George Arthurs

George Arthurs (13 April 1875 – 14 March 1944) was an English songwriter, playwright, composer, author and screenwriter who contributed lyrics to several successful musical comedies such as The Belle of Mayfair (1906), Havana (1908) and Yes, Uncle!

Songs he wrote lyrics for at that time include "I Want to Sing In Opera", "The Wriggley Rag", "You’ve Got to Sing In Ragtime", "I Can't Reach That Top Note" and "Chrysanthemums", sung by the comedian Wilkie Bard; The humorous patter song "The English Language" for Wilson James, for which he wrote both the words and music; "Josh-u-a" written in 1910 with Bert Lee and made famous by Clarice Mayne; "The Caddie", sung by Neil Kenyon; "A Different Girl Again" and "If the World Were Ruled by Girls" for Whit Cunliffe.

[4][5] Arthurs moved into musical theatre, writing lyrics for such shows as The Belle of Mayfair (1906) and Havana (1908), before collaborating with composer Louis Hirsch on the revue Hullo, Tango (1913).

He wrote the book and lyrics for Honeymoon Express (1914) before working on such revues and musicals as The Whirl of the Town (1914), The Million Dollar Girl (1915), Don’t Tempt Me (1915), She's a Daisy (1915) to a score by Louis Jerome, We’re All In It (1916), Seeing Life (1917) and Hanky Panky (1917).

Arthurs also contributed lyrics for a Broadway revival of Florodora (1920),[6] and for Peri, The Slave of Love (1921), Many Happy Returns (1922), Archie (1924), Belles of Britain (1925), Pastimes (1926), and Patsy from Paris (1926).