W. A. Hawley

Walter Augustus Hawley (January 16, 1863 – March 18, 1920) was a Santa Barbara businessman and writer who served as representative from California's 74th State Assembly district for the 1890–1891 term.[1] Born in San Francisco,[2] Hawley attended Yale University, and would have been class of 1885, but left after his third year and did not graduate.[1] He moved to California with his family in the 1880s,[2] where he and his brother started out selling wagons, buggies, and farm equipment.[3] Together with his father and brothers, Hawley developed the Hawley Heights neighborhood of Santa Barbara and owned the Veronica Springs water company.[1] In later life he wrote three books: a travelogue, a guide to oriental rugs, and a history of the Santa Barbara area.[1] He also "personally superintended the building of La Cumbre trail".[2] Hawley was buried in California.[4]

Publications

He published numerous songs. With composer J. Schmalz, he wrote the lyrics to "The Crib in Which I Used to Sleep", published in 1893 by Ilsen & Co..[5] He wrote both words and music for "Little Maggie Monehan, or, The Belle of the Ball", popularized by Bella Gold and published by James Horton the same year.[6] His "Pretty Mamie Carey" was published by Wolf Music in 1895.[7] In 1896, Henry White published "If We Had Never Met". The Sisters Engstrom popularized "You'll Find a Girl to Please You Here in Town", which was published by Myll Bros in 1897.[8] Also in 1897, he published "Sally, the Pride of Dorothy's Alley", with was popularized by Rose Sutherland and Lillie Sutherland, also published by Mylll Bros.[9] He wrote at least two coon songs popularized by Flo Irwin, including "I'll Carve Dat Nigger When We Meet", which was published as a supplement to the San Francisco Examiner in 1898, and "That Nigger Treated Me all Right", published the same year by Will Rossiter.[10] His "At the Post" was published by M. Witmark and Sons in 1903.[11] Also in 1903, he began collaborating with Alfred Solman.[12] His World War I anthem, "Watch the Bee Go Get the Hun", was published by Meyer & Cohen Music in 1918.[13] Thomas P. Walsh, in his American Songs of War And Love, 1898-1946, A Resource Guide, says that he "could not resist lyrics like 'choclate-color'd dazzler'."[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Necrology". Yale Alumni Weekly. Vol. XXIX, no. 29. New Haven, Conn. April 9, 1920. p. 674.
  2. ^ a b c "Walter Hawley Dies Suddenly in this City". The Morning Press. March 19, 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  3. ^ "Farming Implements!". The Morning Press. September 10, 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  4. ^ "Entry for Walter Augustus Hawley and Walter Nicolas Hawley, 20 March 1920". California Deaths and Burials, 1776–2000. FamilySearch.
  5. ^ https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e60d440-c58e-012f-0b69-58d385a7bc34
  6. ^ https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b88daa0-c58e-012f-ff6b-58d385a7bc34
  7. ^ https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9aeb0b80-c590-012f-11ca-58d385a7bc34
  8. ^ https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c95020e0-c592-012f-8cb0-58d385a7bc34?canvasIndex=0
  9. ^ https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8bcb23b0-c592-012f-254b-58d385a7bc34?canvasIndex=0
  10. ^ https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-sheet-music/3106/ https://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=3235 https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-sheet-music/3106/
  11. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qYbJz-n4vI
  12. ^ "New Firm of Writers", loc. cit.; New York City Directory, 1905.
  13. ^ https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/people/walter-hawley
  14. ^ Thomas P. Walsh. American Songs of War And Love, 1898-1946, A Resource Guide. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2013. ISBN 978-0-8108-8608-7 https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/en/document/view/detail/uuid/efeee700-8b9e-3b6f-9ae3-a61074aa0aba
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