When You Were Sweet Sixteen 6th in 1900

Written by: James Thornton
Publication date: 1898
Language: English
ISWC: T-902.857.292-1 ASCAP, ISWC
Comments: Begins "When first I saw the love-light in your eye..."
Popular song published in 1898. Inspired and sung by the composer's wife the ballad quickly became a hit song in vaudeville. It has a long recording history, has been heard on film and is considered a standard of barbershop quartets. It was the #1 record in the USA in 1900.
Published by: WARNER BROS INC (WARNER BROS MUSIC DIV) ASCAP
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