The song was published in London in 1895 by Francis, Day and Hunter.Īs one of the popular tunes of the day it is not surprising to find it sung as far afield as Sydney, Australia:Īn excellent programme was presented to the patrons of the Gaiety Theatre by the Australia Eleven Minstrel and Variety Company on Saturday night Mr. Leigh, and sung to acclaim by the popular George Beauchamp. It was a comic song, written and composed by Fred Murray and Fred W. One of the Family is not particularly mysterious or hard to track down. The songs are not identified in Ellmann’s edition of the letters nor (apparently) in other commentaries. Joyce remembered his father’s old friend Alf Bergan singing two songs: One of the Family and Sister Susie’s Playing.
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