William Jerome

William Jerome ( born September 30, 1865 in Cornwall -on-Hudson, New York, † June 25, 1932 in New York City ) was an American songwriter.

Jerome was the son of Irish immigrants. At 18, he left home and first played in minstrel shows. Then he became a music publisher. Jerome made ​​1901-1913 a songwriting team with Jean Schwartz; the two created many hits, often the ragtime style. Particularly well known is its Chinatown, My Chinatown. For more of his hits were My Irish Molly O ( with Schwartz), Old King Tut, And The Green Grass Grew All Around ( with Harry From Tilzer ), That Old Irish Mother of Mine (1920), Bedelia, On The Old Fall River Line ( Harry From Tilzer, Andrew B. Sterling) and Get Out and Get Under the Moon ( with Charles Tobias ). His Mr. Dooley with Schwartz was interpreted in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

In addition to Schwartz, he worked with Walter Donaldson, Louis Hirsch, Harry Tierney and Harry From Tilzer.

His wife Maude Nugent Jerome wrote many songs with Irish themes, for example, Sweet Rosie O'Grady in 1896.

1914 to 1925 he was one of ASCAP directors.