Raymond A. Sherwood (25 November 1889, in Brooklyn – 15 August 1965, in Arcadia, Florida)[1][2][3][4][5] was an American lyricist of popular music of the Tin Pan Alley genre (circa early 1920s).
Sherwood's World War I Draft Registration indicates that in June 1917, he worked as a salesman for Forster Music Publisher, Inc. Forster, based in Chicago, at that time had an office at 116 West 42nd Street in Manhattan.
[6][7] Raymond Sherwood was the son of John A. Sherwood (b. Aug 1844, Ireland; d. 11 June 1915 Brooklyn) and Margaret McHale (b. Nov 1847 Ireland; d. 22 Apr 1916 Carbondale, Pennsylvania), who married in 1863.
[8] Raymond Sherwood died at G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital in Arcadia, Florida, on August 15, 1965.
At the time of his death, he resided in Wauchula, Florida.