Ballard MacDonald

Ballard MacDonald (October 15, 1882 – November 17, 1935) was an American lyricist, who was a part of Tin Pan Alley.

Born in Portland, Oregon, he was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He died in Forest Hills, New York.

Selective list of song credits

• "Beautiful Ohio" (MacDonald/Robert A. King), 1918
• "Rose of Washington Square" (MacDonald/James F. Hanley)
• "Second Hand Rose", 1921
• "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" (MacDonald/Leon Jessel), 1922
• "Back Home Again in Indiana" (MacDonald/James F. Hanley), 1917
• The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" (MacDonald/Harry Carroll), 1913
• "Play That Barbershop Chord"
• "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!"
• "Somebody Loves Me"
• "Bend Down, Sister"
• "Down in Bom Bombay"
• "On the Mississippi"
• "There's a Light That's Burning in the Window of the Little House Upon the Hill"

External links

• Ballard MacDonald at allmusic
• Ballard MacDonald in the Songwriters Hall of Fame
• Ballard MacDonald at IMDB
• Sheet music for "Dreamy Alabama", New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., 1919. From Alabama Sheet Music Collection