MUSIC IN THE RAIN.
Mr. Michael Carr"s statement in a lawsuit over liis song, "Cowboy," tbat lie wrote the first lines of it 011 the back of an old envelope 011 top of a bus may interest Mr. Frank Lehar, who has recorded that the airs of two of the most popular numbers in "The Merry Widow" occurred to him one day when taking refuge from a shower in a cab shelter. "Kathleen Mavourneen" was the outcome of a somewhat similar inspiration: the world-famous air occurred to the composer when he was riding along the banks of the Tamar. He stopped liis horse while he jotted down its outline.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 174, 24 July 1936, Page 14
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