George Arthurs (1875–1944)

Manchester-born lyricist George Arthurs was the writer of Clarice Mayne’s Joshua (with Bert Lee, 1912) and Marie Lloyd’s hit, A Little Of What You Fancy Does You Good (with Fred W. Leigh, 1915).

In 1914, Arthurs and Fred Godfrey wrote Be Sure He’s Irish. They collaborated again in 1930 on The Christening Of The Baby Doll and Tennessee Twilight (with R.S. Stodden). Songs of unknown date are: Cleo My Cleopatra; I’m Madly In Love; Sitting In the Park; and Stop Me If You’ve Heard It.