The songs of Percy French

Percy French was a prolific songwriter with at lease fifty two songs to his name. His music is so familiar that even children of the twenty-first century can hum along to The Mountains of Mourne, Come Back Paddy Reilly or Are You Right There Michael. At different times and in different places individual songs became popular and this fact is clearly reflected in the ephemera that was used to promote the associated product.

The following table is an alphabetical list of most of Percy French‘s songs. Most or all of these were published by Pigott & Co. of Dublin. Quite a few were published by Keith Prowse of London, while others were published by Sam Fox in America and Chappell & Co. in Australia. In addition Joseph Williams Ltd. *, Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd. **, Francis Day & Hunter *** and Weekes & Co. **** all of London, also produces them.

An 'X' in the box means the local studies archive has a copy. The codes are PC = Pigott & Co., KP = Keith Prowse, SF = Sam Fox, CC = Chappell & Co. and Other = Williams, Ascherberg, Francis and Weekes (see above).

The local studies archive would be happy to accept donations of the missing Percy French musical scores for its collection. This list correct as of May 2012.