More Bratton Songs

Revue,The Land of Nod

Come On, Let's Two Step (1905) John W Bratton with Maurice Stonehill, as featured in the Revue,The Land of Nod, which opened 1 April 1907

The Girl I Left in Boston Town (1905) words Chas N Douglas and John W Bratton music Ernest Ball featured in the musical comedy The Rollicking Girl

Rosy Lips (PF) (1906) John W Bratton

Spangles (PF) (1906) John W Bratton

The Wooden Soldier (PF) (1906) John W Bratton

The Town at the End of the Line (1906) John W Bratton with Arthur J. Lamb

The Town at the End of the Line (1906) John W Bratton with Arthur J. Lamb
Note...change of lyricist & publisher

Ev'ry Baby Is a Sweet Bouquet (1907) with several

Ev'ry Baby Is a Sweet Bouquet (1907) with several

This featured in The Newlyweds and their Baby, a Broadway production by The Leffler Bratton Co., and written by Bratton & others, with 40 performances at Majestic Theatre
22 Mar 1909
24 April 1909

The Leffler Bratton Co also produced "Let George Do It" which ran from 22 April 1912 to 4 May 1912. It was also based on a book by Aaron Hoffman with words and music by Paul West and Nat D Ayer
The Leffler Bratton Co also produced "The Ding Bats" see below

Somebody's Been Around Here Since I've Been Gone (1907) John W. Bratton with Paul West

Somebody's Been Around Here Since I've Been Gone (1907) John W. Bratton with Paul West
This featured in The Gay White Way at the Casino Theatre for 105 performances 7 Oct 1907 to 4 Jan 1908

The Teddy Bears' Picnic (PF) (1907)

The Teddy Bears' Picnic (PF) (1907) with words added in 1932 by Jimmy Kennedy

<< Molly McGinnity You're My Affinity (1907) Words & music by John W. Bratton

My Boy Bill (1908) John W. Bratton with Paul West

My Boy Bill (1908) John W. Bratton with Paul West This featured in Gus Edward's "Merry Go Round" described as a Musical Comedy-Two Balmy Breaths from Bohemia which ran at the Circle Theatre from 25 April 1908 to 18 July 1908

In this show featured

"Baby say Da! Da!" (1908) by John Walter Bratton and Paul West

Dimples (1908) John W. Bratton

Mandy from Mandalay (1909) John W. Bratton
Mamzelle Fifi (1909) John W. Bratton with Paul West

Mandy from Mandalay (1909)
Mamzelle Fifi (1909) with Paul West

The Jungle Jubilee (1910)

The Rest of the Week She's Mine (1910) with Charles H Taylor

Patsy Rosenstein (1911)

r Man (1914) with Paul West

In Cherry Blossom Time (1914) E Salzer, Words by John W Bratton

<< Then I'll Come Back To You (1917)
Words & Music JWB

You're a Better Man than I am Mister Wilson (1918)
Words by John Walter Bratton

Verse

Over in Berlin in a great big bed
Old Kaiser Wilhelm lays his big fat head
And mostly every night-he wakes and screams with fright
Dreams of the old man on earth he dreads
Then underneath the covers Willie creeps
And this what he murmurs as he sleeps

Chorus

You’re a better man than I am Mister Wilson
With your great big winning smile
I never thought you’d fight
But you called my bluff alright
And you’re crashing through to Berlin mile by mile
I’m afraid to tell the truth to German people
Or they’d hang me to a tree for what I’ve done
To your country you’re true blue
While I’m yellow through and through
You’re a better man than I am Mister Wilson

Verse

I’ve caused a world of heartaches, sighs and tears
You’ve helped humanity and won their cheers
My hands are stained with red
Yours white as snow instead
Nations will bless you in the coming years
The way our soldiers fight-they’re bound to win
Some day they’ll shout-so this is old Berlin

Chorus

You’re a better man than I am Mister Wilson
In your plain old fashioned clothes-
No helmet on your head-just a tall silk hat instead
But beneath that-there’s brains the whole world knows
And your pictures are not like mine Mister Wilson
With a great big sword adangling at your side
But you’ll grasp your sword some day
While I’ll hand you mine and say
You’re a better man than I am Mister Wilson

Music by Joseph H. Santley 1886-1962
copyright Leo Feist inc New York

<< An Irishman was Made To Love and Fight (1918) Words By John W Bratton, Music by Joseph H Santly

When the Fightin' Irish Come Home (1919) w&m by John W Bratton and Joseph H Santley

Title: When the fightin' Irish come home
Other Title: when the fighting irish come home
Contributor Names: Bratton, John W. (John Walter) -- 1867-1947; Santly, Joseph H. -- 1886-1962
Created / Published: 1919, monographic.; Leo. Feist, Inc.,, New York :, [1919].