Joseph Tabrar was one of the most famous songwriters of British Music Hall (similar to American Vaudeville), probably most famous for the song Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow (1892).

Joseph was born into a family of "stage people".

Tabrar began his musical career in the church choir. He later became a bell hanger and a plumber. During his 60 year songwriting career, Tabrar wrote thosands of songs, many of them written to order.

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