Programme 15

New Years Eve Special - 2006/7

 

On

Resonance

104.4 fm

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Title
Performer
Label
Ser
Mx
Rec Date
Composer

Caravan

Bohemian Band

Edison Bell Winner

3741

7503 O

Nov 1922

Gene Williams

1912 Panto Hits - Pt 3

King's Military Band

Columbia-Rena

1784

27815

Jan 1912

arr: Ketelby

- I Don't Care What Becomes of Me

- O'Brien

- Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland

- Just Like Being at Home

- The Ideal of my Dreams

Bells of Auld Lang Syne

Royal Military Band

E.B. Winner

2219

241Y

Dec 1912

Partridge

What Your Birth Stars Fortell - July

R.H. Naylor

Eclipse

JW1359

JW1359

Jly 1933

R.H.Naylor

50 Years of Song

London Palladium Orchestra - cond:Richard Crean

HMV

C2624

2B4653 Blum II 4654 Blum IV

Aug 1933

The Miner's Dream of Home

Frank Williams

Zonophone

78

9088e / T-2065

Oct 1908

Under the Bed

Nellie Wallace

HMV

B3034

Bb16101-2 W

March 1929

Wallace

The Quaker Girl - Vocal Gems

Light Opera Company

HMV

C2015

Cc18877-1W / Cc19377-IIw

April 1930

Monckton

- Opening Chorus

- A Quaker Girl

- A Dancing Lesson

- Valse lente

- Entrance of Quakers

- Barbizon

- Tip-Toes

- Tony from America

- O, Time, Time

- Mr. Jerimiah Esquire

- Couleur de Rose

- Come to the Ball

1912 Panto Hits - Pt 4

King's Military Band

Columbia-Rena

1784

27819

Jan 1912

arr: Ketelby

- Winter

- Meet Me in Kellyland

- Hallo, Here Comes a Jolly Sailor

- Mamie May

- I Like Your Apron and Your Bonnet

- Play Another Before You Go

Casse Noisette Suite

BBC Symphony Orchestra cond. Percy Pitt

Columbia

9261

WAX2909-1

29 Jun 1927

Tschaikowsky

- Danse da la Fee Draguee

- Danse des Mirlitons

Cupid's Serenade

Frank Westfield's Orchestra

Parlophone

E5752

W1199

1927

Roche

Bow Bells

Billy Whitlock with Orch. Acc.

Meloto

S-1328

2689

Whitlock

A Day's Broadcasting Pts 1&2

Clapham & Dwyer

Columbia

4745

WA6797 / WA6796

Jan 1928

Clapham & Dwyer

 

 

A Fortune-Telling Record

 

"The Miner's Dream of Home" (1891)

Words by Will Godwin, 18??-1913

Music by Leo Dryden, 18??-1939

 

1.

It is ten weary years since I left England's shore,

In a far distant country to roam,

How I long to return to my own native land,

To my friends and the old folks at home!

Last night, as I slumbered, I had a strange dream,

One that seemed to bring distant friends near,

I dream of Old England, the land of my birth,

To the heart of her sons ever dear.

 

CHORUS [sung twice after each verse]

I saw the old homestead and faces I love,

I saw England's valleys and dells,

I listen'd with joy, as I did when a boy,

To the sound of the old village bells.

The log was burning brightly,

'Twas a night that should banish all sin,

For the bells went ringing the old year out,

And the new year in.

 

2.

While the joyous bells rang swift I wended my way

To the cot where I lived when a boy;

And I looked in the window, Yes! there by the fire,

Sat my parents! my heart filled with joy.

The tears trickled down my bronzed, furrowed cheek

As I gazed on my mother so dear,

I knew in my heart she was raising a prayer

For the boy whom she dreamt not was near!

 

3.

As the door of the cottage we met face to face,

'Twas the first time for ten weary years;

Soon the past was forgotten, we stood hand in hand,

Father, mother, and wand'rer in tears!

Once more in the fireplace the oak log burns bright,

And I promised no more would I roam;

As I sat in the old vacant chair by the hearth,

And I sang the dear song 'Home, Sweet Home!' 

 

USEFUL REFERENCES:

The History of Broadcasting in the U.K.

"The Birth of Broadcasting" by Asa Briggs (Oxford University Press 1961)

The Quaker Girl

"London Musical Shows on Record, 1897 - 1976" by Brian Rust (General Gramophone Publications 1976)

Synopsis

Complete Libretto and MIDI download

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