List of songs written by Blanche Merrill

This is a list of songs by Blanche Merrill. In all cases she wrote the lyrics, so there is no separate column for lyricist. In a handful of cases she also composed the music although most of the time music was composed by others, often by Leo Edwards. In some cases the credit is listed as "words and music by Blanche Merrill and ..." this phraseology has been incorporated into the appropriate cell.

For published songs, the source of information is the publication itself. For unpublished songs, the source of information the song's mention in reviews, or the Library of Congress's Catalog of Copyright Entries.

The majority of Merrill's unpublished songs are probably lost, although copies could exist in the archives of the various performers for whom she wrote. The Library of Congress's copyright deposit would also have copies of songs which she copyrighted but never published.[1]

TitleShow or vaudeville actMusic composed byWritten forPublisherYear of publication (or first mention)Source
Ain't That Always the WayLeo EdwardsFanny Brice1939First published in Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs[2]
Becky is Back in the BalletLeo EdwardsFanny BriceNew York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.1922First performed in 1915.[3]
Best That You Get When You Get It is Only an Even Break, TheAn Even BreakMollie Fuller1925[4]
Bootlegger's Bride, TheBelle Baker?1927[5]
Boots, Boots, BootsJean SchwartzNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1918
Breaking Home Ties1923[6]
Broadway SamPassing Show of 1915Leo EdwardsWillie Howard1915[7][8]
Buckwheat Cake Tosser in Child's, The ("The Buckwheat Tosser")Ziegfeld Follies of 1924Edna Leedom1924[9][10]
Bye and ByeLeo EdwardsHorace Wright and Rene DietrichNew York: Chas. K. Harris1912
Coat of MineM.K. JeromeNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1919
Dance of the Rake, TheLeo EdwardsFanny Brice1939First published in Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs[2]
Dancing MadZiegfeld Follies of 1923Leo EdwardsEdna Leedom, Fanny Brice1923IBDB,[11]
Dippy Doodle-Um (The Crazy Quilt Song)M.K. JeromeNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1919
Dog's Tale of Love, AAnna Chandler1921[12]
Dying Swan, TheZiegfeld Follies of 1916Leo EdwardsFanny Brice1916[13]
Egotistical EvaBlanche MerrillEva TanguayNew York: Chas. K. Harris1910[14]
EgyptianZiegfeld Follies of 1917Leo EdwardsFanny Brice1917[15] First published in Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs[2]
Every Little Heart That's LonelyLeo EdwardsNew York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.1923Arr. By Ed. Morbach Jr.
Getting Mad Was Never Made For UsBlanche MerrillJohn Hyams and Leila McIntyreNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1914Cover
Girl I Used To Be, TheLifeMable McCane1924[16]
Give an Imitation of MeBlanche MerrillEva TanguayNew York: Chas. K. Harris1910
Good Night Blue EyesLeo EdwardsNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1918
Hat, TheZiegfeld Follies of 1916Leo EdwardsFanny Brice1916[13]
Here's To You, My Sparkling WineLeo EdwardsNew York: G. Schirmer1915
Hocus Pocus1923[6]
Humpty DumptyThe Trained NursesLeo EdwardsNew York: Chas. K. Harris1912
I am a ThiefThe BurglarMaurice Burkhardt1916[17]
I Can't Be True To One Little Girl When Another Little Girl Comes 'RoundThe Trained NursesLeo EdwardsNew York: Chas. K. Harris1912
I Can't Do This I can't Do ThatPage Mister CupidJean SchwartzNew York: Jerome H. Remick & Co.1920Alternative titles: Don't ever wear that tie again it's so loud it makes me start
Why I can't do this and I can't do that
I Can't Help ItBlanche MerrillEva TanguayNew York: Chas. K. Harris1910Cover
I Don't Care Any More Than I Used ToEva Tanguay1923[18]
I Don't Know Whether to Do It or NotBlanche MerrillFanny Brice1915Known from recording.
