Cover of sheet music published in
1923.
'Thomas S. Allen' (
1876 -
1919) was an
American Vaudeville composer, manager, and
violinist[1]. Allen was an early figure in
Tin Pan Alley[2]. Allen was born in
Natick, Massachusetts and died in
Boston.
Popular Songs
In
1902 his popular fusion of
schottische and
ragtime, "Any Rags", become a major hit.
Modern Impact
"Whip and Spur" (
1902) is performed at
circuses and
rodeos. "
Low Bridge, Everybody Down", also known as "Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal" or "Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal" (
1905) has now become a folk song.
T.S. Eliot spliced lines together from two songs for ''
The Waste Land'', including Allen's
1904 "
coon song" called "By the Watermelon Vine"
[3].
External links
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List of Works
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