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Music hall songs

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Music hall songs were sung in the music halls by a variety of artistes. Most of them were comic in nature. There are a very large number of music hall songs, and most of them have been forgotten. In London, between 1900 and 1910, a single publishing company, Francis, Day and Hunter, published between forty and fifty songs a month.

Examples

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They number in their tens of thousands and include the following:

Bawdy examples

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Many of the following burlesque songs, which were written before the First World War, continue to be sung today in certain British Rugby Football clubs.

References

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  • Peter Gammond (1973) Your Own, Your Very Own!: A Music Hall Scrapbook. London: Ian Allan, ISBN 9780711004306

Notes

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  1. ^ "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" (MP3). Archive.org. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". Archived from the original (MP3) on 2007-11-29. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Vesta Victoria : Waiting At The Church" (MP3). Archive.org. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ ""Dinah, Dinah" Song Lyrics w/Free MP3 Download". Horntip.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Forbidden Music: A Naughty Records & Hokum Discography (Page 2) - Slipcue.Com Music Guide". Slipcue.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  6. ^ "【第二新卒の転職サイト】おすすめの転職エージェント12社を比較ランキング". Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  7. ^ "Music Hall Songs". Trasksdad.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.