Hey! Ho! Can’t You Hear The Steamer?

 

 


Hey Ho Can't You Hear The Steamer?
Hey! Ho! Can't You Hear The Steamer? (Australian)
Image source:
National Library of Australia,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an11556956
Cinch 5136


Listen to a 1913 recording by Bert Courtney.
 

 

Music by Fred Godfrey, words by Harry Gifford; Star Music “Popsy Wopsy Lancers” sheet music also credits Ella Retford — London: Star Music; Bert Feldman, 1913; Melboune: Dinsdales’, 1913; originally assigned to, but never recorded by,
Billy Williams. Interpolated by Dorothy Firmin in pantomime, Forty Thieves (Sydney, 1913).

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Hey! Ho! Can't You Hear The Steamer (from medley)Columbia-Rena 2178Coliseum 506Marathon 304

 

 

 

 

Recordings

Jack Charman (Pathé 8777, 1913); as “Arthur Boynton” (Jumbo A605, 1913)

Bert Courtney (Cinch 5136, 1913)

Harry Cove (Marathon 304, 1913)

——— & Jack Charman as “Ted Yorke” (The Winner 2396, 1913)

Stanley Kirkby (Columbia-Rena 2178, 1913; Canadian HMV 120177, ca. 1915; Zonophone Twin 1085, 1913)

W. Raymond (Clarion 850, 1913) [cylinder]

Daisy Taylor (Edison Blue Amberol 23213, 1913?) [cylinder]

Fred Marsden (Coliseum 506, 1914)

Ella Retford, in “Ella Retford Songs Medley” (Regal Zonophone MR-205, 1930); reissued on LP “The Greatest Music Hall Bill Ever Assembled” (Music For Pleasure, MFP-1146, ca. early 1960s); reissued on compact disc “Top Of The Bill” (Pearl PAST CD 9753, 1992)