£1200 IN HALF AN HOUR.

Taihape Daily Times, 20 August 1919, Page 6

£I2OO IN HALF AN HOUR.

The sum of £17,407 left by the composer .of the famous “Indian Love Lyrics,” Mrs Amy '\Voodfol'de-Findcn, is an indication of the money that has been, and is being made by composers of songs that sell. A member of a large music-publishing firm told a Daily Chronicle representative that to-day,‘ more than ever, there is money in songs_ He instanced “The Rosary,” which brought in hundreds of pounds, and “Soldiers of the Queen,” which was a Small gold mine for Leslie Staurt. Other songs, which are sources of steady incomes are: “Roses of Pic:Lrdy,” “Little Grey Home in the West,” “The Sunshine of your Sinile,” “Rose in the Bud,” and “The Long, Long Trail.” Mr James W’. Tate, better known as “That,” nlacl’e £I2OO out of “If I Should Plant a. Tiny Seed of Love,” a song which he composed in less than half an hour. ,