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
Sung 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
Sung 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
Sung 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
Sung by: Florrie Forde

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

Minnetonka Song
Music by: Percy Wenrich.
Words by: Gus Kahn
Sung 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
Sung 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
Sung 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.
Sung 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

This list is arranged by title and contains 39 lyrics performed by Florrie Forde. The lyrics/monologues and *.pdf files have been kindly compiled by monologues.co.uk/musichall Keys:

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


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

MP3s

	Title	Comments


	Ca-Bages, Ca-Beans, Car-Rots	kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
	Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy	kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
	I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside	kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
	Is Everybody Happy?	kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
	No Grousing!	kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
	Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty	kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
	We Won't Go Home Till Morning	kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net
	Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay	kindly provided by Roger Wilmut at rfwilmut.net

Music Hall

Songs

This list is arranged by composer and contains 83 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 (sung by)
Ever and Ever (1900)	Lawrence Barclay(w&m)	Florrie Forde (sung by)
All in Favour (1930)	Harry Carlton	Florrie Forde (sung by)	from "On with the show" (1930)
We're Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line (1939)	Michael Carr	Jimmy Kennedy (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Oh! Father, When You Married Mother (1911)	Harry Castling	C. Collins (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Rose and the Buttercup (1903), The	Harry Castling(w&m)	Florrie Forde (sung by)
We Won't Go Home Till Morning (1931)	Harry Castling	Jimmy Kennedy (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay (1909)	Will D. Cobb(w&m)	J.H. Flynn (co-author) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Yes, We Have No Bananas (1923)	Irving Cohn	Frank Silver (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Put a Bit of Salt on His Tail (1909)	T.W. Connor	Florrie Forde (sung by)
⇑Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me) (1921)	Con Conrad	Sidney Clare (words) Florrie Forde (sung by) Hilda Glyder (sung by) E. Cantor (sung by)
Daisy Bell (1892)	Harry Dacre	Katie Lawrence (sung by) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Meet Me in Kelly Land (1911)	Worton David	C.W. Murphy (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Oh, the Scenery Was Absolutely Grand (1900)	Frederick Eplett	F.W. Leigh (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
It's Nice to Have a Friend (?)	Harry Gifford	Tom Mellor (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Annie, You're Just Like My Mammy (1927)	Joseph Geo Gilbert	Wynn Stanley (words) Andrew Allen (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
I Ain't Never Been Kissed (1929)	Joseph Geo Gilbert	Edgar Leslie (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (1909)	John A. Glover-Kind(w&m)	M. Sheridan (sung by) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Up the Rickety Stairs (1911)	J. Fred Helf	Arthur J Lamb (words) Lew Dockstader (words) Jen Latona (sung by) Florrie Forde (sung by)
It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary (1912)	Jack Judge	Harry Williams (co-author) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Follies of Youthity (1898), The	Walter P. Keen(w&m)	Florrie Forde (sung by)
⇑Like a Good Little Wife Should Do (1901)	Walter P. Keen	Leigh (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Oh Flo! Did You But Know! (1898)	Walter P. Keen(w&m)	Florrie Forde (sung by)
Barmaid's Song (1930), The	Jimmy Kennedy	Florrie Forde (sung by)
How'd You Like to Spoon With Me? (1905)	Jerome Kern	Edward Laska (words) Florrie Forde (sung by) Georgia Caine (sung by) Victor Morley (sung by)
She Wears No Crown of Gold (1898)	George Le Brunn	Fred Murray (words) Fred W Leigh (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
I Wouldn't Care to Change You For a New Wife Now (1903)	George Le Brunn	Walter P Keen (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
If She'd Only Been a Poor Girl (1903)	George Le Brunn	J P Harrington (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Twas the Last, Last Kiss! (1904)	George Le Brunn	J P Harrington (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Who's the Girl You're Going to Meet Tonight? (1914)	Bert Lee	W. David (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Good-Bye-Ee (1917)	Bert Lee	R P Weston (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Fair, Fat and Forty (1920)	Bert Lee	R P Weston (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
⇑Like a Good Little Wife Should Do! (1901)	Fred W. Leigh	Walter P Keen (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
