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- "Come Back To Erin" w.m. Claribel
- "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" by James A. Butterfield & George Washington Johnson
- "Write Me A Letter Home" w.m. Will S. Hays
- La Belle HélèneLa Belle Helene is an operetta in three acts with music by Jacques Offenbach, and libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy. It was first produced in Paris in 1864. Plot :Place, Sparta and the shores of the sea. Paris, son of Priam, arrives with a miss (Lyrics: Henri MeilhacHenri Meilhac ( February 21, 1831 1897), French dramatist, was born in Paris. While a young man began writing fanciful articles for the newspapers and vaudevilles for the theatres, in a vivacious boulevardier spirit which brought him to the front. About 1 & Ludovic HalévyLudovic Halevy ( January 1, 1834 May 8, 1908), French author, was born in Paris. His father, Leon Halevy (1802-1883), was a clever and versatile writer, who tried almost every branch of literature--prose and verse, vaudeville, drama, history--without, how Music: Jacques Offenbach) London production opened at the Adelphi TheatreThe Adelphi Theatre in London was founded in 1806 as the Sans Pareil ("Without Parallel"), changing its name in 1819 to Adelphi, after the complex of 24 terraced houses occupying the land between The Strand and the River Thames which had been built by the on June 30June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. Events 1651 Battle of Beresteczko ends with Polish victory 1864 Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and
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