Green, Bud

Bud Green Lyricist Austria, November 19, 1897; Yonkers, New York, January 2, 1981. Green was most active in the 1920s and 1930s, working with a number of collaborators. Among his best-known songs was 1924’s “Alabamy Bound,” with lyrics by B. G. De Sylva and music by Ray Henderson, which sold over a million copies of sheet music . Al Jolson introduced it, but it was more often associated with Eddie Cantor, who interpolated it into Kid Boots. In 1925, Green wrote “I Love My Baby (My Baby Loves…