Malcolm White in Sheerness - 26 December, 1915
from Two Men: A Memoir, page 135:
Steuart Wilson and I went to hear Sapellnikoff yesterday in that same Hippodrome, and a woman sang the worst songs in Europe.
'Once in an old-world English country town,
I met a maid
Gowned in brown;
It quite enhanced her loveliness'
The notes were rather worse than the words, but it ended with a change of key and on a top A, so we all applauded loudly and shivered, and I took in my Sam Browne belt one.
cite as
Hugh Howson, Two Men: A Memoir (), p. 135. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435570114618 accessed: 11 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersSongs | performed by Unknown singer, Wassilly Spelnikoff |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 26 December, 1915 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Letter from Malcolm White to H.E.E. Howson (27th Dec 1915)
Originally submitted by sp327 on Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:28:34 +0100
Approved on Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:45:28 +0000