Henry W. Petrie

"The Owls Serenade" with music by H. W. Petrie, 1894 sheet music cover

Henry W. Petrie (March 4, 1857 - May 25, 1925) was an American composer and performer of popular music. Petrie was born in Bloomington, Illinois and died in Paw Paw, Michigan.

Songs

"Davy Jones' Locker"
"I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard" w. Philip Wingate (1894)
"Jonah and the Whale" w. Wingate Black (1894). ^[1]
"The Owls Serenade" w. Arthur J. Lamb (1894)
"Asleep in the Deep" w. Arthur J. Lamb (1897)
"Where The Sunset Turns The Ocean's Blue To Gold" w. Eva Fern Buckner (1902)
"In a Peach-basket Hat Made for Two" w. James M. Reilly (1909).^[2]
"When The Twilight Comes To Kiss The Rose "Good-Night"" w. Robert F. Roden (1912)
While The Stars In The Heavens Shine On" w. Harry D. Kerr (1914)

↑ Goodwin, George, ed. "Song Dex Treasury of Humorous and Nostalgic Songs" Song Dex, Inc. 1956. p. 106
↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions, Part 3 (Vol 32, no.1 ed.). United States: Library of Congress US Copyright Office. 1937. p. 151. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

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