Show FAMOUS FA COMPOSER I It is the Irony of fate that Tom Ma ila Maguire Maguire guire the onetime famous composer of popular songs who wrote Wait alt Till the Clouds Roll By should fins find fin l himself himself him himself self heavily beset by the clouds clou s of ad adversity ti Blind deaf and compelled to earn ah insufficient living by playing the concertina before the lines Un s of or people peo people people who wait walt at the doors of ot theatres nightly he has teen been arrested arr sted I for creating an obstruction and haled Into court He was discharged however how however ever Jay r a kindhearted magistrate magistrate Maguires case is a striking contrast to the stories one reads of thousands thousands t of dollars made m de out of popular songs In his llis day Maguires songs were as popular as any but if thousands were made from them he at least never saw any of or them Wait Walt Till the Clouds Roll Roll By and Three Leaves Leases of Shamrock both of which were written by Maguire were almost as popular and widely known in the United States as In England His Bold Robert Emmet r The Sweetest Sweetheart of All Spare the Old Mud Cabin The Soldiers Letter The Wars Are Over Mother Dear and Asthore all made big hits in England and thou thousands thousands thousands sands of or copies caples were sold yet Maguire never received a penny of royalty For his Three Leaves of Shamrock he was paid 40 Spare the Old Mud Cabin netted him 25 and The Sol Soldiers Soldiers Soldiers diers Letter he be sold for 16 Maguires songs have been the step stepping stepping stepping ping stones to popular favor for many of famous fam us music hall stars He wrote wr te the words for Oh Jeremiah Dont You Tou Go to Sea S 5 ga a which was one of or the early e a of or Marie Lloyd Marie Is now the highest h hl h hl st paid singer on the English music hall hail stage and earns mor per week than Tom earned for all his songs put together The Two Macs Henry Melville Charles Russell Harry Tate and Harry Monk house sang s sang ng others of ot his songs nightly at Deacons music hall the old Gaiety and other famous halls of days gone by Maguire makes his way about with the help of his wife He plays some of his old tunes and she tries to sell cheap copies of the music His concertina is cracked and the music Is wretched but the devoted wife can see no blemish If It he only had a new concertina she said in court Tom could get a turn at one of the music halls He i plays just loVely For old times sake some of those these who have by the tM genius of or the fallen song writer are going to help him JIm Hundreds of less deserving peo people people people than he make their living by sing singIng singIng singing Ing and playing to the people waiting to get into the London theatres But them and his wife are old and infirm and cannot 23 upon the approach of a bobbie bobble |