Florrie Forde (1876-1940)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Flora May Augusta Flannagan, stage-named Florrie Forde, was an Australian popular singer and music hall entertainer born if Fitzroy, Victoria.
In 1892 she made one of her earliest vaudeville performances at the Polytechnic Music Hall in Pitt Street, Sydney. She left for London in 1897 where she lived becoming one of the most popular stars of the early 20th century music hall.
She made her first appearances at the South London Palace, The Pavilion and The Oxford Music Hall, all in London at three music halls in the course of one evening becoming an immediate star. Her recording career started in 1903 and had made some 700 individual recordings by 1936.
During World War I, her most famous songs were :

Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag (1915) by George and Felix Powell
It's A Long Way To Tipperary (1912) by Harry"Williams and Jack Judge
Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty (1916) by by Arthur J. Mills, Fred Godfrey and Bennett Scott
Flanagan (1910) by C.W. Murphy and Will Letters is given in 60 Old-Time Variety Songs

She collapsed and died in Aberdeen, Scotland after singing for troops..

Websites:
	Florrie Forde	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Florrie Forde (1876-1940) has at least 8 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Annie, You're Just Like My Mammy
Music by: Joseph Geo Gilbert.
Words by: Wynn Stanley, Andrew Allen
Perf. by: Florrie Forde

Publisher:	Lawrence Wright Music Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1927.	Sheet Music.

I Ain't Never Been Kissed
Music by: Joseph Geo Gilbert.
Words by: Edgar Leslie
Perf. by: Florrie Forde

Publisher:	Lawrence Wright Music Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1929.	Sheet Music.

Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me)
Music by: Con Conrad.
Words by: Sidney Clare
Perf. by: Florrie Forde

Publisher:	B. Feldman & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1921.	Sheet Music.

Meet Me in Kelly Land
Music by: Worton David.
Words by: C.W. Murphy
Perf. by: Florrie Forde

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1911.	Sheet Music.

Minnetonka Song
Music by: Percy Wenrich.
Words by: Gus Kahn
Perf. by: Florrie Forde

Publisher:	B. Feldman & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1921.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

Pasadena
Music by: Harry Warren.
Co-Author: Grant Clarke, Edgar Leslie
Perf. by: Florrie Forde

Publisher:	Lawrence Wright Music Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1929.	Sheet Music.

We're Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line
Music by: Michael Carr.
Words by: Jimmy Kennedy
Perf. by: Florrie Forde

Publisher:	Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1939.	Sheet Music 2 pages.

You Grow Sweeter As the Years Go By
Words and Music by: Johnny Mercer.
Perf. by: Florrie Forde

Publisher:	B. Feldman & Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1939.	Sheet Music.

CDs

	Title	Remarks	Supplier


	The Golden Age of the Music Hall
	Music Hall

Monologues

Florrie Forde

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	All in Favour	Harry Carlton (words & music) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Anona - Song	Mabel McKinley (words & music) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Barmaid's Song, The	Jimmy Kennedy (words & music) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Dainty Little Dame From Chicago, The	Fred Murray (music) Fred W. Leigh (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Daisy Bell	Harry Dacre (words & music) Florrie Forde (perf.) Katie Lawrence (perf.)
	Down at the Old Bull and Bush	Harry von Tilzer (music) A. B. Sterling (words) R. Hunting (words) P. Krone (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Down, Down, Down in Devonshire	George A. Stevens (words & music) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Fair, Fat and Forty	Bert Lee (music) R P Weston (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Flanagan	C.W. Murphy (music) Will Letters (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Forty Fousand Frushes	J.P. Long (words & music) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	From Poverty Street to Golden Square	Herbert Rule (music) Paul Pelman (words) Kate Carney (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	⇑Girls, Study Your Cookery Books	Maurice Scott (music) Joe Burley (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Good-Bye London Town	J. Charles Moore (music) E. W. Rogers (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Good-Bye-Ee	Bert Lee (music) R P Weston (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly!	C.W. Murphy (music) Will Letters (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Has Anyone Seen a German Band?	Bennett Scott (music) A.J. Mills (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Hold Your Hand Out You Naughty Boy	C.W. Murphy (music) Worton David (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	How'd You Like to Spoon With Me?	Jerome Kern (music) Edward Laska (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	In the Valley of Golden Dreams	C.W. Murphy (music) Worton David (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	It Pays to Advertise	Neil Williams (music) Jack O'Hagan (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary	Jack Judge (music) Harry Williams (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	It's Nice to Have a Friend	Harry Gifford (music) Tom Mellor (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	I've Been Out With Charlie Brown	Bennett Scott (music) A J Mills (words) G. Lashwood (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	⇑Jerry-Jeremiah	Unknown (words & music) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	K-K-K-Kiss Me Again	Andrew Allen (music) Wynn Stanley (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Like a Good Little Wife Should Do	Walter P. Keen (music) Leigh (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Man and Wife Should Always Pull Together	C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Oh Flo! Did You But Know!	Walter P. Keen (words & music) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Oh, Oh, Antonio	C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag	Felix Powell (music) George Asaf (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Polish Up the Handle on the Door	Dan Lipton (music) C. W. Murphy (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	She's a Lassie From Lancashire	C.W. Murphy (music) Dan Lipton (words) John Neath (words) Ella Retford (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Swing Me Higher, Obadiah	Maurice Scott (music) Alfred E. Rick (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Waltz Me Around Again, Willie	Ren Shields (music) Will D. Cobb (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	We're All Good Pals at Last	Horatio Nicholls (words & music) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	⇑What Happened to the Manx Cat's Tail?	Dan Leno Jr., Dan (words & music) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	When the Fields Are White With Daisies	W. A. Pratt (music) C. M. Denison (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Who's the Girl You're Going to Meet Tonight?	Bert Lee (music) W. David (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
	Yes, We Have No Bananas	Irving Cohn (music) Frank Silver (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)

