Will D. Cobb was an American lyricist

Lyricist

A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...

 and composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

. He had a writing partnership with Ren Shields

Ren Shields

Ren Shields was an American folk musician born in 1868 in Chicago, Illinois. He died on 25 October 1913 in Massapequa, New York. He co-wrote the song "In the Good Old Summer Time"....

 that produced many popular musicals and musical comedies.

Productions and input of Will D. Cobb

• Tintypes- a musical revue featuring songs by Will D. Cobb Oct 23, 1980 - Jan 11, 1981

• The Boys and Betty- a musical play featuring songs with lyrics by Will D. Cobb Nov 2, 1908 - Feb 6, 1909

• School Days- musical play, lyrics for "Sunbonnet Sue" by Will D. Cobb Sep 14, 1908 - Oct 10, 1908

• The-Merry-Go-Round- musical comedy, lyrics to "The Shop Window Girls" by Will D. Cobb Apr 25, 1908 - Jul 18, 1908

• A Parisian Model- musical comedy with interpolated songs by Will D. Cobb Jan 6, 1908 - Jan 25, 1908

• His Honor the Mayor- musical comedy with music by Cobb and Shields Nov 25, 1907 - Dec 7, 1907

• Hip! Hip! Hooray!- musical comedy lyrics for "You'll Never Know What Love Is Until I Love You" by Will D. Cobb Oct 10, 1907 - Dec 7, 1907

• The Gay White Way- musical revue featuring "Dixie Dan" by Will D. Cobb Oct 7, 1907 - Jan 4, 1908

• The Girl Behind the Counter- musical comedy featuring "The Cherry in the Glass" by Will D. Cobb Oct 1, 1907 - Jun 6, 1908

• Ziegfeld Follies of 1907- musical revue featuring songs with lyrics by Will D. Cobb Jul 8, 1907 - Nov 10, 1907

• His Honor the Mayor- musical comedy with music by Cobb and Shields Jun 3, 1907 - Jun 15, 1907

• A Parisian Model- musical with additional numbers by Mr. Cobb Nov 27, 1906 - [unknown]

• His Honor the Mayor- musical with Music by Cobb and Shields

• The Wizard of Oz
  The Wizard of Oz (1902 stage play)
  The Wizard of Oz was a 1902 musical extravaganza based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, which was originally published in 1900...
  
  1903-1909 songs with Gus Edwards
  Gus Edwards (songwriter)
  Gus Edwards was an American songwriter and vaudevillian. He also organised his own theatre companies and was a music publisher.-Early life:...
  
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  • Rosalie
  • I Love Only One Girl in the Wide, Wide World
  • The Tale of a Cassowary
  • Johnnie I'll Take You
  • I'll Never Love Another Love Like I Love You

• The Medal and the Maid- musical with lyrics for "In Zanzibar" by Will D. Cobb Jan 11, 1904 - Feb 20, 1904

Cobb, along with Paul Barnes (music), also penned the lyrics to the US & British wartime song "Goodbye Dolly Gray" in the late 1800s. In the early 1900s, the song was adopted with re-written lyrics, as the theme song for the Australian Football League club, Collingwood.