AUTHOR OF "TIPPERARY"
Of the thousands who sang "Tipperary" on Armistice Night not many would be able to quote the author's name, and still fewj could say if he were alive or dead (says the "Daily Chronicle")* Henry James Williams died on 21st February, 1924, and is buried in the quiet country cemetery of Balsall—about midway between Warwick and Birmingham. x&i. Williams was a cripple and unmarried, and he died aged 50 years. Ho was an eldest son, and he lived with his parents at the Plough Inn, in tho parish of Temple Balsall. A correspondent of mine who went from Coventry to see the grave tells me that a marble stone marks the (resting-place, and bears the inscription:—
Author of ' "It's a Long, Ljng Way to Tipperary," followed by the words:
"Givo me the making of the songs of a nation, and let who will make its laws."
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 23
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149AUTHOR OF "TIPPERARY" Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 23
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