Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)

Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There) is a 1918 song composed by M.K. Jerome, with lyrics written by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. The song was published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.[1] The song was performed by Henry Burr and reached number one on the top 100 US songs of 1918.[2] Burr's recording sold a million copies in sheet music and sales.[3]

"Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)"
Sheet music cover
Song
Published1918
Composer(s)M.K. Jerome
Lyricist(s)Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young

The 1918 publication of this song features a cover illustration by Albert Barbelle, of a young girl praying, while she kneels on her bed.[4]

Recordings and commercial success

Prince's Orchestra,[5] Edna White's Trumpet Quartet and Charles Hart also had successful recordings of the song in 1918.[6]

Due to its popularity at the time, it was heavily reprinted in the United States. A French edition was issued by Editions Francis Salabert.[5]

Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1955[7] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.[8]

References
  1. Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. 1. McFarland. pp. 326–327. ISBN 978-0786427987. OCLC 0786427981.
  2. "Just A Baby's Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)". MusicVF.com. VF Entertainment. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  3. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). Barrie and Jenkins. p. 11. ISBN 9780214204807.
  4. Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. 1. McFarland. p. 327. ISBN 9780786427994.
  5. Paas, John Roger (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 150, ISBN 9783447102780
  6. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 534. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  7. "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  8. "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 8, 2017.


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