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- Birth nameEffie I. Crockett
- Effie I. Canning was born in 1857 in Rockland, Maine, USA. Effie I. was married to Harry J. Carlton. Effie I. died on January 7, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- SpouseHarry J. Carlton (his death)
- Wrote the lullaby "Rock-A-Bye Baby" as a teenager.
- Published "Rock-A-Bye Baby" under the name Effie Canning because she was afraid her father might not approve. Canning was her grandmother's last name.
- Even though "Rock-A-Bye Baby" initially sold over three hundred thousand copies Crockett received very little in royalties.
- Related to American frontiersman Davey Crockett.
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