Will A. Heelan

Will A. Heelan
Heelan and Helf in 1900
Born(1874-01-30)30 January 1874
New York City, New York, U. S.
Died31 May 1920(1920-05-31) (aged 46)
New York City, New York, U. S.
OccupationComposer, Lyricist

William Aloysius Heelan (30 January 1874 – 31 May 1920)[1] was an American lyricist during the early 20th century. He collaborated with a number of composers and lyricists including E. P. Moran, Seymour Furth, J. Fred Helf and Harry Von Tilzer.

Credits

  • 1898: "I Want A Coon To Match My Own Complexion"[2]
  • 1899: "I'd Leave My Happy Home for You", "Rauss mit ihm"[3]
  • 1900: "Every Race Has a Flag but the Coon", "In The House Of Too Much Trouble", "There Are Two Sides To A Story".
  • 1901: "Ha-le ha-lo" or "That's what the Germans sang",[4] "Maizy, my dusky daisy"[5]
  • 1902: "The Message Of The Rose".
  • 1903: "The Message Of The Rose".
  • 1904: "When the Coons have a Dreamland of their Own"[6]
  • 1906: "Alice, Where Art Thou Going?", "Nothing Like That In Our Family"
  • 1907: "No Wedding Bells For Me".
  • 1908: "A Singer Sang A Song".

References

  1. ^ "FamilySearch.org". ancestors.familysearch.org. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  2. ^ "I want a coon to match my own complexion". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
  3. ^ Heelan, Will A.; Von Tilzer, Harry (1899). Rauss mit ihm. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein and Von Tilzer. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  4. ^ Heelan, Will A. (1901). Ha-le ha-lo. New York: Jos. W. Stern and Co. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  5. ^ Heelan, Will A. (1901). Maizy, my dusky daisy. New York: Jos. W. Stern and Co. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Verification required". repository.library.brown.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-05.



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