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ORIGIN OF POPULAR SONGS “Of course you remember Charlie Graham ? He died a few years ago in abject poverty, though he was one of the most prolific of song writers. He wrote night and day, and his compositions were ver much sought after by publishers. Graham composed ‘ If the Waters Could Speak as They Flow,* ‘Two Little Girls in Blue/ the * Picture That Was Turned toward the Wall * and other ; ; : 5 : ^ * r rf- /V ' cJrV / *'• * popular songs. “He got his idea for his song ‘If the Waters Could Speak as They Flow,* strangely. He was bathing at the sea- shore where he was filling an engagement, for Graham was quite a singer himself. While the bathers were splashing in the surf, Graham, who was ever on the alert for ideas, abruptly turned to a friend and said : “ ‘Bob, if these waters could only speak as they flow wouldn't they tell a lot of funny things?* “ ‘You bet/ was the friend’s re- f ^ V « : ' ,r ■ - m y • ► 4^ v;i ^ i : I \ : f'\ ,> - joinder. ‘ Charlie, that would make a fine title for a song, wouldn’t if?” When Graham went to his room in his hotel that night he sat down and composed the song which soon became very popular. “Graham came to write ‘Two Little Girls in Blue* by IMSsJte. *' jfrvlr 7 • i *'•'■*> «* - ^ •* 2*Y \ • ■ •* ’ * ' ' * y . y * . i.r *• ^ 'f. • >, ’ ^*. a mere accident. One afternoon while he has racking his brain for a new theme, he went to a window in his home in Brooklyn and gazed into the street below. Across the way from his home was a primary school. It was about 3 o’clock and the children were just leaving school. Graham noticed two little girls. They were very pretty and presumably sisters, for they looked very much alike, and both were dressed in blue. Without any ado Graham quickly left that window, took out his pencil and jotted