Down At The Old Bull And Bush ... Hello! Hello! Who's Your Lady Friend ... For the people, about the people - this largely forgotten pre-war musical genre is uniquely British. Heart lifting songs full of humour, grit, common values, truisms and genuine British spirit.
The Glorious Old Time Music Hall
Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo - Charles Coborn * Any Iron Old Iron - Harry Champion * The Lion And Albert - Stanley Holloway * Underneath The Arches - Flanagan & Allen * Cheeky Chappie - Max Miller * Bee Song - Arthur Askey * Me And My Tune - Max Wall * Der Fuehrer's Face - Tommy Trinder * First Time I've Done That - George Robey * Leaning On The Lampost - George Formby * Everything Stops For Tea - Jack Buchanan. And many, many more!
Disc 1
1
The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo
Charles Coborn
2
I Belong To Glasgow
Will Fyfe
3
It's The First Time I've Ever Done That
George Robey
4
Don't Have Any More, Missus Moore
Lily Morris
5
Keep Right On To The End Of The Road
Harry Lauder
6
She Was Poor But She Was Honest
Billy Bennett
7
The Laughing Policeman
Charles Penrose
8
Down At The Old Bull And Bush
Florrie Ford
9
Any Old Iron?
Harry Champion
10
When Father Papered The Parlour
Billy Williams
11
Jolly Good Luck To The Girl Who Loves A Soldier
Vesta Tilley
12
Lily Of Laguna
Eugene Stratton
13
The Whistling Bowery Boy
Albert Whelan
14
The Grandfather's Clock
George Formby, Snr
15
Joshua
Clarice Mayne
16
A Little Of What You Fancy
Marie Lloyd
17
Burlington Bertie From Bow
Ella Shields
18
Hello, Hello Who's Your Lady Friend
Harry Fragson
19
Silver Bell
Gertie Gitana
20
On The Margate Boat
Lily Langtry
21
If It Wasn't For The 'ouses In Between
Gus Elen
22
Wait 'til I'm His Father
Dan Leno
23
Our Little Nipper
Albert Chevalier
Disc 2
1
The Bee Song
Arthur Askey
2
The Lion And Albert
Stanley Holloway
3
Joe Ramsbottom Buys A Piano
Norman Evans
4
Mary From The Dairy
Max Miller
5
A Surrealist Alphabet
Clapham and Dwyer
6
Walter, Walter (Lead Me To The Altar)
Gracie Fields
7
When I'm Cleaning Windows
George Formby
8
Ain't It Grand to Be Bloomin' Well Dead
Leslie Sarony
9
Shirts
Lupino Laine
10
Cheeke Chappie
Max Miller
11
Leaning On A Lamp Post
George Formby
12
Convict 99
Will Hay
13
Nobody Loves A Fairy When She's Forty
Tessie O'Shea
14
(We're Gonna Hang Out) The Washing On The Siegfried Line
Elsie & Doris Waters
15
I Don't Do Things Like That
Tommy Trinder
16
Little Betty Bouncer
Flotsam & Jetsam
17
The Coronation Girls
Elsie & Doris Waters
18
Play The Game, You Cads!
The Western Boys
19
Underneath The Arches
Flanagan & Allen
20
With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm
Stanley Holloway
21
Everything Stops For Tea
Jack Buchanan
22
Little Dolly Daydream
GH Elliott
23
The Biggest Aspidistra In The World
Gracie Fields
Disc 3
1
We're In The Army Now
Fred Emney & Leslie Henson
2
When You're In Love
Ronnie Ronalde
3
The Home Guard (The Day War Broke Out)
Robb Wilton
4
Confidentially
Reg Dixon
5
Der Fuehrer's Face
Tommy Trinder
6
Sid Plays Golf
Sid Field & Jerry Desmond
7
Bless 'Em All
George Formby
8
Me An' Old Charlie
Bernard Miles
9
Let Bygones Be Bygones
Issy Bonn
10
FDR Jones
Flanagan & Allen
11
In The Deepest Shelter In Town
Florence Desmond
12
Blackout Bells
Douglas Byng
13
In A Shady Nook (By A Babbling Brook)
Donald Peers
14
So Deep Is The Night
Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth
15
Who Is That Man (Who Looks Like Charlie Chaplin)
Tommy Handley
16
Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major
Arthur Askey
17
Sam Goes To It
Stanley Holloway
18
Tells A Couple
Cyril Fletcher
19
The Sound of Silence
Nosmo King
20
I Fell In Love With An Airman
Tessie O'Shea
21
Three Little Fishes
Frankie Howerd
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