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Name
  
Ballard MacDonald

Education
  
Princeton University

Role
  
Lyricist

Died
  
November 17, 1935, Forest Hills, New York City, New York, United States

Books
  
Rose Of Washington Square: F, Indiana (Back Home Ag, The Trail Of The Lonesom, On The Mississippi: As Perfor

Similar People
  
Buddy DeSylva, Leon Jessel, Billy Rose, Kim Richey, George Gershwin

Ballard MacDonald (October 15, 1882 – November 17, 1935) was an American lyricist, who was a part of Tin Pan Alley.

Born in Portland, Oregon, he was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He died in Forest Hills, New York.

Selective list of song credits

  • "Beautiful Ohio" (MacDonald/Robert A. King), 1918
  • "Rose of Washington Square" (MacDonald/James F. Hanley)
  • "Second Hand Rose", 1921
  • "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" (MacDonald/Leon Jessel), 1922
  • "Back Home Again in Indiana" (MacDonald/James F. Hanley), 1917
  • The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" (MacDonald/Harry Carroll), 1913
  • "Play That Barbershop Chord"
  • "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!"
  • "Somebody Loves Me"
  • "Bend Down, Sister"
  • "Down in Bom Bombay"
  • "On the Mississippi"

    • References

    Ballard MacDonald Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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