Peg o' My Heart

"Peg o' My Heart" is a popular song written by Alfred Bryan (words) and Fred Fisher (music). It was published on March 15, 1913 and it featured in the 1913 musical Ziegfeld Follies.

The song was first performed publicly by Irving Kaufman in 1912 at The College Inn in New York City after he had stumbled across a draft of sheet music on a shelf at the Leo Feist offices. ^{[citation needed]}

The song was inspired by the main character in the very successful Broadway play of the time, Peg o' My Heart, that debuted December 20, 1912 at the Cort Theatre in NYC. The play was written by J. Hartley Manners and starred Laurette Taylor in the title role.^[1] Taylor appeared on the cover of early published sheet music.^[2]

^ "Internet Broadway Database". ibdb.com. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
^ "Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame". cshf.ca. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[1] "Internet Broadway Database". ibdb.com. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[2] "Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame". cshf.ca. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

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