Edward Teschemacher


Edward Frederick Teschemacher, was a prolific writer of song lyrics. He was born at Highbury, Middlesex, England and he was educated at Giggleswick School, Settle, North Yorkshire.

Change of Name

In November 1914, Teschemacher announced that from 13 November, he wished to be known and addressed as Edward Frederick Lockton

Other Work

Beside his work as a song lyricist, he also worked as a translator, arranger, librettist responsible for writing or co-writing a number of well-known pieces, including "Because" and "I'll Walk Beside You" . Teschemacher wrote much of his lyrics for popular music between 1900 and the late 1920s. His work as a translator includes translating "Mattinata" from Italian to English in 1904, translating a series of folksongs from Norwegian and Danish to English in 1906, and translating the "Mariae Wiegenlied" from German to English in 1917.

Lyrical works published as Edward Teschemacher