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'''Beth Slater Whitson''' (December 1, 1879 &ndash; April 26, 1930) was an [[United States|American]] [[lyricist]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Beth Slater Whitson (1879-1930)|url=https://chapter16.org/beth-slater-whitson-1879-1930/|website=chapter16.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> Whitson was born in Goodrich, Tennessee and died in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. She was the daughter of John H. Whitson and Anna Slater Whitson. She composed lyrics to over 400 songs,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beth Slater Whitson|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/beth-slater-whitson/|last=Randal Rust|website=Tennessee Encyclopedia|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> and is best remembered for the songs "[[Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland]]" (1909) and "[[Let Me Call You Sweetheart]]" (1910),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beth Slater Whitson|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/736354-Beth-Slater-Whitson|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> both becoming one of the largest selling songs in [[sheet music]].Her biggest hit was [[Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland]] which really became known in 1949 when it was featured in the movie [[In the Good Old Summertime]]. She wrote the words to her songs but got someone else to write the music.