{"id":15973,"date":"2022-04-26T14:08:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=15973"},"modified":"2022-05-01T07:28:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T07:28:22","slug":"dacre-harry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/dacre-harry\/","title":{"rendered":"Dacre, Harry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[under construction]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harry Dacre (1855-1922) was born Henry Decker, possibly in the Isle of Man. He became a professional songwriter in Manchester in 1882, writing and selling over 600 songs in the next two years. He spent time working in the United States and Australia, eventually becoming a publisher back in the UK under the name Frank Dean. His most famous and enduring songs were&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/daisy-bell\/\">Daisy Bell<\/a> and I&#8217;ll be your sweetheart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"664\" data-id=\"16085\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/folksongandmusichall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dacre-pt1.jpg?resize=215%2C664\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/folksongandmusichall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dacre-pt1.jpg?w=215 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/folksongandmusichall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dacre-pt1.jpg?resize=97%2C300 97w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 85vw, 215px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"629\" data-id=\"16087\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/folksongandmusichall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dacre-pt2.jpg?resize=218%2C629\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/folksongandmusichall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dacre-pt2.jpg?w=218 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/folksongandmusichall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dacre-pt2.jpg?resize=104%2C300 104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 85vw, 218px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Saturday,&nbsp; Oct. 27, 1900<br><strong>Publication:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/go-gale-com.libezproxy.open.ac.uk\/ps\/aboutJournal.do?contentModuleId=BNCN-1&amp;resultClickType=AboutThisPublication&amp;actionString=DO_DISPLAY_ABOUT_PAGE&amp;searchType=BasicSearchForm&amp;docId=GALE%7C1ZUN&amp;userGroupName=tou&amp;inPS=true&amp;rcDocId=GALE%7CBB3202535479&amp;prodId=GDCS&amp;pubDate=119001027\">The Era<\/a>&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Songs which have been collected from traditional singers (TBC):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>As your hair grows whiter<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/daisy-bell\/\">Daisy Bell<\/a><\/li><li>Dorothy Dean<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/ghost-of-benjamin-binns-the\/\">Ghost of Benjamin Binns, The<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/ill-be-your-sweetheart\/\">I\u2019ll be your sweetheart<\/a><\/li><li>Katy O Connor (parody)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/the-lads-in-navy-blue\/\">Lads in navy blue, The<\/a><\/li><li>Playmates<\/li><li>Slums of London<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/while-londons-fast-asleep\/\">While London\u2019s Fast Asleep<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-page pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15973?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/folksongandmusichall.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png?w=840\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[under construction] Harry Dacre (1855-1922) was born Henry Decker, possibly in the Isle of Man. 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He spent time working in the United States and Australia, eventually becoming a publisher back in the UK under the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/dacre-harry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dacre, Harry&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15973","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-writers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dacre, Harry - FOLK SONG AND MUSIC HALL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/dacre-harry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dacre, Harry - FOLK SONG AND MUSIC HALL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[under construction] Harry Dacre (1855-1922) was born Henry Decker, possibly in the Isle of Man. 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