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Show "At Dawning" When the dawn flames in- the sky l 1 r if , A? BORN in Detroit, her family moved to a small town in Nebraska, where at fifteen she be-Kan be-Kan to tearh school. Barn dances and husking bees took a little of her time, but she gave a lot of it to poetry. At twenty she had written the poem "At Dawning" and read it at a literary evening, where her sweetheart took the hint. They were married and went to make a home in Homestead, Pa. There the young couple met Charles Wakefield Cud num. then at the beginning of his musical career. He discovered the young author's love lyric in an old notebook and immediately set music to it. They sold the song, but it was six years before it became popular - She wrote other numbers including "From The ! Land Of The Sky Blue Water", j "Shanewis", "I Hear A Thrush At Eve", earned membership in the American Society of Composers. Authors and Publishers, and con-Unites con-Unites to collaborate-with Cadman. Her name is Jjeqjjqg puoiuipjy 33fg (Music Features & Photo Syndicate! |