	Title	Composer	Comments


Ca-Bages, Ca-Beans, Car-Rots	Wynn Stanley	Kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
Come and Hear Him Play His Oom-Ter-Ar-A	Charles Collins	Edison Amberol: 12061 at USCB
Girl Who Was Never Used to It, A	Orlando Powell	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 14015 at USCB
Girls, Study Your Cookery Books	Maurice Scott	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 13715 at USCB
He Never Has Been Known to Miss the Target	Unknown	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 13765 at USCB
Hold Your Hand Out You Naughty Boy	C.W. Murphy	Edison Blue Amberol: 23118 at USCB
Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy	Worton David	Kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside	John A. Glover-Kind	Kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
I've Been Out With Charlie Brown	Bennett Scott	Edison Amberol: 12136 at USCB
In the Snow, Snow, Snow	Unknown	Edison Bell Record: 6236 at USCB
Is Everybody Happy?	Unknown	Kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
Keep on Swinging Me, Charlie	Unknown	Edison Blue Amberol: 23006 at USCB
Keep Straight Down the Road	Lawrence Wright	Edison Blue Amberol: 23051 at USCB
Life Is Like a Game of See Saw	G.W. Hunt	Edison Amberol: 12069 at USCB
My Boy	Robert P. Weston	Edison Blue Amberol: 23030 at USCB
No Grousing!	Robert P. Weston	Kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
⇑O'Brien	C.W. Murphy	Edison Amberol: 12346 at USCB
On the Prom	Unknown	Edison Amberol: 12470 at USCB
Only a Dream	Harry Dacre	Edison Amberol: 12035 at USCB
Patricia	Robert P. Weston	Edison Blue Amberol: 23069 at USCB
Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty	A.J. Mills	Kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
Take Your Girlie Where the Band Is Playing	Frederick E. M. Day	Edison Amberol: 12301 at USCB
That's What the Girl Told the Soldier	Harry Castling	Edison Bell Record: 6208 at USCB
Tis a Faded Picture	Fred Godfrey	Edison Amberol: 12255 at USCB
We Won't Go Home Till Morning	Harry Castling	Kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
Will You Come For a Stroll With Me?	Frederick Hall	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 13705 at USCB
Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay	Will D. Cobb	Kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
You Can Never Tell	Fred Godfrey	Edison Amberol: 12368 at USCB

Music Hall

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


Daisy Bell	Piano, Voice	By H. Dacre
Good-Bye-Ee	Piano, Voice	By B. Lee
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag	Piano, Voice	By F. Powell
She's a Lassie From Lancashire	Piano, Voice	By C.W. Murphy
Swing Me Higher, Obadiah	Piano, Voice	By M. Scott

Videos

	Title	Composer/Song


	Down At The Old Bull And Bush (3:00)	H. von Tilzer
	Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly (2:25)	C.W. Murphy
	I do like to be beside the seaside (3:20)	Oh I Do Like to Be Be Beside the Seaside/J.A. Glover-Kind
	Queen of the English Music Hall (4:30)	Miscellaneous

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 100 songs sung by Florrie Forde who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


