More Bratton Songs



More Bratton Songs









Revue,The Land of Nod

Come On, Let's Two Step (1905) John W Bratton with Maurice Stonehill, as featured in the Revue,The Land of Nod, which opened 1 April 1907

The Girl I Left in Boston Town (1905) words Chas N Douglas and John W Bratton music Ernest Ball featured in the musical comedy The Rollicking Girl






Rosy Lips (PF) (1906) John W Bratton

Spangles (PF) (1906) John W Bratton


The Wooden Soldier (PF) (1906) John W Bratton


The Town at the End of the Line (1906) John W Bratton with Arthur J. Lamb


The Town at the End of the Line (1906) John W Bratton with Arthur J. Lamb
Note...change of lyricist & publisher


 Ev'ry Baby Is a Sweet Bouquet (1907) with several

Ev'ry Baby Is a Sweet Bouquet (1907) with several

This featured in The Newlyweds and their Baby, a Broadway production by The Leffler Bratton Co., and written by Bratton & others, with 40 performances at Majestic Theatre
22 Mar 1909
24 April 1909

The Leffler Bratton Co also produced "Let George Do It" which ran from 22 April 1912 to 4 May 1912. It was also based on a book by Aaron Hoffman with words and music by Paul West and Nat D Ayer
The Leffler Bratton Co also produced "The Ding Bats" see below


Somebody's Been Around Here Since I've Been Gone (1907) John W. Bratton with Paul West


Somebody's Been Around Here Since I've Been Gone (1907) John W. Bratton with Paul West
This featured in The Gay White Way at the Casino Theatre for 105 performances 7 Oct 1907 to 4 Jan 1908




The Teddy Bears' Picnic (PF) (1907)


The Teddy Bears' Picnic (PF) (1907) with words added in 1932 by Jimmy Kennedy






<< Molly McGinnity You're My Affinity (1907) Words & music by John W. Bratton




My Boy Bill (1908) John W. Bratton with Paul West


My Boy Bill (1908) John W. Bratton with Paul West This featured in Gus Edward's "Merry Go Round" described as a Musical Comedy-Two Balmy Breaths from Bohemia which ran at the Circle Theatre from 25 April 1908 to 18 July 1908


In this show featured



"Baby say Da! Da!" (1908) by John Walter Bratton and Paul West





Dimples (1908) John W. Bratton


Mandy from Mandalay (1909) John W. Bratton
Mamzelle Fifi (1909) John W. Bratton with Paul West

Mandy from Mandalay (1909)
Mamzelle Fifi (1909) with Paul West

The Jungle Jubilee (1910)

The Rest of the Week She's Mine (1910) with Charles H Taylor

Patsy Rosenstein (1911)

r Man (1914) with Paul West

In Cherry Blossom Time (1914) E Salzer, Words by John W Bratton





<< Then I'll Come Back To You (1917)
Words & Music JWB




You're a Better Man than I am Mister Wilson (1918)
Words by John Walter Bratton

Verse

Over in Berlin in a great big bed
Old Kaiser Wilhelm lays his big fat head
And mostly every night-he wakes and screams with fright
Dreams of the old man on earth he dreads
Then underneath the covers Willie creeps
And this what he murmurs as he sleeps

Chorus

You’re a better man than I am Mister Wilson
With your great big winning smile
I never thought you’d fight
But you called my bluff alright
And you’re crashing through to Berlin mile by mile
I’m afraid to tell the truth to German people
Or they’d hang me to a tree for what I’ve done
To your country you’re true blue
While I’m yellow through and through
You’re a better man than I am Mister Wilson

Verse

I’ve caused a world of heartaches, sighs and tears
You’ve helped humanity and won their cheers
My hands are stained with red
Yours white as snow instead
Nations will bless you in the coming years
The way our soldiers fight-they’re bound to win
Some day they’ll shout-so this is old Berlin

Chorus

You’re a better man than I am Mister Wilson
In your plain old fashioned clothes-
No helmet on your head-just a tall silk hat instead
But beneath that-there’s brains the whole world knows
And your pictures are not like mine Mister Wilson
With a great big sword adangling at your side
But you’ll grasp your sword some day
While I’ll hand you mine and say
You’re a better man than I am Mister Wilson


Music by Joseph H. Santley 1886-1962
copyright Leo Feist inc New York





<< An Irishman was Made To Love and Fight (1918) Words By John W Bratton, Music by Joseph H Santly






When the Fightin' Irish Come Home (1919) w&m by John W Bratton and Joseph H Santley
Title
When the fightin' Irish come home
Other Title
when the fighting irish come home
Contributor Names
Bratton, John W. (John Walter) -- 1867-1947
Santly, Joseph H. -- 1886-1962
Created / Published
1919, monographic.
Leo. Feist, Inc.,, New York :, [1919].







<< That's Why God Loves The Irish, One and All (1919) by Ernest R Ball with lyrics by John W Bratton

Bobbed- haired Baby's Ball (1921) by Percy Wenrush, Words by John W Bratton







<< On a Saturday Night (1922) by John W Bratton and W A Downs


How Is It By You, By Me It's Fine (1921) by Ray Perkins with lyrics by RP and John W Bratton Mender of Broken Dreams


(1925) w&m by John W BrattonThis featured in Charlot Revue for 138 performances in the Selwyn Theatre NY from Nov 1925 to March 1926T






<< Sweetheart Let's Grow Old Together (1936) Leo Edwards with lyrics by John W Bratton

"I Talked to God Last Night" (1940) by David W Guion with lyrics by John W Bratton



"Lovely Little Lady" (1941) by Geoffrey O'Hara with lyrics by John W Bratton






Lets Get Together by Geoffrey O'Hara with lyrics by John W Bratton
The full words to this song are:-

