Davies, Vincent - FOLK SONG AND MUSIC HALL

In preparation:

A proloific composer and songwriter in the 1860s -1880s. He collaborated with many lyricists including EV Page and Harry Hunter, writing material both for black-face minstrel performers and for Music Hall.

A provisional list of songs credited to Davies, written for the Halls and later sung by traditional singers:

Courting in the rain (1869, RN7873)
One more glass before we part (with EV Page, 1880, RN23599)
Baa Baa Baa (with Walter Greenaway, 1882, RN30179)

A provisional list of songs credited to Davies, written for black-face minstrel performers and later sung by traditional singers:

I saw Esau Kissing Kate (with Harry Hunter)
Johnny will you come along now?, or, Yookah, dookah, day (with Harry Hunter)
Josephus Orange Blossom (with Harry Hunter)
Just behind the battle, mother (with Harry Hunter)
Keep it dark (with Harry Hunter)