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Albert Ramsbottom, Sam Small and Uthers: English Dialect Readings with Wallace House

Wallace House
Albert Ramsbottom, Sam Small and Uthers: English Dialect Readings with Wallace House
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This collection of traditional English 'songs' is performed by Wallace House (1900–1983), a singer, actor, and dramatic arts professor at New York University who was born in England and grew up in Canada. His English background and study of the various English dialects enabled him to perform with authenticity these dialect readings—essentially poems. All but two of them were written by poet Marriot Edgar (1880–1951), best known for the English dialect monologues he wrote for actor/comedian Stanley Holloway (1890–1982). (Holloway later achieved lasting fame on Broadway and in Hollywood through his portrayal of the father of Eliza Doolittle in the hit musical My Fair Lady.) Wallace House recorded a total of eight albums for Folkways Records.

Track Listing

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Albert and the Lion Wallace House 3:25
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102
The Return of Albert Wallace House 3:31
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103
Albert and the `Eadsman Wallace House 3:55
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104
Runcorn Ferry (Tuppence per Person per Trip) Wallace House 3:05
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105
The Jubilee Sov'rin Wallace House 3:19
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Goalkeeper Joe Wallace House 3:14
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Little Aggie Wallace House 3:13
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202
The Night before Waterloo Wallace House 3:29
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203
Marksman Sam Wallace House 3:18
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204
Alt, `Oo Goes Theer? Wallace House 3:17
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205
The Magna Charter Wallace House 3:12
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206
The Battle of Hastings Wallace House 3:17
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207
Gunner Joe Wallace House 3:12
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208
Three `Appence a Foot Wallace House 3:47

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW09899, FL 9899

Year(s) Released

1954

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

Prose

Country(s)

United Kingdom

Language(s)

English

Credit(s)

Wallace House - Artist
 Ronald Clyne - Designer
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