I Got a RockBlanche MerrillLillian ShawNew York: Chas. K. Harris1911cover
I Look Like the Last Rose of SummerBlanche Merrill?Lillian Shaw1917[19]
I Want To Dance, Dance, DanceLeo EdwardsEdith Cliford, Harry Tighe / Mae WestNew York: Chas. K. Harris1912Cover
I Was All Right When Things Were All WrongSo This Is LoveAnn Butler1925[20]
If Anything Happens, It Happens To MeZiegfeld Follies of 1924Edna Leedom1924[9]
If You Love Me Like I Love YouGus Edwards1934
Ike Don't Make No StrikeLeo EdwardsNew York: Chas. K. Harris1913
I'll Get Along SomehowLifeMable McCane1924[16]
I'm a Harmony BabyBlanche Merrill, Harry De Costa, M.K. Jerome, Fred RichNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1923Lyrics by Blanche Merrill, Harry De Costa, M. K. Jerome and Fred Rich
I'm a Hieland LassieLeo EdwardsFanny Brice1921Originally titled "Bony hei'land lassie"; "melody by L. Edwards, arr. By Ed. Marbach"; First published in Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs[2]
I'm a Little ButterflyEdwin WeberFanny Brice1939First published in Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs[2]
I'm an IndianLeo EdwardsFanny BriceNew York: Mills Music1922First mentioned in 1918;[21] Reprinted in Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs[2]
I'm BadLeo EdwardsFanny Brice1939First published in Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs[2]
I'm From ChicagoLeo EdwardsNew York : Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1917
I'll Goin' To Be BadLifeMable McCane1924[16]
I'm Going to Build a Theatre of My OwnSonia Meroff1921[22]
I'm Looking for a Blue Bird (to Chase My Blues Away)Fred RichNew York: Maurice Richmond1921
I'm Lucky To Get ByLeo EdwardsEva TanguayNew York: Chas. K. Harris1913Cover
I've Dug All I Could, But See What I'm GettingAnna Chandler1921[12]
If We Could Only Take Their WordLeo EdwardsFanny Brice1939Performed in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1916[23]
If You Want a Little Doggie, Whistle and I'll Come To YouLeo EdwardsNew York: Chas. K. Harris1915
If You Want to Know Them Yes ThemBobby Folsom1926[24]
In a Little Cottage By the Railroad TrackDavey's TroublesBlanche MerrillHerman TimbergNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1913
In a Pretty Little White House of Our OwnZiegfeld FolliesLeo EdwardsNew York: Chas. K. Harris1912
In My Streamlined TrailerWords and music by the Duncan Sisters & Blanche MerrillDuncan Sisters1947Catalog of Copyright Entries, p. 4793
In the Corner of My HeartWords and music by the Duncan Sisters & Blanche MerrillDuncan Sisters1947Catalog of Copyright Entries, p. 4844
In the Days of Girls and BoysLeo Edwards1911[25]
It's a Dog's LifeLifeMable McCane1924[16]
It's All a High Hat1923Song satirizing Henry Ford's ambition to be president. Lyric published in Variety[26]
Jake! Jake! The Yiddisha Ball-PlayerIrving BerlinNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1913
Jazz BabyM.K. JeromeNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1919
Jumping Into SomethingGeorge A. Whiting and Sadie Burt1926[27] Possibly the same as "We're Jumping Into Something"
Just 'Round the Corner from BroadwayGus EdwardsGus EdwardsNew York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.1914Cover
K-I-S-S KissThe Trained NursesLeo EdwardsNew York: Chas. K. Harris1912
Let's Pretend We're Kids AgainGus Edwards1934
Little Jazz Band of Our Own, AEva Tanguay1921[28]
Little Wigwam For Two, APage Mister CupidJean SchwartzNew York: Jerome H. Remick & Co.1920
Love is an Old Fashion'd FeelingPage Mister CupidJean SchwartzNew York: Jerome H. Remick & Co.1920
Low Heel ShoesHazel FlynnLulu McConnell1939[29]
Make 'Em LaughAround the WorldEdwin WeberFanny Brice1922[30]First published in Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs (New York: Mills Music, 1939).
May WalkBlanche Merrill[31]
Melodious JazzM.K. JeromeNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1920
Moll, TheJack Stanley1933
MoneyBlanche MerrillEva TanguayNew York: Chas. K. Harris1911Cover
Moving Picture BabyMusic Box Revue (1925)Leo EdwardsFanny Brice1925Billboard, August 15, 1925, p. 90.
