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THE WATER GIPSIES - MCSR 3033

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Vivian Ellis and A P Herbert’s final musical, seen in London in 1955, was a pastoral hymn to the canal boats and the families that lived on them. The original cast recording starring Dora Bryan, Laurie Payne and Pamela Charles is here joined by the lush cover version directed by Cyril Ornadel, with a stellar cast headed by Joan Sims, Vanessa Lee and Bruce Trent. Less operatic than the earlier Ellis-Herbert musicals such as Bless The Bride and Tough At The Top, The Water Gipsies is the best attempt the author and composer made at writing a 'modern' score, without losing that comforting old-fashionedness that gives them their particular allure! The bonus tracks feature another British comedienne, Cicely Courtneidge.

With:   Dora Bryan, Laurie Payne, Pamela Charles, Joan Sims,

            Vanessa Lee

 

 
 

 

Tracks:

   

Original London cast

  1. Overture
  2. Why did you call me Lily?
  3. Clip Clop
  4. I should worry (Listen...)
  5. When I’m washing up
  6. Jane’s prayer
  7. Lily’s tale
  8. He doesn’t care
  9. Castles and hearts and roses
  10. Peace and quiet / Little boat
  11. Why should spring have all the flowers?
  12. This is our secret
  13. It would cramp my style
  14. You never know with men

 

 

Original cover version

  1. Castles and hearts and roses
  2. When I’m washing up (Listen...)
  3. It would cramp my style
  4. Peace and quiet
  5. I’m not a jealous woman
  6. This is our secret (Listen...)
  7. Here’s mud in your eye
  8. Clip Clop
  9. You never know with men
  10. Jane’s prayer
  11. Ah, little boat!
  12. He doesn’t care
  13. Finale

Bonus tracks: Cicely Courtneidge

  1. Home
  2. There’s something about a soldier
  3. Laughing gas
  4. We’ll all go riding on a rainbow