Caro Roma was the stage name of Carrie Northey, an American

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 singer and composer known for Tin Pan Alley

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 era songs.

Biography

Carrie Northey (Northly has been cited, but Federal Census records and her obituary and death record insist on Northey) was born in California

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 during the gold rush

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 and began performing on stage at age three. She studied in Boston

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 at the New England Conservatory of Music

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 and as a teenager toured in Canada

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 as orchestra conductor for a French

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 opera company. She became prima dona with the Henry Savage Opera Company in Boston and sang opera in the USA and in Europe

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, also performing for royalty. Northey wrote songs and poetry as a child and developed her composition skills during her years as a performer. In 1932 at age 71, Northey performed nineteen of her songs at a concert in Los Angeles

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. She died in California.

Works

Besides her Tin Pan Ally song, Northey wrote sea songs and composed at least one song cycle. Selected works include:

• Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline (1914)
• The Wandering One, song cycle, lyrics by Clement Scott
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• Faded Rose
• The Angelus,
• Thinking of Thee
• Resignation

In collaboration with composer Ernest R. Ball, she also wrote the lyrics for:

• In The Garden Of My Heart
• Love Me Today
• Tomorrow May Never Come