Halsey K. Mohr (1883 – 1942)Halsey K. Mohr - 1910 Census Record was an American composer and lyricist.
Biography Halsey Mohr was born in Canada in 1883 to a Canadian father and a mother from New York. He moved to the United States when he was age 13. In 1906, he married Helen Quarrels and they had two daughters named Edna and Shirley. He died on August 29, 1942, at age 59.Halsey K. Mohr - 1910 Census Record
Career
Described as a "songwriter and vaudeville song and dance man"The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York, November 14, 1948, Page 11 Mohr had a successful career as a composer and sometimes lyricist of usually comic songs in the vaudeville and tin pan alley tradition.The Erdmann Collection, part three, music of 1911-19 - Halsey K. MohrJohn Bush Jones, Reinventing Dixie: Tin Pan Alley's Songs and the Creation of the Mythic South, LSU Press - 2015, page 76 Some of his more noted songs were "Piney Ridge", "They're Wearing 'Em Higher In Hawaii", "Liberty Belle", "Jane Dear", and "I'm A Yiddish Cowboy".The Erdmann Collection, part three, music of 1911-19 - Halsey K. MohrJohn Bush Jones, Reinventing Dixie: Tin Pan Alley's Songs and the Creation of the Mythic South, LSU Press - 2015, page 76 Going against antiwar sentiment during the early years of World War I, he wrote pro-war patriotic music.The Erdmann Collection, part three, music of 1911-19 - Halsey K. Mohr Legacy His daughter Edna Mohr also went on to be a composer.The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York, November 14, 1948, Page 11
Selected works
"My Name Is Morgan (But It Ain't J.P.)" "At The End Of The Trail" "Piney Ridge" "They're Wearing 'Em Higher In Hawaii" "Liberty Bell (It's Time to Ring Again)" "Jane Dear" "I'm A Yiddish Cowboy"
See also Edgar Leslie, lyricist who often worked with Halsey K. Mohr
References
External links Halsey K. Mohr (composer) - Discography Halsey K. Mohr (lyricist) - Discography