Ballard MacDonald

American Tin Pan Alley lyricist and film short writer. Among his songwriting credits: "Beautiful Ohio", "Rose of Washington Square", "Second Hand Rose", "Parade of the Wooden" "Soldiers, Back Home Again in Indiana", "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine", "Play That Barbershop Chord", "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!", "Somebody Loves Me", "Bend Down, Sister", "Down in Bom Bombay", and "On…