<P> `` The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise '' is a popular ballad with lyrics by Gene Lockhart and music ( Toronto 1918 ) by the concert pianist Ernest Seitz , who had conceived the refrain when he was 12 . Embarrassed about writing popular music , Seitz used the pseudonym `` Raymond Roberts '' when the song was first published by Chappell in 1919 . </P>
<P> `` The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise '' is a popular ballad with lyrics by Gene Lockhart and music ( Toronto 1918 ) by the concert pianist Ernest Seitz , who had conceived the refrain when he was 12 . Embarrassed about writing popular music , Seitz used the pseudonym `` Raymond Roberts '' when the song was first published by Chappell in 1919 . </P>
who wrote the world is waiting for the sunrise
who wrote the world is waiting for the sunrise
Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart