{"id":2912,"date":"2020-05-08T16:22:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T16:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=2912"},"modified":"2022-07-11T11:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T11:23:27","slug":"2912-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/2912-2\/","title":{"rendered":"David, Worton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Worton David (1872-1940, first name: Worton, second name: David) was a writer who churned out hundreds of songs, working with a variety of composers. As a young man he worked in a solicitors office, but his skill at writing stories and drawing cartoons saw him employed by the Leeds Mercury, a position which required him to regularly attend the Leeds Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was the beginning of his relationship with the Halls. His songwriting and financial acumen were such that he eventually set up his own publishing company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been able to find evidence of 200 or so published songs written or co-written by David (the list is available for download below). His best remembered songs are probably:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/hello-hello-whos-your-lady-friend\/\">Hello! Hello! Who&#8217;s your lady friend<\/a>? (published 1913, sung by Harry Fragson)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/hold-your-hand-out-naughty-boy\/\">Hold your hand out naughty boy<\/a> (published 1913, sung by Florrie Forde)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of the hundreds of songs he wrote, the following are the ones which seem to have had an impact on traditional singing: as assessed through entries in the VWML:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/are-we-downhearted-no\/\">Are we downhearted-No! <\/a><\/strong>(11234)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/at-a-minute-to-seven-last-night\/\">At a minute to seven, last night <\/a>(30373 )  <\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/the-end-of-me-old-cigar\/\">End of me old cigar<\/a>, The (17697)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/far-far-away-1912\/\">Far, far away<\/a> (21978)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/four-and-nine\/\">Four-and-nine<\/a><strong> <\/strong>(8106)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/i-cant-forget-the-days-when-i-was-young\/\">I can\u2019t forget the days<\/a> (24513)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/i-do-like-a-snice-smince-spie\/\">I do like a s\u2019nice s\u2019mince s\u2019pie<\/a> (29712)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/i-parted-my-hair-in-the-middle\/\">I parted my hair in the middle<\/a> (27917)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/im-going-to-sing-a-song\/\">I\u2019m going to sing a song<\/a> (21971)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/it-wont-last-very-very-long\/\">It won&#8217;t last very very long<\/a> (10710)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/little-by-little-and-bit-by-bit\/\">Little by little and bit by bit<\/a> (10674)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/manx-cat-the\/\">The Manx Cat<\/a> (27911)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/my-half-was-underneath\/\">My half was underneath<\/a> (10677)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/the-rest-of-the-days-your-own\/\">Rest of the day\u2019s your own<\/a>, The (1485)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/that-old-fashioned-mother-of-mine\/\">That old fashioned mother of mine<\/a> (23549) <\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/other-department-please-the\/\">Other department please, The<\/a> (16736)<\/li><li>We really had a  most delightful evening<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4fc452c9-1701-48bd-b837-4e201a29ad05\" href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/worton-david.xlsx\">worton-david<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/worton-david.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4fc452c9-1701-48bd-b837-4e201a29ad05\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-page pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2912?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>Worton David (1872-1940, first name: Worton, second name: David) was a writer who churned out hundreds of songs, working with a variety of composers. As a young man he worked in a solicitors office, but his skill at writing stories and drawing cartoons saw him employed by the Leeds Mercury, a position which required him &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/2912-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;David, Worton&#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-2912","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-writers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>David, Worton - 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\/2912-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David, Worton - FOLK SONG AND MUSIC HALL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Worton David (1872-1940, first name: Worton, second name: David) was a writer who churned out hundreds of songs, working with a variety of composers. 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