobbies". Lightner Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  5. "The Canada Gazette". May 7, 1908 – via Google Books.
  6. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (May 7, 1925). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 534 – via Internet Archive. arthur longbrake.
  7. "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions". Library of Congress, Copyright Office. May 7, 1909 – via Google Books.
  8. "The Canadian Patent Office Record Vol.XXXIV No.10". May 7, 1906 – via Google Books.
  9. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (May 7, 1917). "Musical Compositions: Part 3". Library of Congress. – via Google Books.
  10. Office, Canada Patent (May 7, 1910). "The Canadian Patent Office Record". The Office – via Google Books.
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