Septimus Winner

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Septimus Winner (born May 11, 1827 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † November 22, 1902 ) was an American writer , songwriter and teacher .

Life

"Carry me back to Tennessee"

Winner attended Philadelphia Central High School. As a writer, he wrote several lyrics. He used several pseudonyms such as Alice Hawthorne, Percy Guyer, Mark Mason, Apsley Street and Paul Stenton.

The song Ten Little Negroes goes back to the song Ten Little Injuns from 1868, which was written by Winner. The word Injuns is a corruption of the English word Indians for Indians. Therefore, the song was initially about Indians and not negroes.

In 1970 Septimus Winner was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Lyrics of songs (selection)

  • "How Sweet Are the Roses" (1850)
  • "I Set My Heart Upon a Flower" (1854)
  • "What Is Home Without a Mother" (1854)
  • "Listen to the Mockingbird" (1855)
  • "Abraham's Daughter" or "Raw Recruits" (1861)
  • "The Deitcher's Dog" (1864)
  • "Ellie Rhee" or "Carry Me Back to Tennessee" (1865)
  • "What Care I?" (1866)
  • "Whispering Hope" (1868)
  • "Ten Little Injuns" (1868)
  • "The Birdies' Ball" (1869)
  • "Come Where the Woodbine Twineth" (1870)
  • "Love Once Gone Is Lost Forever" (1870)

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personal data
SURNAME Winner, Septimus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hawthorne, Alice (pseudonym); Guyer, Percy (pseudonym); Mason, Mark (pseudonym); Street, Apsley (pseudonym); Stenton, Paul (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1902
Place of death United States