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Thread #1479   Message #2226304
Posted By: GUEST,SteveGardham
01-Jan-08 - 03:10 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Sow Song (Suzanna's a Funicle Man)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Sow Song (Suzanna's a Funicle Man)
Got a book for Christmas called 'Tavern Singing in Early Victorian London: The Charles Rice Diaries. He is out singing in the BL area every night for which he is paid. He is usually the comic turn. His diary from Jan 1st 1840 to Oct 12th gives the title of every song he sang each night. Billy Taylor, the burlesque version of William Taylor is an ever-present but 'Little Pigs' is up there with the best.

Happy New Year,
Steve