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

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

101	Albert and the Lion	Wallace House	03:25
102	The Return of Albert	Wallace House	03:31
103	Albert and the `Eadsman	Wallace House	03:55
104	Runcorn Ferry (Tuppence per Person per Trip)	Wallace House	03:05
105	The Jubilee Sov'rin	Wallace House	03:19
106	Goalkeeper Joe	Wallace House	03:14
201	Little Aggie	Wallace House	03:13
202	The Night before Waterloo	Wallace House	03:29
203	Marksman Sam	Wallace House	03:18
204	Alt, `Oo Goes Theer?	Wallace House	03:17
205	The Magna Charter	Wallace House	03:12
206	The Battle of Hastings	Wallace House	03:17
207	Gunner Joe	Wallace House	03:12
208	Three `Appence a Foot	Wallace House	03:47