K-K-K-Kiss Me Again (1922)	Andrew Allen	Wynn Stanley (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Ever and Ever (1900)	Lawrence Barclay(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Oh, Please, Sea (1903)	Maxwell Barrett(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.)
All in Favour (1930)	Harry Carlton	Florrie Forde (perf.)
We're Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line (1939)	Michael Carr	Jimmy Kennedy (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Oh! Father, When You Married Mother (1911)	Harry Castling	C. Collins (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Rose and the Buttercup (1903), The	Harry Castling(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.)
That's What the Girl Told the Soldier (1904)	Harry Castling	Florrie Forde (perf.)
We Won't Go Home Till Morning (1931)	Harry Castling	Jimmy Kennedy (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay (1909)	Will D. Cobb(w&m)	J.H. Flynn (co-author) Blanche Ring (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
⇑Yes, We Have No Bananas (1923)	Irving Cohn	Frank Silver (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Come and Hear Him Play His Oom-Ter-Ar-A (1909)	Charles Collins	Fred Murray (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Put a Bit of Salt on His Tail (1909)	T.W. Connor	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me) (1921)	Con Conrad	Sidney Clare (words) Florrie Forde (perf.) Hilda Glyder (perf.) E. Cantor (perf.)
Daisy Bell (1892)	Harry Dacre	Katie Lawrence (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Only a Dream (1908)	Harry Dacre(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy (1914)	Worton David	C.W. Murphy (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Meet Me in Kelly Land (1911)	Worton David	C.W. Murphy (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Take Your Girlie Where the Band Is Playing (1910)	Frederick E. M. Day	Florrie Forde (perf.) Maie Ash (perf.)
Oh, the Scenery Was Absolutely Grand (1900)	Frederick Eplett	F.W. Leigh (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
It's Nice to Have a Friend (?)	Harry Gifford	Tom Mellor (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
⇑Annie, You're Just Like My Mammy (1927)	Joseph Geo Gilbert	Wynn Stanley (words) Andrew Allen (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
I Ain't Never Been Kissed (1929)	Joseph Geo Gilbert	Edgar Leslie (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (1909)	John A. Glover-Kind(w&m)	M. Sheridan (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Tis a Faded Picture (1910)	Fred Godfrey	Florrie Forde (perf.)
You Can Never Tell (1911)	Fred Godfrey	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Will You Come For a Stroll With Me? (1907)	Frederick Hall	Leonard Nelson (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Up the Rickety Stairs (1911)	J. Fred Helf	Arthur J Lamb (words) Lew Dockstader (words) Jen Latona (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Life Is Like a Game of See Saw (1878)	G.W. Hunt(w&m)	J. W. Rowley (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary (1912)	Jack Judge	Harry Williams (co-author) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Follies of Youthity (1898), The	Walter P. Keen(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Like a Good Little Wife Should Do (1901)	Walter P. Keen	Leigh (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
⇑Oh Flo! Did You But Know! (1898)	Walter P. Keen(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Barmaid's Song (1930), The	Jimmy Kennedy	Florrie Forde (perf.)
How'd You Like to Spoon With Me? (1905)	Jerome Kern	Edward Laska (words) Florrie Forde (perf.) Georgia Caine (perf.) Victor Morley (perf.)
I Wouldn't Care to Change You For a New Wife Now (1903)	George Le Brunn	Walter P Keen (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
If She'd Only Been a Poor Girl (1903)	George Le Brunn	J P Harrington (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
She Wears No Crown of Gold (1898)	George Le Brunn	Fred Murray (words) Fred W Leigh (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Twas the Last, Last Kiss! (1904)	George Le Brunn	J P Harrington (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Fair, Fat and Forty (1920)	Bert Lee	R P Weston (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Good-Bye-Ee (1917)	Bert Lee	R P Weston (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Who's the Girl You're Going to Meet Tonight? (1914)	Bert Lee	W. David (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Like a Good Little Wife Should Do! (1901)	Fred W. Leigh	Walter P Keen (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
⇑What Happened to the Manx Cat's Tail? (1930)	Dan Leno Jr., Dan	D. Leno (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Polish Up the Handle on the Door (?)	Dan Lipton	C. W. Murphy (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Forty Fousand Frushes (1930)	J.P. Long	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Mary's Ticket (1909)	J.P. Long	G. Wells (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Anona - Song (1903)	Mabel McKinley(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Come to the Park on Chestnut Sunday (1906)	Tom Mellor	Alf J Lawrance (words) H. Gifford (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
You Grow Sweeter As the Years Go By (1939)	Johnny Mercer(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.) Kay Kyser (perf.)
