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| Name: | Teresa Manley |
| E-mail address: | teresa.manley1@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | Thank you very much for your lovely site. I have replied to a couple of people about a song title - I think the title was "I'll be your sweetheart if you will be mine".
Now I wonder if you have the words to "My Yiddisher Mama" - that is one my mum used to sing because it was my dad's favourite! Thank you again for your site! |
| Name: | Tony |
| E-mail address: | copleman@smbsolutionsuk.com |
| Comments: | Hi,
Really like the site & usefull info. Do you happen to have the title of the following (verse)? 'A boy & a maiden once stood, in a pathway that led through a wood, said the boy to the maiden (unsure of the next line)but goes on 'Blue bells I gather, take them & be true, & when I'm a man, my plan will be to mary you. ANy help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Tony |
| Name: | maggie |
| E-mail address: | maggie_gilmore1@blueyonder.co.uk |
| Comments: | please can you help me find an old song my mum used to sing,
i dont know thetitle of the song but here are some of the words perhaps you or someone might recognise it. a man and a maiden once stood at a path that lead into a wood said the man to the maid with a sigh i am sorry but we must part. theres a bit at the end that goes-you`ll want me back again. can you help???? love the songs by the way (good Suff) |
| Name: | Jenny Such |
| Comments: | Thanks to the use of you web site I have had to look no further for songs for the old time music hall which we put on in our church hall. We do a concert two or three times a year: the Music Hall theme cropping up about every five years. I personally have murdered Following Father's Footsteps,Burlington Bertie,Oh Mr. Porter, When Father Papered the Parlour, Riding on top of the Car, Waiting at the Church,and my favourite Why am I always the Bridesmaid.
Thanks again. Keep up the good work, no doubt I will be back. |
| Name: | Brian Fewtrell |
| E-mail address: | bfewtrell@blueyonder.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hi Peter, Many thanks for many hours of happiness in playing all these old songs.
My wife (who loves to sing)quite often interupts her hair washing session in the next room to come and sing along. Have passed details of how to find you to my friend. Really do enjoy this site keep it going on from strength to strength.good health and good luck Brian |
| Name: | wally corvine |
| Comments: | Great! |
| Name: | Steve Hollier |
| E-mail address: | hollier2000@gmail.com |
| Comments: | When I was a child, my mother would sing music hall songs to me when other mothers would sing lullabyes. Most of them were well know - "She Was Only A Bird In A Silver Cage", "Daisy Daisy", "I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" etc but one I've never heard since, nor heard the full words. It starts:
Mulligatawny soup, A mackerell or a sole. A bath bun, a bambury And a tuppenny sausage roll. A little drop of sherry And a little drop of cham'. Some rolly-polly pudding And some jam, jam, jam". I know that Harry Champion's songs ofter contained food references so, could it have been one of his less well know efforts? I'd love to know. Steve Hollier |
| Name: | Lois Peterson |
| E-mail address: | loispeterson@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://loispeterson.net |
| Comments: | I'm looking for the words of a song that begins, "My Aunt's name is Ella Wheeler Waterbottom, she lives down in Burton-on-Trent/When she goes out shopping on her bicylce, she always gets her handlbars bent. My unclue and father used to sing it but neither can recall all the words. They beleive it was a music hall song sung to them by their father.
I'd love to hear from anyone who knows this song. Tx. LP |
| Name: | Paul Delaney |
| E-mail address: | paulallendelaney@gmail.com |
| Comments: | What a super site, these songs bring back many memories as I was born in london and my grandfather was a pub pianist and singer in the east end for many years. many of these tunes are, as my grandfather would say, 'songs i learnt on my grandads knee, and other low joints!'
keep up the good work. Regards Paul Delaney |
| Name: | HEITOR ARAUJO OLIVEIRA |
| E-mail address: | heitorspfc@bol.com.br |
| Homepage URL: | http://blogdarevolta.blog.terra.com.br/ |
| Comments: | Great site and wonderful sings. Amazing!!! |
| Name: | Peter |
| E-mail address: | prefer-not@somewhere.in.uk |
| Comments: | Congrats on the site. I also had these songs sung to me as a nipper, and still find some of them really very moving and evocative of memories of the past.
