Geoffrey Parsons (born Geoffrey Claremont Parsons, 7 January 1910, died 22 December 1987,

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) was an English

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. He worked at the Peter Maurice Music Company run by James Phillips, who wrote under the

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. The company specialized in adapting songs originally in foreign languages into the

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. Phillips would usually assign a song to Parsons and when the latter was finished, suggest some changes. The credits for the English lyrics would then be given as "John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons."

Songs

Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart "Auf Wiedersehen", or "Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart", is a song written by German composer Eberhard Storch around 1950. Storch wrote the song in the hospital for his wife Maria as he was ill for a long time. It was originally sung in German by Rudi ...

" (with Turner) *" Eternally", with John Turner; music by

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(Theme from '' Limelight'') *"

If You Love Me (Really Love Me) If You Love Me may refer to: Albums * ''If You Love Me'', by Dorothy Squires, 2008 * ''If You Love me'', by Nana Mouskouri, 1974 * ''If You Love Me'' by Richard Galliano, 2007 * ''If You Love Me / Si tu m'ami: 18th-Century Italian Songs'' by Cecili ...

" ("Hymne à l'amour," original lyrics by Édith Piaf) *"

The Little Shoemaker The Little Shoemaker" is a popular song based on the French song, "Le petit cordonnier", by Rudi Revil. The original French lyric was written by Francis Lemarque (page in French). The English language lyrics were written by Geoffrey Claremont P ...

" based on the French song "Le petit cordonnier", with Turner and

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. *"

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" (with Turner) *" Oh! My Pa-Pa" based on the

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song "O Mein Papa" by

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, under the pseudonym "John Sexton" (with Turner) *"La Seine" *"

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" (with Turner)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parsons, Geoffrey English songwriters English lyricists 1910 births 1987 deaths 20th-century English musicians