MONEY IN SONGS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 277, 19 August 1919, Page 8

MONEY IN SONGS

A member of a largo music publishing firm in London recently told a "Daily Qhroniclo" representative that to-day, uioro than evor, there is monej in gongs. He instanced "Tho Rosary, which brought in hundreds of pounds, and "Soldiers of tho Queen," whioh was a small gold mine for Lesiio Stuart. Although "Soldiers, of the, Quoon' was composed fsomo time ago it is still being printed. Other songs whioh aro sources 01 steady incomes are: "Roses of Picardy,' "Littlo Grey Home in tho West*" 'ihe Sunshine of Your Smile," "Roso in Iho Bud," and "The Long, Long Trail ' Mr. James W. Tate, better known as "Ihat, made >111200 out of "If I Should Plant a Tiny Seed of Love," .1 song which he composed in le.ss than hnlf <111 hour. "Way Back Home," composed in the troiiches by Herbert Mackenzie, sold to tho extent of over 70,000 copies within tlio first six mouths of publication. "The Trail that Leads to Home," by the fame composer, brought..in several hundreds of pounds. Fifteen hundred pounds a year is a modest estiniato of tho income niado by the cojnpoeer of a popular song, for to the English and American royalties must be added those accruing from gramo-