Rida Johnson Young

Some of her better-known lyrics include "Mother Machree" from the 1910 show Barry of Ballymore, "Italian Street Song", "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" and "Ah!

She was an actress early in her career with both the Viola Allen and E. H. Sothern Broadway (New York) companies[7] before working for the music publisher Isidore Witmark.

[7] Glorious Betsy, a 1908 play[10] that was remade as a silent film of the same name in 1928 directed by Alan Crosland, was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay.

[12] Young wrote book and lyrics to the operetta Naughty Marietta, composer Victor Herbert's greatest success.

[13] Young wrote the lyrics of "Kiss Waltz" and "Mother" in 1916, both of which were set to music by Sigmund Romberg.