Vesta Tilley

ASidney's in Civvies again
BI'm a bit of a Blighty One

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: L1317
Genre: Music Hall
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #6243

Vesta Tilley performing 'Sidney's in Civvies Again' and 'I'm a Bit of a Blighty One' on Columbia L1317 — a 12-inch pressing of two of her wartime songs. Tilley was one of the greatest stars of the Victorian and Edwardian music hall, celebrated for her male-impersonation performances, and these wartime recruiting songs are among her most historically resonant recordings.

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AOh let the stormy Winds Blow
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