Will A. Heelan
Appearance
William A. Heelan was an American lyricist during the early 20th century. He collaborated with a number of composers and lyricists including E. P. Moran, Seymour Furth, J. Fred Helf and Harry Von Tilzer.
Credits
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- 1899: "I'd Leave My Happy Home for You", "Rauss mit ihm"[2]
- 1900: "Every Race Has a Flag but the Coon", "In The House Of Too Much Trouble", "There Are Two Sides To A Story".
- 1901: "Ha-le ha-lo" or "That's what the Germans sang",[3] "Maizy, my dusky daisy"[4]
- 1902: "The Message Of The Rose".
- 1903: "The Message Of The Rose".
- 1904: "When the Coons have a Dreamland of their Own"[5]
- 1906: "Alice, Where Art Thou Going?", "Nothing Like That In Our Family"
- 1907: "No Wedding Bells For Me".
- 1908: "A Singer Sang A Song".
References
[edit]- ^ "I want a coon to match my own complexion". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
- ^ Heelan, Will A.; Von Tilzer, Harry (1899). Rauss mit ihm. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein and Von Tilzer. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ Heelan, Will A. (1901). Ha-le ha-lo. New York: Jos. W. Stern and Co. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ Heelan, Will A. (1901). Maizy, my dusky daisy. New York: Jos. W. Stern and Co. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Verification required". repository.library.brown.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
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