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Thread #141122   Message #3246099
Posted By: MGM·Lion
28-Oct-11 - 10:26 AM
Thread Name: Music hall singers funny accent
Subject: RE: Music hall singers funny accent
Listen to the great Gus Elen singing It's A Great Big Shame, aka I'm Blowed if he can Call Himself His Own, by Edgar Bateman & G Le Brunn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9_YHS63hiw

Not all the words that clear ~ the recording dates from very early days, about 1900, (& must have been collated with silent film, as there were no 'talkies' then'? ~ or, as he lived 1862 - 1940, perhaps he re-recorded it in old age?). But the chorus "It's a great big shame, and if she belonged to me, I'd show her who was who; ... a-naggin' at a fellow who is 6'3" and her only 5'2"" is perfectly clear; & the cockney accent of that period is fascinating.

~Michael~