Theodore F. Morse

Theodore F. Morse (April 13, 1873 - May 25, 1924) was an American composer of popular songs.

Born in Washington D.C., Morse was educated at the Maryland Military & Naval Academy. He went on to study both violin and piano. He and his wife, Theodora Morse, became a successful songwriting team for Tin Pan Alley. Listed as Terriss & Morse, they were one of the earliest Tin Pan Alley husband-wife songwriting teams.^[1]

Morse died in New York City.

Partial list of songs

• 1902 "Two Little Boys", lyrics by Edward Madden
• 1903 "Dear Old Girl", lyrics by Richard Henry Buck
• 1903 "Nautical Nonsense (Hurrah for Baffin's Bay!)" from The Wizard of Oz, lyrics by Vincent Bryan
• 1903 "It Takes the Irish to Beat the Dutch", lyrics by Edward Madden
• 1904 "Blue Bell", lyrics by Edward Madden & Theodora Morse
• 1905 "Daddy's Little Girl", lyrics by Edward Madden
• 1907 "I Want to be a Merry, Merry Widow", lyrics by Edward Madden
• 1908 "Down in Jungle Town", lyrics by Edward Madden
• 1908 "I've Taken Quite a Fancy to You", lyrics by Edward Madden
• 1908 "The Old Time Rag", lyrics by Edward Madden
• 1908 "Stupid Mister Cupid", lyrics by Edward Madden
• 1909 "Blue Feather", lyrics by Jack Mahoney
• 1911 "Another Rag", lyrics by Theodora Morse
• 1911 "Auntie Skinner's Chicken Dinner" words and music by Earl Carroll, Arthur Fields & Theodore F. Morse
• 1913 "Down in Monkeyville", lyrics by Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie
• 1913 "Salvation Nell", lyrics by Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie
• 1915 " M-O-T-H-E-R", lyrics by Howard Johnson
• 1917 "Sing Me Love's Lullaby", lyrics by Theodora Morse (as Dorothy Terriss)
• 1923 "Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake", lyrics by Billy James
• 1924 "Don't Blame It All on Me", lyrics by Theodora Morse & Leo Wood
• 1924 "Monkey Doodle", lyrics by Theodora Morse & Leo Wood

(all music by him only unless when stated otherwise)

References

External links

• Free scores by Theodore F. Morse in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Sheet Music for "M-O-T-H-E-R: A Word That Means the World to Me"; music by Theodore F. Morse; lyrics by Howard E. Johnson; Leo Feist, Inc., 1915.