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1. Overture - Orchestra
2. Why Did You Call Me Lily? - Dora Bryan
3. Clip-Clop - Laurie Payne
4. I Should Worry - Roy Godfrey & Dora Bryan
5. When I'm Washing Up - Pamela Charles
6. Jane's Prayer - Pamela Charles7. Lily's Tale - Dora Bryan
8. He Doesn't Care - Pamela Charles & Peter Graves
9. Castles And Hearts And Roses - Laurie Payne
10. (i) Peace And Quiet - Ernest Butcher (ii) Little Boat - Pamela Charles and Laurie Payne
11. Why Should Spring Have All The Flowers? - Doris Hare & Jerry Verno
12. This Is Our Secret - Peter Graves & Pamela Charles
13. It Would Cramp My Style - Dora Bryan & Roy Godfrey
14. You Never Know With Men - Dora Bryan
BONUS TRACKS
15. Here's Mud In Your Eye - Chorus
16. I'm Not A Jealous Woman - Joan Sims
17. Finale - Chorus
18. I'm So Terribly In Love With You - Robert English
19. HI Never Dreamt (You'd Fall In Love With Me) - Lido Dance Orchestra
20. My Heart Is Saying - The Four Bright Sparks with Billy Milton
21. "Little Tommy Tucker" Selection - The Million-Airs
22. You Looked At Me - Olive Groves & Cliff Connelly
23. My Heart's A Compass - Olive Groves & Cliff Connelly
24. You Have That Extra Something - Phyllis Stanley & Arthur Riscoe
25. Three Songs from "Big Ben" - Vivian Ellis at the Piano
26. Three Waltzes from "Big Ben" - Vivian Ellis at the Piano27. Selections from "Tough At The Top" Part One - Vivian Ellis at the Piano
28. Selections from "Tough At The Top" Part Two - Vivian Ellis at the Piano29. The Music from "And So To Bed" Part One - Vivian Ellis at the Piano30. The Music from "And So To Bed" Part Two - Vivian Ellis at the Piano
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Title:
The
Water
Gipsies
plus
Bonus
Tracks
Artist:
Original
London
Cast
-
Dora
Bryan,
Peter
Graves,
Doris
Hare,
Wallas
Eaton
etc
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1060
Barcode:
5055122110606
Release
Date:
10
January
2006
Vivian
Ellis
was
one
of
Britain's
most
prolific
twentieth
century
composers,
yet
his
name
is
now
perhaps
most
associated
with
the
musical
award
bearing
his
name.
His
many
successes
include
the
hit
West
End
musicals
Mr.
Cinders
and
Bless
the
Bride.
The
latter
show
was
a
collaboration
between
Ellis
and
A.
P.
Herbert,
the
politician
and
writer.
The
Water
Gipsies
was
originally
a
film
in
1931
in
which
Ellis
contributed
music
to
a
song
"Little
Boat"
with
lyrics
by
Herbert.
It
was
to
this
the
pair
returned
in
1955
for
an
updated
musical
version
for
which
the
"Little
Boat"
song
was
retained.
The
Water
Gipsies
is
set
on
a
barge
moored
on
the
Thames
at
Hammersmith
in
London.
Albert,
the
owner,
has
two
daughters
-
good-time
girl
Lily
and
light
headed
Jane.
Both
girls
have
issues
with
their
men,
but
all
ends
well.
The
show
was
staged
at
London's
Winter
Garden
theatre
and
ran
for
239
performances,
a
run
much
shorter
than
anticipated
since
Dora
Bryan,
who
stole
all
the
notices
playing
Lily,
fell
pregnant
and
had
to
leave.
In
addition
to
the
original
cast
recording
here,
for
bonus
tracks
we
have
found
some
very
rare
Ellis
compositions
recorded
in
the
1920s
and
1930s.
Also
included
are
tracks
performed
on
the
piano
by
Vivian
Ellis.
The
16
page
CD
booklet
contains
production
shots
and
photos
of
some
cast
members.
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