Music Hall Songs That People Still Know (And Even Sing!)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

"It's A Long Way To Tipperary"
"Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside" (<-- surely the most famous)
"Where Did You Get That Hat?"

...what else?

Comments

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I believe knees up mother brown makes an appearance whenever you find yourself near a piano that goes "plunk"... is that full on music hall though?

(I am pretty sure my knowledge of these will come entirely from BROWNIE CAMP).

[thenipper.livejournal.com]

We performed a Musical Hall school show when I was a genuine nipper, aged 11. Not only did I perform "If You Want to Know The Time", I also recited, from memory, the Stanley Holloway monologue about Albert going to the Tower of London "to gaze upon Ann Boleyn's ghost".

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

A lot of the songs that come to mind immediately are ones I recall learning for a WW2 themed thingie we did in the early years of primary school (lots of mentions of barracks = dead giveaway). And there's a range of songs which in my head are "playground songs" (and have rude versions of course) but come from music hall, eg "Pop Goes The Weasel" I guess!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

PGTW is way earlier I think!

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I am sure they had music halls in a wide defintion of the word in the 17th century um er look I said I didn't know ALRIGHT :)

i met a mang all DRESSED IN LEATHER

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

pop eats its weasel -- like all nursery songs evah -- is of course actually about the PLAGUE

Re: i met a mang all DRESSED IN LEATHER

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Did they give it the full music hall treatments though?! (ie manicure pedicure and deep conditioner)