Tuesday, September 27, 2011

MARY’S NOT AS GREEN AS SHE LOOKS

 

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MARY'S NOT AS GREEN AS SHE LOOKS

words by Walter H. Ford

music by John W. Bratton.

Publisher: M. Witmark & Sons (1897)

John Walter Bratton (January 21, 1867 – February 7, 1947) was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and theatrical producer who became popular during the era known as the Gay Nineties

Today he is remembered for his 1907 composition Teddy Bears' Picnic the only one of his songs to be a lasting hit. Although most of his compositions had lyrics, he left Teddy Bears' Picnic as an instrumental.

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