Ren Shields (1868-1913) was a folk musician and vaudeville performer who also worked as a lyricist, in which capacity he wrote ‘Make a Noise Like a Hula Hoop and Roll Away (Whoop,Whoop, Whoop)’.
More memorably, Shields provided the lyrics for ‘In the Good Old Summer Time,’ written with George Evans. The number featured in The Florodora Girl and In the Good Old Summertime.
