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1. "There was I, waiting at the church,
Waiting at the church, waiting at the church
When I found he'd left me in the lurch
Lor how it did upset me!"
This music hall favourite, made famous by Vesta Victoria, was quoted in a momentous speech made in 1978 by the British Prime Minister of the time. Who was he?
2. "Champagne Charlie is my name
Champagne drinking is my game
There is nothing quite like fizz, fizz, fizz
I'll drink every drop there is, is, is"
One of the first music hall songs to take the country by storm, "Champagne Charlie" was reputedly sung by the crowd at Britain's last public execution in 1868. George Leybourne, the man who made it famous, was portrayed in the 1944 film "Champagne Charlie" by which Cockney comedian?
3. "We've been together now for forty years
And it don't seem a day too much
There ain't a lady living in the land
As I'd swop for my dear old dutch"
The music hall artist who popularised this song was in fact a former legitimate actor of non-English ancestry. That didn't prevent him from starting the tradition of coster (Cockney trader) songs. Who was he?
4. "Any old iron, any old iron
Any, any, any old iron
You look neat, talk about a treat
You look dapper from your napper to your feet"
Peter Sellers entered the UK charts in 1957 with his version of this song, but which music hall legend originally made it famous? (He must have known he was on to a winner.)
5. "I'm for ever blowing bubbles
Pretty bubbles in the air
They fly so high, nearly reach the sky
Then like my dreams they fade and die"
This American song was first heard in the Broadway musical "The Passing Show of 1918", but later became popular in the British music halls. It is now associated with which London football club?
6. "I'm 'Enery The Eighth I am
'Enery The Eighth I am, I am
I got married to the widow next door
She's been married seven times before"
Sung by Patrick Swayze in the 1990 film "Ghost", this song had previously been an American chart-topper. Who sang it then?
7. "I'm Burlington Bertie
I rise at ten-thirty
And saunter along like a toff
I walk down the Strand with my gloves on my hands
Then I walk down again with them off"
Long a favourite with male impersonators, "Burlington Bertie From Bow" was introduced by Ella Shields in 1915. It name-checks a 19th century British Prime Minister - which one?
8. "As I walk along the Bois de Boulogne
With an independent air
You can hear the girls declare
He must be a millionaire!"
Featured in the films "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Lawrence of Arabia", the song "The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo" was popularised by which music hall artist?
9. "Come, come, come and make eyes at me
Down at the Old Bull and Bush
Come, come, drink some port wine with me
Down at the Old Bull and Bush"
Originally an American beer garden song commissioned by the Anheuser-Busch brewing company, "Down at the Old Bull and Bush" formed part of the repertoire of Australian artiste Florrie Forde. It was always sung at the end of which long-running British TV show?
10. "My old man said follow the van
And don't dilly-dally on the way
Off went the van with my home packed in it
I walked behind with my old cock linnet"
Which British Prime Minister, himself the son of a music hall entertainer, wrote a history of the music hall entitled "My Old Man"?
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