Arthur J. Lamb
Background information
Born	(1870-08-12)12 August 1870 Somerset, England
Died	10 August 1928(1928-08-10) (aged 57) Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Genres	Oldtime
Occupation(s)	Composer, lyricist

Arthur J. Lamb (12 August 1870 – 10 August 1928) was a British lyricist best known for the 1897 song "Asleep in the Deep" and the 1900 song "A Bird in a Gilded Cage". He collaborated with many song-writers, including siblings Albert Von Tilzer and Harry Von Tilzer, Henry W. Petrie and Kerry Mills.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

His fame faded and he died in poverty, his body saved from a Potters Field burial by ASCAP, who paid for a proper burial for him.

Selected works

• "Asleep in the Deep" (1897) m. Henry W. Petrie
• "Dreaming of Mother and Home" (1898)
• "At The Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea" (1899) m. Henry W. Petrie
• "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" (1900) m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "The Spider and the Fly" (1900) m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "When Wealth and Poverty Meet" (1900) m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Out Where The Billows Roll High" (1901)
• "The Banquet in Misery Hall" (1902) m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Jennie Lee" (1902) m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "The Mansion of Aching Hearts" (1902) m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "A Brand Plucked from the Burning" (1902) m. Kerry Mills
• "I Know She Waits for Me" (1902) m. Kerry Mills
• "Beneath the Palms of Paradise" (1903) m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Like a Star That Falls From Heaven" (1903) m. Kerry Mills
• "When The Bell in the Lighthouse Rings Ding, Dong" (1905)
• "The Bird On Nellie's Hat" (1905)
• "Sunny Sue: A Coon Ditty" (1907) m. Florence McPherran^[7]
• "All She Gets from the Iceman is Ice" (1907)
• "You Splash Me and I'll Splash You" (1907)
• "Any Old Port in a Storm" (1908) m. Kerry Mills
• "If You Were Mine" (1908) m. Kerry Mills
• "You've Got the Wrong Number But the Right Girl" (1911) m. Kerry Mills
• "My Keepsake is a Heartache" (1915) m. Clarence M. Jones
• "Good Luck To The USA" (1917)