he was active as a songwriter from the late 1920s until the mid-1950s. among his most famous songs were "all by yourself in the moonlight" (1929), published under the pseudonym jay wallis, which reportedly sold over a million copies; "let’s sing the cuddly song" (written with julian wright, 1929); "the sun has got his hat on" (1932), "run rabbit run" (1939), and "hey! little hen" (1941), all co-written with noel gay; "let's all go to the music hall" (1934), written with harry tilsley and lawrence wright; "there's a lovely lake in london" (1935), with tolchard evans and stanley damerell; "horsey horsey" (1938), with paddy roberts; "come and have a drink at the victory arms" (1941), with tolchard evans; and "nellie the elephant" (1956), written with peter hart. another song, also co-written with noel gay, "we don't know where we're going" (1944), was used to great effect during war scenes in the movie "overlord".