Alfred Bryan
Encyclopedia
Alfred Bryan was a United States
songwriter
and pacifist.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
and pacifist.
Songs
His hits included- "Peg O' My HeartPeg o' My Heart"Peg o' My Heart" is a popular song written by Alfred Bryan and Fred Fisher. It was published on March 15, 1913 and it featured in the 1913 musical Ziegfeld Follies. The song was first performed publicly by Irving Kaufman in 1912 at The College Inn in New York City after he had stumbled across a...
" - "Come Josephine in My Flying MachineCome Josephine in My Flying Machine"Come Josephine In My Flying Machine" is a popular song.The music was written by Fred Fisher, the lyrics by Alfred Bryan. The song was published in 1910. It was originally recorded by Blanche Ring in 1910 and was, for a while, her signature song...
" - "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a SoldierI Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier"I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" is an American anti-war song that was influential within the pacifist movement that existed in the United States before it entered World War I...
" - "We'll Be Together When the Clouds Roll By" (music by Kerry MillsKerry MillsKerry Mills was an American composer of popular music during the Tin Pan Alley era. His stylistically diverse music ranged from ragtime to cakewalk to marches. He was most prolific between 1895 and 1918....
)
External links
- Sheet music for his song "We'll Be Together When the Clouds Roll By" from the collection at University of Oregon Libraries