Artist: Harry MacDonough
Author: James Russell
Label: Edison
Year: 1906
N°2 US. His version for Victor n°1 US in 1910. Introduced by the brothers James & John Russell in vaudeville in 1905.
Covers:
Henry Burr [top 10 US]
John McCormack [top 3 US]
Jimmie Rodgers [as The Soldier's Sweetheart; Bristol Session]
Carter Family [idem]
Vince Gill [as The Soldier's Sweetheart on Orthophonic Joy - The Bristol Sessions Revisited]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)