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Joe McCarthy
1885–1943
Joe McCarthy, born Thomas Joseph McCarthy in Somerville, Massachusetts, was an American lyricist, perhaps best known for his score with Harry Austin Tierny for the Broadway play Irene (1919).
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At the Yiddish Wedding Jubilee
Sheet music for “At the Yiddish Wedding Jubilee,” a song popularized by Sophie Tucker (ca. 1884–1966). Born Sophia Kalish in Tulchyn (today in Ukraine), Sophie Tucker immigrated to the United States…