Arthur J. Lamb

Arthur J. Lamb (12 August 1870 – 10 August 1928) was a British lyricist best known for the 1897 song "Asleep in the Deep" and the 1900 song "A Bird in a Gilded Cage". He collaborated with many song-writers, including siblings Albert Von Tilzer and Harry Von Tilzer, Henry W. Petrie and Kerry Mills.

His fame faded and he died in poverty, his body saved from a Potters Field burial by ASCAP, who paid for a proper burial for him.

Selected works

 * "Asleep in the Deep" (1897) m. Henry W. Petrie
 * "Dreaming of Mother and Home" (1898)
 * "At The Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea" (1899) m. Henry W. Petrie
 * "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" (1900) m. Harry Von Tilzer
 * "The Spider and the Fly" (1900) m. Harry Von Tilzer
 * "When Wealth and Poverty Meet" (1900) m. Harry Von Tilzer
 * "Out Where The Billows Roll High" (1901)
 * "The Banquet in Misery Hall" (1902) m. Harry Von Tilzer
 * "Jennie Lee" (1902) m. Harry Von Tilzer
 * "The Mansion of Aching Hearts" (1902) m. Harry Von Tilzer
 * "A Brand Plucked from the Burning" (1902) m. Kerry Mills
 * "I Know She Waits for Me" (1902) m. Kerry Mills
 * "Beneath the Palms of Paradise" (1903) m. Harry Von Tilzer
 * "Like a Star That Falls From Heaven" (1903) m. Kerry Mills
 * "When The Bell in the Lighthouse Rings Ding, Dong" (1905)
 * "The Bird On Nellie's Hat" (1905)
 * "Sunny Sue: A Coon Ditty" (1907) m. Florence McPherran
 * "All She Gets from the Iceman is Ice" (1907)
 * "You Splash Me and I'll Splash You" (1907)
 * "Any Old Port in a Storm" (1908) m. Kerry Mills
 * "If You Were Mine" (1908) m. Kerry Mills
 * "You've Got the Wrong Number But the Right Girl" (1911) m. Kerry Mills
 * "My Keepsake is a Heartache" (1915) m. Clarence M. Jones
 * "Good Luck To The USA" (1917)