<P> `` Red Sails in the Sunset '' is a popular song . Published in 1935 , its music was written by Hugh Williams ( pseudonym for Wilhelm Grosz ) with lyrics by prolific songwriter Jimmy Kennedy . The song was inspired by the `` red sails '' of Kitty of Coleraine , a yacht Kennedy often saw off the northern coast of Ireland and by his adopted town Portstewart , a seaside resort in County Londonderry . </P>
<P> `` Red Sails in the Sunset '' is a popular song . Published in 1935 , its music was written by Hugh Williams ( pseudonym for Wilhelm Grosz ) with lyrics by prolific songwriter Jimmy Kennedy . The song was inspired by the `` red sails '' of Kitty of Coleraine , a yacht Kennedy often saw off the northern coast of Ireland and by his adopted town Portstewart , a seaside resort in County Londonderry . </P>
who wrote the song red sails in the sunset
who wrote the song red sails in the sunset
its music was written by Hugh Williams ( pseudonym for Wilhelm Grosz ) lyrics by prolific songwriter Jimmy Kennedy
its music was written by Hugh Williams ( pseudonym for Wilhelm Grosz ) lyrics by prolific songwriter Jimmy Kennedy