My Bill1923[6]
My Little Dancing HeartPage Mister CupidJean SchwartzNew York: Jerome H. Remick & Co.1920
My Syncopated Melody ManBlanche Merrill and Eddie CoxNew York: Meyer Cohen Music Publishing1918Lyrics by Blanche Merrill and Eddie Cox
'Neath the Light of the Twinkling StarLeo EdwardsNew York: Chas. K. Harris1913
Nosie Rosie PosieLeo EdwardsTrixie FriganzaNew York: Chas. K. Harris1912Cover
Oh! God! Let My Dream Come True!Al PiantadosiShapiro, Bernstein & Co.1916
Oh, That Heavenly ManLeo EdwardsNew York: Chas. K. Harris1913
Old Established FirmPuzzles of 1925Jimmy Hussey1925Variety[32]
Page Mister CupidPage Mister CupidJean SchwartzNew York: Jerome H. Remick & Co.1920
Painted RoseBlanche Merrill & James Hanley1930Unpublished; "Words and melody by Blanche Merrill and James Hanley"
PavlowaGreenwich Village Follies of 1921Leo EdwardsFanny Brice1921[33] First published in Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs[2]
Poor Little CinderellaDance and Grow ThinBlanche MerrillNew York: Irving Berlin Inc.1917
Poor Little Moving Picture BabyLeo EdwardsFanny Brice1939?First published in Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs[2]
(Poor Little) Wall FlowerJack and JillMuriel Pollock1923[34]
Pretty BirdieDance and Grow ThinBlanche MerrillNew York: Irving Berlin Inc.1917
Put a Little Letter in My Letter BoxDance and Grow ThinBlanche MerrillNew York: Irving Berlin Inc.1917
Quack, QuackArthur FreedMarie Callahan and Billy Hanson1927[35]
Queen of the MayBlanche MerrillRosetta Duncan1932[36]
Ragtime Drama, ABlanche Merrill1917A Ragtime Drama with Ada Jones and Billy Murray, recorded by the Victor Talking Machine Company on January 23, 1917, matrix B-19114 and issued as Victor 18288-B.[37]
Result of Going to Dancing School, TheArthur Freed?Fanny Brice1927[35]
Rolling Down the RiverBlanche Merrill ?Dora Maugham1930[38]
Russian ArtLeo EdwardsFanny Brice1939First published in Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs[2]
ShadowlandGus EdwardsGus EdwardsNew York : Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.1914Cover
Society DebutanteFanny BriceBefore 1926[39]
SpringLeo EdwardsFanny Brice1922First published in Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs (New York: Mills Music, 1939).
Strawberries in JanuaryDuncan SistersDuncan Sisters1947Catalog of Copyright Entries, p. 4793
Tanguay RagBlanche MerrillEva TanguayNew York: Chas. K. Harris1910Cover [40]
Tanguay TangleLeo EdwardsEva TanguayNew York: Chas. K. Harris1913Cover
That's Why I'm Back AgainBlanche Merrill ?Dora Maugham1930[38]
There is Life in the Old Boy YetPage Mister CupidJean SchwartzNew York: Jerome H. Remick & Co.1920
There's Dirty Work Down in DenmarkZiegfeld Follies of 1924Edna Leedom1924[9]
They Think I'm Nutty On and offBlanche MerrillEva TanguayNew York: Chas. K. Harris1911
This is the DayM.K. JeromeNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1919
Those Bad, Bad Women of HistoryBlanche Merrill ?Dora Maugham1930[38]
Toodle-Oodle-ooM.K. JeromeNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1919At some point interpolated into the Greenwich Village Follies of 1921[41]
ToothacheArnold New1933
Trailing Along in a TrailerLeo EdwardsFanny Brice[42]New York: Mills Music1936
Twit, Twit, TwitJean SchwartzNew York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder1918
We Take Our Hats off to You, Mr. Wilson!Blanche MerrillNew York: Leo Feist Inc.1914
Welcome StrangerBelle Baker1921[43]
Welcome StrangerDuncan Sisters1947Catalog of Copyright Entries, p. 4793
We're Jumping Into SomethingPuzzles of 1925Blanche MerrillJimmy Hussey, (Helen Broderick)1925Variety[32] Possibly the same as "Jumping Into Something"
We've had a lovely time, so long, good byeThe Trained NursesLeo EdwardsNew York: Chas. K. Harris1912
What Is it Happened To Me?LifeMable McCane1924[16]
What Price LoveGeorge Whiting and Sadie Burt1926[27]
When the Cat's AwayPuzzles of 1925Dorothy Appleby1925[44]
While They Were Dancing AroundLeo EdwardsNew York: Chas. K. Harris1912
Whistle and Help me AlongThe Trained NursesLeo EdwardsNew York: Chas. K. Harris1912
Whose Little Girl is the Girl You're With TonightLeo EdwardsNew York: Edward B. Marks Music1925
Why Didn't I Meet You Long AgoPage Mister CupidJean SchwartzNew York: Jerome H. Remick & Co.1920
Will You Bring Back My Bonnie To MeLeo EdwardsEmma CarusNew York: Chas. K. Harris1912Cover
You Can't Believe ThemAnn Ford and George Goodridge1921[45]
Zulu ZoAnna Chandler1921[12]

Notes
  1. On Bill Edwards' biography of Merrill at Rag Piano, he lists four songs which have been unable to be located or identified. They are: "The Antique Girl" from 1912 with music by Leo Edwards (this might have been confused with a concurrent Broadway musical of the same title), "Back Talk" from 1938 (no composer listed), "Telegraph a Song," an unpublished song from 1939, and "Loose Ankles" another song from 1939 composed by Arthur Freed.
  2. Blanche Merrill, Leo Edwards, Edwin Weber, Fanny Brice's Comedy Songs (New York: Mills Music, 1939).
  3. Barbara Wallace Grossman, Funny Woman: The Life and Times of Fanny Brice (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1991), p. 86.
  4. R.C. "Moller Fuller and Company in 'An Even Break'", Billboard (December 5, 1925), p. 20.
  5. Ung., "New Acts This week: Belle Baker, Songs," Variety (April 13, 1927), p . 26.
  6. Con., "New Shows This Week: Palace," Variety (January 12, 1923), p. 19.
  7. "Passing Show of 1915," Internet Broadway Database, accessed July 13, 2018.
  8. Sime, "Passing Show of 1915," Variety (June 4, 1915), p. 14.
  9. "Blanche Merrill Called In," Variety July 30, 1924), p. 16.
  10. "Inside Stuff on Vaudeville," Variety (August 13, 1924), p. 9.
  11. "Ziegfeld Follies (1923)," Billboard (August 16, 1924), p. 89.
  12. Abel., "New Acts This Week: Anna Chandler: Songs," Variety (September 9, 1921), p. 19.
  13. "Ziegfeld Follies of 1916," Internet Broadway Database accessed July 13, 2018.
  14. notice in Billboard (September 10, 1910), p. 56.
  15. "Ziegfeld Follies of 1917," Internet Broadway Database accessed July 3, 2018.
  16. Con., "New Acts This Week: Mabel McCane," Variety (August 12, 1925), p. 12.
  17. "Maurice Burkhardt, 'The Burglar'," Variety (October 29, 1915), p. 16.
  18. Con., "New Acts This Week: Eva Tanguay," Variety (January 17, 1924), p. 30.
  19. Mary B. Mullett, "Still in Her Twenties She Has Won Fame and Fortune as Songwriter" The Sun (February 11, 1917), p. 7.
  20. G.J.H., "Ann Butler and Company," Billboard (October 3, 1925), p. 19.
  21. "Why Worry Reopening," Variety (August 16, 1918), p. 13.
  22. Abe., "New Acts This Week: Sonia Meroff," Variety (December 9, 1921), p. 20.
  23. full-page advertisement, Variety (June 16, 1916), p. 29.
  24. "Vaudeville House Reviews: Broadway," Variety (September 22, 1926), p. 21.
  25. Renewal: Library of Congress Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3: Musical Compositions (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1939), p. 888.
  26. Blanche Merrill, "First Presidential Lyric," Variety (August 9, 1923), p. 11.
  27. Ung., "New Acts This Week: Whiting and Burt, Songs and Talk," Variety (November 10, 1926), p. 17.
  28. "New Acts This week: Cabaret," Variety (December 16, 1921), p. 20.
  29. "Chatter: Broadway," Variety (April 26, 1939), p. 45.
  30. Most likely this is the song alluded to in "Fanny Brice: Around the World," Variety (June 16, 1922), p. 18.
  31. https://www.ascap.com/ace#ace/search/workID/430039586
  32. Ibee., "New Plays Produced Within Week on B'way: Puzzles of 1925," Variety (February 4, 1925), p. 20.
  33. "Greenwich Village Follies of 1921," Internet Broadway Database" accessed June 28, 1921.
  34. Gordon Whyte, "Jack and Jill," Billboard (March 31, 1923), p. 10.
  35. "Hollywood Music Box," Variety (February 9, 1927), p. 43.
  36. Rush., "Palace, N.Y.," Variety (May 10, 1932), p. 39.
  37. "Victor matrix B-19114," Discography of American Historical Recordings Santa Barbara Library, University of California, accessed July 15, 2018.
  38. E.S.S., "Dora Maughan," Billboard (August 9, 1930), p. 51.
  39. "Los Angeles," Variety (April 28, 1926), p. 92.
  40. Copyright renewal: Library of Congress Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3: Musical Compositions (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1939), p. 1872.
  41. Based on list of songs at Ovrtur.com.
  42. "Blanche Merrill Back," Variety (September 16, 1936), p. 45.
  43. Jack Lait, "Vaudeville Reviews: Brighton," Variety (July 1, 1921), p. 15.
  44. "Fulton: Puzzles of 1925," Billboard (August 15, 1925), p. 92.
  45. "New Shows This Week: Riverside," Variety (July 22, 1921), p. 19.
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