Lawrance, Alf(red) J.
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Lawrance, Alf J. (Alfred)Lawrance, Alf J. AlfredAlf J. Alfred Lawrance (fl 1905–50), English songwriter. Composer of thousands of songs, some performed by English music hall stars including Ada Reeve, Vesta Tilley and Marie Lloyd. He spent at least 1914–15 in Australia and NZ, touring the Fuller vaudeville circuit as pianist for his singer and monologuist wife Violet Carmen. He wrote many songs on NZ and Australian subjects and published some with prominent Sydney and Melbourne firms and in…