Will D. Cobb

[1] Cobb was born July 5, 1876, in Philadelphia,[1] and grew up there, but also lived several years in New York City.

[citation needed] Cobb died January 20, 1930, in Manhattan, New York City, and was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.

Over the course of his career, he worked with Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Harry Ruby, and Earl Carroll, among others.

[3] In 1897, Cobb wrote the lyrics and Paul Barnes[a] composed the music to the Spanish–American War-era song "Goodbye, Dolly Gray."

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