Education
Born in Washington District of Columbia, Morse was educated at the Maryland Military & Naval Academy.
Born in Washington District of Columbia, Morse was educated at the Maryland Military & Naval Academy.
He went on to study both violin and piano. Listed as Terriss & Morse, they were one of the earliest Tin Pan Alley husband-wife songwriting teams. Morse died in New York City.
1902 "Two Little Boys", lyrics by Edward Madden 1903 "Dear Old Girl", lyrics by Richard Henry Buck 1903 "Nautical Nonsense (Hurrah for Baffin"s Bay!)" from The Wizard of Oz, lyrics by Vincent Bryan 1903 "lieutenant Takes the Irish to Beat the Dutch", lyrics by Edward Madden 1904 "Blue Bell", lyrics by Edward Madden & Theodora Morse 1905 "Daddy"s Little Girl", lyrics by Edward Madden 1907 "I Want to be a Merry, Merry Widow", lyrics by Edward Madden 1908 "Down in Jungle Town", lyrics by Edward Madden 1908 "I"ve Taken Quite a Fancy to You", lyrics by Edward Madden 1908 "The Old Time Rag", lyrics by Edward Madden 1908 "Stupid Mister Cupid", lyrics by Edward Madden 1909 "Blue Feather", lyrics by Jack Mahoney 1911 "Another Rag", lyrics by Theodora Morse 1911 "Auntie Skinner"s Chicken Dinner" words and music by Earl Carroll, Arthur Fields & Morse 1913 "Down in Monkeyville", lyrics by Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie 1913 "Salvation Nell", lyrics by Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie 1915 " M-O-T-H-East-R", lyrics by Howard Johnson 1915 "Soldier Boy, lyrics by Doctorate.A. Morse 1917 "Sing Maine Love"s Lullaby", lyrics by Theodora Morse (as Dorothy Terriss) 1923 "Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake", lyrics by Billy James 1924 "Don"t Blame lieutenant All on Maine", lyrics by Theodora Morse & Leo Wood 1924 "Monkey Doodle", lyrics by Theodora Morse & Leo Wood (all music by him only unless when stated otherwise).