Daddy Mine Explained

"Daddy Mine" is a World War I song released in 1918. Lew Wilson wrote and Alfred Dubin composed this ballad. It was published by M. Witmark & Songs in New York, New York.^[1] It was written for both voice and piano.

The cover features a photo of Mae Marsh, a Goldwyn Pictures Star, holding an infant.^[2] This song, performed by Charles Hart, and Elizabeth Spencer, was included in a 1918 sound disc recording entitled "Three Wonderful Letters from Home."^[3]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library,^[4] and the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina.^[5]

References

Bibliography

• Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007. .
• Music Trades. Vol. 57. Englewood, N.J., etc.: Music Trades Corp., 1919. Print.

External links

• Sheet music and MP3 of song at the Illinois Digital Archives

Notes and References

1. Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 90. .
2. Dubin, Alfred and Wilson, Lew, "Daddy Mine" (1918). Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection. Book 2064.http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/2064
3. Hanley, James F, Joe Goodwin, Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley, Alfred Dubin, Lew Wilson, Charles Hart, and Elizabeth Spencer. Three Wonderful Letters from Home. Camden, N.J: Victor, 1918. Sound recording.
4. Wilson, Lew, and Al Dubin. Daddy Mine. New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1918.
5. Sudduth, Elizabeth A. The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina: An Illustrated Catalogue. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 2005.