There's a bridge of friendship stretching over the sea
Like a rainbow from shore to shore
There are Yankees by the dozens reaching out to British cousins
While bravehearts meet, their lips repeat
Let's get together, everybody sing:
"I wish I was in Dixie" and "God save the King"
Let's get together, put an end to grief
Sing "Yankee Doodle came to town" and then "The Mapleleaf"
Our flags entwined will remind mankind wherever they may be
That while the eagle soars and the British lion roars
We will march to victory














<< Defend Your Country (1940) by Leo Edwards with words by John W Bratton



I Watched the Rain (1956) w & m by Edith Temple, John W Bratton and Nancy O'Hara





This is a list of songs to categorise

Rose Glenroy (1893) Publisher: Gagel Brothers Pub.
Words & Music: Bratton
When the Fightin' Irish Come Home (1919) Sheet music at the Amazons Publisher: Leo Feist
Words & Music: Bratton
My Dainty Cigarette (1894) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Hello Prosperity! (1921)
Only Me (1894) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
On a Saturday Night (1922)
Words by: William Andrew Downs
She Didn't Do a Thing to Him (1894) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Mender of Broken Dreams (1925)
Tarry Carrie Till We Marry (1894) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Mouse! Mouse! (1925)
Henrietta! Have You Met Her? (1895) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
At the Sound of the Sunset Gun (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Honey Does You Love Yer Man? (1895) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
The Belle of the Season (?)
Songs We Hear on the Stage (1895) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Bells of Fate (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
The Sunshine of Paradise Alley (1895) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Cinderella (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Because We're Together (1896)
Co-Author: Walter H. Ford
Dance of the Waves (?)
Isabelle (1896) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Do You Think She'll Ever Love Me Any More? (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
It's Sunshiny Weather (1896) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Don't Ask Me to Forget (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
She's Been a Mother to Me (1896) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Gold, Wine and Kisses (?)
Gayest Manhattan (1897)
Have a Kiss With Me (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Genevieve! (1897) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
He Thought He Was in Heaven (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Only a Newsboy (1897)
Words by: Arthur J. Lamb
Heigh Ho (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Sadie My Lady (1897) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
His Little Sweetheart, Nell (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Hats Off to the Boys Who Made Good (1898) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
I Did'nt Marry All Your Kin (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Dear Old Soul (1899) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
I Did'nt Think He'd Do It, But He Did (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
I Got All I Can Do to Keep My Hands Off You (1899)
I'll Not Forsake You, Tom (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Mandy From Mandalay (1899) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
I'm Nothing to You Now (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Rubber Neck Jim (1899) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
It's Alright, But It's Awkward (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Just a Word For Father (1900)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Japanese Lantern Dance (?)
My Little Lady Bug (1900) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Just a Little Case of May Be (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
My Sunbeam From the South (1900)
Co-Author: Walter H. Ford
Just As if She Didn't Know (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
My Sunflower Sue (1900)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Lika a Good Little Girl Should Do (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
He Ought to Have a Tablet in the Hall of Fame (1901) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Arthur L. Robb
Lurline (?)
In a Cosey Corner (1901) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Marie (?)
My Little Hong Kong Baby - My Little Cup of Tea (1902)
Words by: Paul West
Mary's Not As Green As She Looks (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
The Amorous Esquimaux (1903) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Paul West
The Melody He Used to Sing (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
I Want to Play Hamlet (1903)
My Dear Old Chum (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
I'm on the Water Wagon Now (1903) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Paul West
My Queen Irene (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
My Cosey-Corner Girl (1903)
Co-Author: Chas. Noel Douglas
My Sunday Dolly (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Two Little Blue Little True Little Eyes (1903) Sheet music at the Amazons Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: G.A. Norton
A Night at the Play (?)
Good Bye Teddy (1904)
Words by: Paul West
O'Dwyer Caught a Cold (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Honeymoon Hall (1904) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Paul West
Oh Liza, How I Despise Her (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Seeing New York in the Rubber-Neck Hack (1904)
Words by: Paul West
The Old Folks Are Longing For You May (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Come My True Love (1905)
The Old Stage Door (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Jack O' Lantern Joe (1905) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Paul West
The Pride of the Pier (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
The Little Black Man (1905)
The Queen of Hearts (?)
When America Is Captured by the Japs (1905) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Paul West
Rosy Lips (?)
I Love You in the Same Old Way (1906) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Walter H. Ford
She Always Dressed in Black (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
The Town at the End of the Line (1906) Publisher: Maurice Shapiro Music Publisher
Words by: Arthur J. Lamb
Since Maggie Bought the Parrot (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Ev'ry Baby Is a Sweet Bouquet (1907) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Paul West
Sunday Night in Lover's Lane (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Molly McGinnity You're My Affinity (1907) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words & Music: Bratton Co-Author: Walter H. Ford
Tell Me Ruby, Will You True Be? (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Somebody's Been Around Since I've Been Gone (1907)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
That You May Be Mine (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Spangles (1907) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
A Touch of a Woman's Hand (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
The Teddy Bears Picnic (1907)
Trilby Waltzes (?)
My Boy Bill (1908) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words by: Paul West
Two Pictures (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
You'll Always Be Just Sweet Sixteen to Me (1908) Sheet music at the Amazons Publisher: Leo Feist
Words by: Paul West
Under the City Lights (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
The Jungle Jubilee (1910)
Waiting For Nora's Return (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Down Red Rose Lane (1913) Sheet music at the Amazons Publisher: Leo Feist
What D'ye Think of Hoolihan? (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford
Then I'll Come Back to You (1917) Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
Words & Music: Bratton
You May Regret Some Day (?)
Words by: Walter H. Ford