Collins, Charles

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Charles Collins (1874 – 923) was a prolific songwriter and composer active in the 1890s and early 20th century. Some of the songs he contributed to:

1. Any old iron (with Fred Terry and EA Sheppard)
2. Are we to part like this Bill? (with Harry Castling)
3. Boiled beef and carrots (with Fred Murray)
4. Don’t dillydally on the way (with Fred Leigh)
5. Father’s got the sack from the waterworks (with Terry Sullivan)
6. I don’t care if there’s a girl there (with RP Weston)
7. I wouldn’t leave my little wooden hut for you (with Tom Mellor)
8. My daddy is a gentleman (with Fred J Barnes)
9. My wedding day: Half past nine
10. Now I have to call him Father (with Fred Godfrey)
11. Seagull! (with EW Rogers)
12. She told me to meet her at the gate (with Harry Castling)
13. Things that a man can’t do (with Charles Ridgewell)
14. The Tramp (with Harry Castling)
15. We all came into the world with nothing (with WH Wallis)
16. When there isn’t a girl about (with Harry Castling)