Huntley Trevor

Percy Huntley Trevor (born Percy William Favatt; 8 April 1881 – 17 April 1943) was an English songwriter. Generally known as Huntley Trevor, he sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Raymond Wallace.[1]

Born in Bethnal Green, London, he began writing lyrics, especially for comic and novelty songs, before the First World War, and continued with some success until the 1930s. His most successful songs included "When It’s Apple Blossom Time In Normandy" (written with Harry Gifford and Tom Mellor, 1913); "Your King and Country Need You" (1914, written with Henry E. Pether); "Give Yourself a Pat on the Back" (1929, written with Ralph Butler); "Jolly Good Company" (1931), for which he wrote both words and music; "Old Father Thames" (1933, written with Lawrence Wright, who used the pseudonym "Betsy O'Hogan"); "You Can't Do That There 'Ere" (1935, written with Jack Rolls); and "With My Shillelagh Under My Arm" (1936, written with Billy O'Brien).[2][3]

He died in London in 1943, aged 62.[1][4]

References
  1. 30501 Trevor (orig. Favatt), World Composers. Retrieved 4 January 2021
  2. Songs written or co-written by Huntley Trevor, The Database of Popular Music. Retrieved 4 January 2021
  3. "I'm a Lady Policeman", Folk Song and Music Hall. Retrieved 4 January 2021
  4. "Trevor, Percy Huntley (formerly Favatt, Percy William)", Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England, 1943
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