Arthur Longbrake

Arthur Longbrake was a songwriter and lyricist. He established the Eclipse Music Company. He wrote the words to "I'd like to know where I met you" and "On the Beach 'Neath the Old Willow Tree".

"Brother Noah Gave Out Checks for Rain" recounts the story of a church deacon with a leaky roof and a baseball game with Biblical figures.

Several performances of the songs he wrote were recorded with Arthur Collins singing them. They are minstrel songs. Joseph Smith published several.

• "Nobody Knows Where John Brown Went"
• "Brother Noah Gave out Checks for Rain"
• "Parson Jones' Three Reasons" (1908)
• "Powder River, let's go; song foxtrot
• "It's Morning (The Song with the Rooster Crow)" (1908)
• "My Affinity" (1908)
• "When the Sunshine in your Heart Turns Night Into Day" (1908), lyrics
• "You're Going on a Long, Long JourneySoon", words by Arthur Longbrake and music by Arthur Hauk
• "I'd Like to Know Where I Met You", lyrics by Arthur Longbrake and music by A. Jackson Peabody Jr.
• "Come Down and Pick Your Husband Out, the Rest of Us Want to Go Home" (1909), lyrics
• "When You're Dreaming Dream of Me" (1906), lyrics
• "Fever's On" (1906), lyrics
• "Rose of the Night" (1917), lyrics
• "Iam Longing for Tomorrow When I Think of Yesterday", lyrics
• "Singing Bird" (1909), lyrics
• "It Was Your Pleasing Smile" (1909), lyrics