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Carrie Jacobs Bond

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Carrie Jacobs Bond 1862–1946, American songwriter, b. Janesville, Wis. A self-taught musician, she composed about 175 songs, both words and music, gave concerts of them, and even published them herself. Eventually the popularity of such songs as I Love You Truly, Just a-Wearyin' for You, and A Perfect Day earned her a fortune.

Bibliography: See her autobiography, The Roads of Melody (1927).

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Bond, Carrie (Jacobs) (née Jacobs) (b Janesville, Wisc., 1862; d Glendale, Calif., 1946). Amer. song composer, among her most popular being ‘Just a-wearyin’ for you’ and ‘The end of a perfect day’ (of which over 5 million copies were sold).

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