Robert Levenson (July 19, 1897 – April 26, 1961) was an American lyricist active in Boston in the late 1910s.
[1] Samuel was a tailor and shoemaker, and his son eventually took up a career in the clothing business.
[2] He subsequently moved to New York City, married Evelyn Lippmann, from Edgemere (Queens), and worked his way up in the business world; at his death he was a partner in the Purl Knit Sales Company.
Between 1914 and 1925 Levenson wrote lyrics for at least thirty-five songs, on a few of which he was also credited with composing the music, usually in collaboration.
[4] His noteworthy contributions include lyrics for E. E. Bagley’s celebrated march, “National emblem” (1918), "The Angel God Sent from Heaven,"[5] three flower-bedecked World War I songs, "My Belgian Rose," "Salvation Rose," and “When the Lilies Bloom in France Again”; and a briefly but vigorously promoted “sob” ballad, “Little by little you’re breaking my heart.” All but a few titles were issued by Boston publishers, though "My Belgian Rose" was taken up by Leo Feist.