Beth Slater Whitson


Beth Slater Whitson was an American lyricist. Whitson was born in Goodrich, Tennessee and died in Nashville, Tennessee. She composed lyrics to over 400 songs, and is best remembered for the songs "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland" and "Let Me Call You Sweetheart", both becoming one of the largest selling songs in sheet music.
In 1913, Whitson and her family moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she and her sister, Alice, continued to write. Beth Slater Whitson wrote poetry and short stories.