On 26 Jul 10 - 07:03 AM, GUEST,Patsy Warren wrote

Stanley Holloway did a monologue song (if that counts) I can't quite remember the title but it was a boy who got too close to a lion in a cage disobeyed and got eaten. It was a droll Northern funniness and I loved it.

That was variously titled "The Lion and Albert" or "Albert and the Lion", written by Marriott Edgar. It was, as usually performed, a recitation rather than a song - certainly that's the way Stanley Holloway performed it (I can't rule out the possibility that someone performed it as a song.) I first heard it performed by Tony Barrand.

I love performing it, and do so every chance I get, even though some would argue that someone with a Washington D.C. Southern drawl should not be attempting a Lancashire accent.

Don