What Happened to the Manx Cat's Tail? (1930)	Dan Leno Jr., Dan	D. Leno (sung by) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Polish Up the Handle on the Door (?)	Dan Lipton	C. W. Murphy (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Mary's Ticket (1909)	J.P. Long	G. Wells (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Forty Fousand Frushes (1930)	J.P. Long	Florrie Forde (sung by)
Anona - Song (1903)	Mabel McKinley(w&m)	Florrie Forde (sung by)
Come to the Park on Chestnut Sunday (1906)	Tom Mellor	Alf J Lawrance (words) H. Gifford (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
You Grow Sweeter As the Years Go By (1939)	Johnny Mercer(w&m)	Florrie Forde (sung by) Kay Kyser (sung by)
Van Dam Family (1918), The	Billy Merson(w&m)	Florrie Forde (sung by)
Queen of the English Music Hall (n.d.)	Miscellaneous	Florrie Forde (sung by)
Good-Bye London Town (1907)	J. Charles Moore	E. W. Rogers (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
⇑Man and Wife Should Always Pull Together (1906)	C.W. Murphy	Dan Lipton (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
She's a Lassie From Lancashire (1907)	C.W. Murphy	Dan Lipton (words) John Neat (words) Ella Retford (sung by) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Oh, Oh, Antonio (1908)	C.W. Murphy	Dan Lipton (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly! (1909)	C.W. Murphy	Will Letters (words) Florrie Forde (sung by) N. Bayes (sung by)
Flanagan (1910)	C.W. Murphy	Will Letters (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
In the Valley of Golden Dreams (1913)	C.W. Murphy	Worton David (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Hold Your Hand Out You Naughty Boy (1914)	C.W. Murphy	Worton David (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Dainty Little Dame From Chicago (1901), The	Fred Murray	Fred Murray (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
There's Plenty of Room in the Park (1911)	John Neat	J.P. Harrington (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
We're All Good Pals at Last (1931)	Horatio Nicholls(w&m)	Florrie Forde (sung by)
She's a Plain, Homely Girl (1901)	Albert Perry	G.A. Stevens (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
⇑Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag (1915)	Felix Powell	George Asaf (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
We Must Keep on Keeping On (1918)	Felix Powell	Fred Fulton (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Lotus and the Lily (1905), The	Orlando Powell	C. Hilbury (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Last Waltz (1906), The	Orlando Powell	C. Hilbury (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Come in the Parlour, Charley! (1909)	Orlando Powell	J.P. Harrington (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
When the Fields Are White With Daisies (1900)	W. A. Pratt	C. M. Denison (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
That Big Blond Mama (1923)	Billy Rose(w&m)	James V. Monaco (co-author) Florrie Forde (sung by)
From Poverty Street to Golden Square (1908)	Herbert Rule	Paul Pelman (words) Kate Carney (sung by) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Turned Up (1924)	Herbert Rule	H. Castling (words) Florrie Forde (sung by) Lily Morris (sung by)
Girls and Boys (1900)	Bennett Scott	C G Cotes (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Has Anyone Seen a German Band? (1907)	Bennett Scott	A.J. Mills (words) Florrie Forde (sung by) Ella Retford (sung by) Florrie Gallimore (sung by) Daisy Dormer (sung by) Mina Brae (sung by)
⇑I've Been Out With Charlie Brown (1909)	Bennett Scott	A J Mills (words) G. Lashwood (sung by) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Girls, Study Your Cookery Books (1908)	Maurice Scott	Joe Burley (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Swing Me Higher, Obadiah (1907)	Maurice Scott	Alfred E. Rick (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Waltz Me Around Again, Willie (1906)	Ren Shields	Will D. Cobb (words) Florrie Forde (sung by) M. Cooper (sung by) George Grossmith Jr. (sung by) Blanche Ring (sung by)
Ca-Bages, Ca-Beans, Car-Rots (1919)	Wynn Stanley	Andrew Allen (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Down, Down, Down in Devonshire (1909)	George A. Stevens	Florrie Forde (sung by)
Down at the Old Bull and Bush (1905c)	Harry von Tilzer	A. B. Sterling (words) R. Hunting (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Is Everybody Happy? (1908)	Unknown	Florrie Forde (sung by)
Jerry-Jeremiah (?)	Unknown	Florrie Forde (sung by)
Pucker Up and Whistle (1921)	Nat H. Vincent	Blanche Franklin (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
When the Love Bird Leaves the Nest (1927)	Hugh Wade(w&m)	Florrie Forde (sung by)
⇑Pasadena (1929)	Harry Warren	Grant Clarke (co-author) Edgar Leslie (co-author) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Looping the Loop With Lucy (1902)	H.M. Watkins	John Neat (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Minnetonka (1921)	Percy Wenrich	Gus Kahn (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
No Grousing! (1918)	Robert P. Weston	Florrie Forde (sung by)
It's a Long Way to Tipperary (1912)	Harry J. Williams	Jack Judge (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
It Pays to Advertise (?)	Neil Williams	Jack O'Hagan (words) Florrie Forde (sung by)
Side by Side (1927)	Harry Woods(w&m)	Florrie Forde (sung by) Neil McKinley (sung by) James Caruso (sung by)

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