 Because some of the lyrics to the song "Cotton Blossom" have been altered  in this version of "Show Boat", Oscar Hammerstein II is never actually  mentioned as having written the lyrics to the songs, although P.G.  Wodehouse IS listed as having written the lyrics to "Bill". (This is only  partially correct; only about half of Wodehouses 1917 lyric to "Bill" was  used. The rest of the lyric is by Hammerstein.)