Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas

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Anstey F.. Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas

INTRODUCTION

MODEL MUSIC HALL. SONGS

i.– THE PATRIOTIC

ii.– THE TOPICAL-POLITICAL

iii.– A DEMOCRATIC DITTY

iv.– THE IDYLLIC

v.– THE AMATORY EPISODIC

vi.– THE CHIVALROUS

vii.– THE FRANKLY CANAILLE

viii.– THE DRAMATIC SCENA

ix.– THE DUETTISTS

x.– DISINTERESTED PASSION

xi.– THE PANEGYRIC PATTER

xii.– THE PLAINTIVELY PATHETIC

xiii.– THE MILITARY IMPERSONATOR

MODEL MUSIC HALL. DRAMAS

i. – THE LITTLE CROSSING-SWEEPER

ii.– JOE, THE JAM-EATER

iii.– THE MAN-TRAP

iv.– THE FATAL PIN

v.– BRUNETTE AND BLANCHIDINE

vi. – COMING OF AGE

vii.– RECLAIMED!

viii.– JACK PARKER;

ix.– UNDER THE HARROW

x.– TOMMY AND HIS SISTER JANE

xi.– THE RIVAL DOLLS

xii.– CONRAD; OR, THE THUMBSUCKER

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This stirring ditty – so thoroughly sound and practical under all its sentiment – has been specially designed to harmonise with the recently altered tone of Music-hall audiences, in which a spirit of enlightened Radicalism is at last happily discernible. It is hoped that, both in rhyme and metre, the verses will satisfy the requirements of this most elegant form of composition. The song is intended to be shouted through music in the usual manner by a singer in evening dress, who should carry a small Union Jack carelessly thrust inside his waistcoat. The title is short but taking: —

This song, if sung with any spirit, should, Mr. Punch thinks, cause a positive furore in any truly patriotic gathering, and possibly go some way towards influencing the decision of the country, and consequently the fate of the Empire, in the next General Elections. In the meantime it is at the service of any Champion Music Hall Comique who is capable of appreciating it.

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Spoken– Yes, and when I'm passing down the oil, on Chorley's arm, with everybody looking at me, —

The history of a singer's latest love – whether fortunate or otherwise – will always command the interest and attention of a Music-hall audience. Our example, which is founded upon the very best precedents, derives an additional piquancy from the social position of the beloved object. Cultivated readers are requested not to shudder at the rhymes. Mr. Punch's Poet does them deliberately and in cold blood, being convinced that without these somewhat daring concords, no ditty would have the slightest chance of satisfying the great ear of the Music-hall public.

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