J. Keirn Brennan (November 24, 1873 – February 4, 1948) was an American songwriter. He joined

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as a charter member in 1914 and collaborated with many notable songwriters. He is probably best known for co-writing the

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film ''

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''. Born in

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, his musical collaborators included

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Walter Donaldson Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 – July 15, 1947) was an American prolific popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s to 1940s, that have become standards and form part of the Great American Song ...

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, Karl Hajos, Billy Hill,

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, and

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. His song compositions include ''Sure a Little Bit of Heaven'' (1914), ''

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'', ''Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You'', ''

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'', ''Turn Back the Universe'', ''When My Boy Comes Home'', ''A Little Bit of Love'', ''My Bird of Paradise'', ''I'll Follow the Trail'', ''You Hold My Heart'', ''Let the Rest of the World Go By'' and ''Ireland Is Ireland to Me''. He died in

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.Staff report (February 5, 1948). J. KEIRN BRENNAN, LYRICIST, 74, DIES; Collaborator With Chauncey Olcott, Ernest Ball, Was a Charter Member of ASCAP. ''

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Other songs

* "America Never Took Water and America Never Will" - 1919 * "For Dixie and Uncle Sam" - 1916. m:

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* "Goodbye, Mother Machree" - 1918. m:

* "I Wish That He Was Back in Tipperary" - 1915. m:

* "I'm from Ohio" - 1918. m:

* "Never Let Yourself Forget You Are Irish Too" - 1915. m:

* "When the Robert E. Lee Arrives in Old Tennessee All the Way from Gay Paree" - 1918. m: Paul Cunningham * "You Can't Beat Us for We've Never Lost a War" - 1918. m:

* "You Can't Beat Us If It Takes Ten Million More" - 1918. m:

* "You'll Be There" - 1915. m:

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J. Keirn Brennan recordings
at the

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. 1873 births 1948 deaths ASCAP composers and authors {{US-songwriter-stub

Other songs

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