Van Dam Family (1918), The	Billy Merson(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty (1916)	A.J. Mills	Fred Godfrey (co-author) Bennett Scott (co-author) Lily Morris (perf.) Ella Retford (perf.) Daisy Taylor (perf.) Daisy Dormer (perf.) Dorothy Ward (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Queen of the English Music Hall (n.d.)	Miscellaneous	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Good-Bye London Town (1907)	J. Charles Moore	E. W. Rogers (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
⇑Flanagan (1910)	C.W. Murphy	Will Letters (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly! (1909)	C.W. Murphy	Will Letters (words) Florrie Forde (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.)
Hold Your Hand Out You Naughty Boy (1913)	C.W. Murphy	Worton David (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
In the Valley of Golden Dreams (1913)	C.W. Murphy	Worton David (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Man and Wife Should Always Pull Together (1906)	C.W. Murphy	Dan Lipton (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
O'Brien (1911)	C.W. Murphy(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Oh, Oh, Antonio (1908)	C.W. Murphy	Dan Lipton (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
She's a Lassie From Lancashire (1907)	C.W. Murphy	Dan Lipton (words) John Neat (words) Ella Retford (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Dainty Little Dame From Chicago (1901), The	Fred Murray	Fred Murray (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
There's Plenty of Room in the Park (1911)	John Neat	J.P. Harrington (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
We're All Good Pals at Last (1931)	Horatio Nicholls(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.)
⇑She's a Plain, Homely Girl (1901)	Albert Perry	G.A. Stevens (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag (1915)	Felix Powell	George Asaf (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
We Must Keep on Keeping On (1918)	Felix Powell	Fred Fulton (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Come in the Parlour, Charley! (1909)	Orlando Powell	J.P. Harrington (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Girl Who Was Never Used to It (1910), A	Orlando Powell	John P Harrington (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Last Waltz (1906), The	Orlando Powell	C. Hilbury (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Lotus and the Lily (1905), The	Orlando Powell	C. Hilbury (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
When the Fields Are White With Daisies (1900)	W. A. Pratt	C. M. Denison (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
That Big Blond Mama (1923)	Billy Rose(w&m)	James V. Monaco (co-author) Florrie Forde (perf.)
From Poverty Street to Golden Square (1908)	Herbert Rule	Paul Pelman (words) Kate Carney (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Turned Up (1924)	Herbert Rule	H. Castling (words) Florrie Forde (perf.) Lily Morris (perf.)
⇑Girls and Boys (1900)	Bennett Scott	C G Cotes (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Has Anyone Seen a German Band? (1907)	Bennett Scott	A.J. Mills (words) Florrie Forde (perf.) Ella Retford (perf.) Florrie Gallimore (perf.) Daisy Dormer (perf.) Mina Brae (perf.)
I've Been Out With Charlie Brown (1909)	Bennett Scott	A J Mills (words) G. Lashwood (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Girls, Study Your Cookery Books (1907)	Maurice Scott	Joe Burley (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Swing Me Higher, Obadiah (1907)	Maurice Scott	Alfred E. Rick (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Waltz Me Around Again, Willie (1906)	Ren Shields	Will D. Cobb (words) Florrie Forde (perf.) M. Cooper (perf.) George Grossmith Jr. (perf.) Blanche Ring (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.)
Ca-Bages, Ca-Beans, Car-Rots (1919)	Wynn Stanley	Andrew Allen (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Down, Down, Down in Devonshire (1909)	George A. Stevens	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Down at the Old Bull and Bush (1905c)	Harry von Tilzer	A. B. Sterling (words) R. Hunting (words) Edgar Curtis (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Come and Hear the Orchestra (1909)	Unknown	Josie Sadler (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Is Everybody Happy? (1908)	Unknown	Florrie Forde (perf.)
⇑Jerry-Jeremiah (?)	Unknown	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Pucker Up and Whistle (1921)	Nat H. Vincent	Blanche Franklin (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
When the Love Bird Leaves the Nest (1927)	Hugh Wade(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Pasadena (1929)	Harry Warren	Grant Clarke (co-author) Edgar Leslie (co-author) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Looping the Loop With Lucy (1902)	H.M. Watkins	John Neat (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
Minnetonka (1921)	Percy Wenrich	Gus Kahn (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
My Boy (1913)	Robert P. Weston	Florrie Forde (perf.)
No Grousing! (1918)	Robert P. Weston	Florrie Forde (perf.)
Patricia (1913)	Robert P. Weston	F. J Barnes (words) Maurice Scott (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
It's a Long Way to Tipperary (1912)	Harry J. Williams	Jack Judge (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
It Pays to Advertise (?)	Neil Williams	Jack O'Hagan (words) Florrie Forde (perf.)
⇑Side by Side (1927)	Harry Woods(w&m)	Florrie Forde (perf.) Neil McKinley (perf.) James Caruso (perf.)
Keep Straight Down the Road (1913)	Lawrence Wright	Florrie Forde (perf.)