I prefer not to give my email address as it will be inevitably be scraped so giving me even more spam. - Sorry. If you therefore feel unable to post my comment above, I will understand. You still, however, know someone else thinks your site is great. I have bookmarked it and hope you find lots more songs (and music) in due time. Thanks. Peter. |
| Name: | Tim Young |
| Comments: | Thanks so much for pulling all these mp3s together in one place.
I live in Dubai and have a 2 month old daughter. I can't wait to have sing-a-longs with her in the car and in the bath when she gets older - just lioke my Dad did with me and my brothers when I was growing up in England! |
| Name: | James Oakwood |
| E-mail address: | andy@jamesoakwood.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.jamesoakwood.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hi glad to find a copy of Old bull and bush. I "stole" a recording of it cos I'm gonna feature part of the song in a Christmas song I'm writing. I'm an amateur so I don't expect to make any money but if I do I'll forward you some on pro rata for the length it's included in my song.
If you've got any issues about that please email me and let me know. Altho it will be a xmas song it'll be a little cynical and take a pop at the whole xmas thing. Andy aka james oakwood |
| Name: | Gordon Churchill |
| E-mail address: | gordon.churchiill@sympatico.ca |
| Comments: | Thanks for this wonderful site. I live in Canada now but I'm old enough to remember the last few years of live music hall when I was a lad in London. My Grandad was a street trader (Barrow Boy) I still use the Cockney rhyming slang that he spoke all the time. thanks again. |
| Name: | Lorraine Harrington |
| E-mail address: | lorcy@bigpond.net.au |
| Comments: | Thank you for letting me listen to some of the songs Mum and Dad used to sing. When I was young and lived in London we used to all sing of a Sunday night and I was so happy. Those times were very special and live on in my memory. We were poor a family of six but we had love and laughter and we all sang together. Great times!. Thanks againLorraine |
| Name: | sid davies |
| E-mail address: | sidsal@sidney8.wanadoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | NOt looked yet - but comments are fantastic !
I have sent message to the person seeking words to - The vicar and I will be there ! |
| Name: | becca |
| Comments: | very nice |
| Name: | Lori Holland |
| E-mail address: | pippadapost@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | At last someone has created a site for musical hall treasures. I've had such fun listening to all the old songs again and want to thank you for the pleasure its given me.
I've been looking on the net for 'Oh my Antonio, he's gone away' without luck for some time. Perhaps someone will submit it for your site. I'd love to hear or read the verses again. Thank you so much for giving us this site, its wonderful! |
| Name: | Reg Ball |
| E-mail address: | regball@btopenworld.com |
| Comments: | Brilliant! absolutely brilliant! Thankyou for your efforts. |
| Name: | Jane Coram |
| E-mail address: | jscoram1@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | Thank you so much for your great site. I'm an Eastender born and bred and my nan used to sing me all of the old music hall songs when I was a kid. Just hearing them again brings a tear to my eye. My daughter and I both suffer from lupus and are housebound, and I'm now sharing them with her and we have a great time singing them together.....totally out of blooming tune, but who cares!
Well done for a brilliant site. Jane |
| Name: | Steve Cox |
| E-mail address: | sw.cox@tesco.net |
| Comments: | I am the minibus driver for a small old peoples home on the Isle of Wight. On trips out we always have a sing song. It is difficult to find od music with the words so your site is perfect.
Have you tried angel radio for some old recordings. They play old 78's etc. This is the stream to listen live. I think they play old stuff up to 8pm. http://www.angelradio.info/64k.asx Brilliant work. Thanx Steve |
| Name: | pam cymberlist |
| E-mail address: | pammiejune@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I am looking for the words to a veryobscure old song, the chorus goes.. Time Gentlemen please, gents
time gentlemen pleas. The Barman will roar as he standds by the door, it's gone the half hour and I'll draw you no more. past parliament time gents, you look rather queer at the knees, by the steps stands your wife, get along your alright, for it's time gentlemen please I last hear my granny singing this in about l969. Help. |
| Name: | Graham Underhill |
| E-mail address: | graham@clemjem.plus.com |
| Comments: | Thank you I have been looking for 'Trafalgar Square' and ''ouses in between' for a long time |
| Name: | Liz |
| E-mail address: | zarli2@paradise.net.nz |
| Comments: | so interesting and informative.
