History and Origins
The original "Heart of My Heart," so longed for in the 1926 song, is also known as "The Story of the Rose," and was written by Andrew Mack (1863–1931) in 1899, according to the Barbershop Harmony Society. Mack was a popular Irish actor, singer and comedian who reportedly first sang this song in an 1899 show at The Academy of Music in New York. The show was "The Last of the Rohans," written and produced by Mack.
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