Re: Alice Hawthorne AKA Septimus Winner

That song "Der Deitcher's Dog" is "Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog
Gone?".

Here's some more tidbits, from a book:

   "Septimus Winner was twenty-seven years old, a music teacher and the
owner of a music store in Philadelphia when he wrote 'Listen to the
Mocking Bird'. Winner was acquainted with a young Negro boy, Dick
Milburn (called Whistling Dick), a beggar who collected coins for his
whistling and guitar playing on the streets. His whistling often turned
to a beautiful imitation of a mocking bird, and this attracted Winner's
attention and thought. It gave him an idea for a song and he promptly
went to work on it. He finished 'Listen to the Mocking Bird', gave
Whistling Dick a job in his store and published the composition in
April, 1855, using the pseudonym Alice Hawthorne. Winner chose Hawthorne
after his mother's maiden name. He never explained the 'Alice' part of
it.
   "Within months this song hit all parts of our nation and people
everywhere went wild over it, especially in the South where the mocking
bird is a common sight. For years afterwards Southern mothers named
their baby girls Hally (or Hallie) after this song. 
   "The song became popular all over Europe and it is estimated that by
1905 total sheet copies sold ran approximately twenty million." 


Brad Sondahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> http://www.pdmusic.org/winner.html