Would like to find the words and history to a couple of songs my granmother used to sing...can only remember fragments. " She's mad barmy daft, she'll never be right again. she drank a pint of parrafin oil and thought it was whiskey hot" |
| Name: | Mark Rimmell |
| E-mail address: | m.rimmell@btopenworld.com |
| Comments: | A great site..I have many hundreds which I am just getting around to listing...Many I bought unused from Francis Day and Hunter in the 1960s.They are mostly dated 1900 to 1920s....I loved some of the titles 'The Lips that touched kippers shall never touch mine ".'On The Old Back Seat of The Henry Ford'....'Cousin Claras' Crazy over Kippers ' etc..etc....All the performers of the day from Vesta Tilley ,Dan Leno, Harry Lauder, Daisy Dormer ....I have many framed up in the kitchen and the bathroom..Enough !!!! Againa great site...Thanks...Mark Rimmell. |
| Name: | Sue |
| E-mail address: | suewheeldon@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | I am looking for the lyrics (& music) to Joshua, Joshua, light of my life of course you are
Anyone know where I can find them? Spent hours hunting the net to no avail. |
| Name: | Tracy Carter |
| E-mail address: | cartersfamily@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Thank you for a little piece of my home life... my mother loved these songs.
Tracy |
| Name: | John |
| E-mail address: | johnjoyfield@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | great site, hope someone can help find all the words to this little song; Little rover roam all over
but don't forget to come back home Fly away your longing to go fly away but some day you'l know Eastwards-westwards homewards bestwards when your blue all alone I know one more verse but would like to know more about the song and who sung it |
| Name: | Jan Lloyd |
| E-mail address: | mjlloydy@blueyonder.co.uk |
| Comments: | Fantastic site. we are preparing for a friend's 70th birthday in Devon in March and have been looking for Edwardian turns as you might say. Spoilt for choice here. Can't wait for the Ask a policeman as this would be appropriate for us.
Great |
| Name: | Hedley |
| E-mail address: | hedthorne@tiscali.co.uk |
| Comments: | Yet another great site. My love affair with music hall started about 15 years ago when someone introduced me to the works of Max Miller.
I dont suppose anyone out there has got the words to "The end of my old cigar" which Harry Champion sang in his usual style? Keep up the good work, I shall be visiting with interest!! |
| Name: | Roy |
| E-mail address: | valroyscott@tiscali.co.uk |
| Comments: | I am trying to find the words of a song which my Father used to sing at parties, not sure of its title but it may have been : `Come Inside You Silly Fellow Come Inside` Or `Act A Little Silly and Become A Lunatic`.Enjoyed the site remembering many of the songs that my grandparents and parents sang at parties. |
| Name: | Roy |
| E-mail address: | valroyscott@tiscali.co.uk |
| Comments: | I am trying to find the words of a song which my Father used to sing at parties, not sure of its title but it may have been : `Come Inside You Silly Fellow Come Inside` Or `Act A Little Silly and Become A Lunatic`.Enjoyed the site remembering many of the songs that my grandparents and parents sang at parties. |
| Name: | Paul Hewitt |
| E-mail address: | kv9999e50ster@googlemail.com |
| Comments: | Congratulations! What a great site! I'll be back. |
| Name: | Ruth Ann Smith |
| E-mail address: | ruth.smith6@btopenworld.com |
| Comments: | I am thoroughly enjoying your site. My Father, as a boy, sang in the local picture house whilst the reels were being swapped over. This would be after the First World War. He attempted to teach me quite a few of the songs. Two I have never been able to find are....
Dripping and bread for my Supper. This might be just the first line rather than the title.And---- It makes me sick, that a girl like me can't click. I wish somebody would come around and take me in the wood.etc. Not an ideal song for a young girl!I used to think the click meant a 'click' with your fingers. Ruth |
| Name: | Margaret |
| E-mail address: | pollitt@xtra.co.nz |
| Comments: | I am trying to find all the words to a music hall song my grandfather sang to my mother, my mother sang to me and I sang to my kids - or at least the bits we could remember. The chorus is: "I am a young colleen, I'm straight out from Ireland and all of the boys seem to chase after me. They think cos I'm Irish, there's green in me uptake, but ach they'll soon find that there's no green in me. I know which from whether and one from the eather. I know all their tricks and their lutherin' ways. So when they come round with their coaxin' and nashin' I only look at them and to them I say ... aaaarrah go on, you're only teasin','pon m' word you're mighty awful, lemme alone you're mighty pleasin', arrah go on, go widja go way, go widja go way go on!" Mum used to be able to sing the best part of 3 verses, one about a hod carrier, one about a policeman and one about the singer's true love, a soldier. I know most of the first verse, but I'd really love the words to the rest. Can anyone help? |
| Name: | Lynda Westwood |
| E-mail address: | lyndawestwood@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | Thank you Pete for your help and the most informative and useful site for finding lyrics to old time songs. I have enjoyed spending hours listening to the old songs. |
| Name: | Keith Rowe |
| E-mail address: | calliope_13@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Great site - like several others, I'm looking for a song, but I don't even know if it exists, or was just improvised by a not-so-sober friend some years ago. The only line I can remember is "Turn Herbert's Face To the Wall, Mother" - I can't find it on the web anywhere, using any search engine.
Thanks Keith |
| Name: | Denis Swift |
| E-mail address: | denisswift@talktalk.net |
| Comments: | Found your site looking for songs suitable for an Alzheimer's singing group.
I think it'll be a great help! |
| Name: | Paul Francis |
| E-mail address: | learn@juniorsuk.com |
| Comments: | What a pleasant site to find and so enjoyable. My Old dutch by Peter sellers, I thought I would never hear it again. What a bonus, Roy Hudd as well.
Thank you |
| Name: | Islander |
| E-mail address: | boracay_islander@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Great website! Do you know where I might find THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO? |
| Name: | Ken Poole |
| E-mail address: | kpvp@xtra.co.nz |
| Comments: | Great Site thanks I am trying to find a song I believe to be Mister Galager & Mr Sheen can you help |
| Name: | Ken Poole |
| E-mail address: | kpvp@xtra.co.nz |
| Comments: | Great Site thanks |
| Name: | Victor Monger |
| E-mail address: | victor@vic5805.plus.com |
| Comments: | What a wonderful suprise. Born in Bethnal Green but went to the Hackney Empire every Monday night. I still sing our songs, alas to myself now. Many thanks. |
| Name: | Roberta Van Anda |
| E-mail address: | avananda@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Thank you SO much for this wonderful site. I am writing and putting on a Music Hall as a fundraiser for the English Speaking Union, and this site has given me many wonderful ideas. |
| Name: | Aaron |
| E-mail address: | sappersmrf@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Excellent website!
I have been looking for these songs for years and i finally found them. A fun site filled with great songs. Thank you |
| Name: | len leman |
| E-mail address: | llenleman@aol.com |
| Comments: | Congratulations on a splendid collection of old music hall songs ! I can remember most of them being performed by their various artists at the old Finsbury Park Empire ( now, alas, long gone ) Thank you so much for your efforts.
Len Leman |
| Name: | len leman |
| E-mail address: | llenleman@aol.com |
| Comments: | Congratulations on a splendid collection of old music hall songs ! I can remember most of them being performed by their various artists at the old Finsbury Park Empire ( now, alas, long gone ) Thank you so much for your efforts.
Len Leman |
| Name: | Howard Leigh- Canada |
| E-mail address: | hleigh@rogers.com |
| Comments: | Thanks a million for all the time and effort that went into this site. It is a joy to see and hear song and voices from the past! I was especially excited to read the Lambeth Walk lyrics -- a wonderful tune sung and played within a WWII tribute-play created by an Ottawa area writer and presented at our new Canadian War Museum
Thanks again, Howie PS: I really should record a piano or Midi version of "Till We Meet Again" for you -- for free ! Mind you, my voice is not match for my keyboards ! |
| Name: | Bruce Nesset |
| E-mail address: | bknesset@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Great, I found some information that I have been looking for from the World War I era.
Bruce |
| Name: | Fred Birt |
| E-mail address: | frebren@optusnet.com.au |
| Comments: | Mate, you have a fantastic sight. Originally from Bristol I now live in Australia. My daughter is directing a music hall show next March "At Enormous Expence", and I have been given the task of finding the lyrics and scores of as many suitable songs as possible. Hence my contact with your site. Keep up the good work; you have been a blessing in disguise. Fred |