Harold Montague  (1874-1932)
Last updated: 01.02.24
p_montagueh.jpgAccording to various sources, chiefly IMSLP, Harold Montague was an English music hall composer, singer, and pianist born in Exeter.
He is remembered for his role as the jester when part of a music hall group The Vagabonds. Many of his songs were recorded on Zonophone and Pathé in the 1910s, accompanying himself on the piano.
He died in Hampstead
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif For You (1915) H. Montague Helen Clark
Vernon Archibald
Edison Blue Amberol: 2516
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
record15.gif When Maud Put Her New Bathing Costume On (1916) H. Montague Lee White Columbia: 6875
     Title Attribution Remarks
       
url15.gif Bovine Barcarolle, A Harold Montague (music)
Leslie Wood (words)
 
url15.gif My Beastly Eyeglass - Mary Mcgee Harold Montague (words & music)
Tom Clare (perf.)
Harold Montague (perf.)
 
url15.gif When Maud Put Her New Bathing Costume On Harold Montague (words & music)
Harold Montague (perf.)
 
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Bovine Barcarolle (1908), A H. Montague (music)
Leslie Wood (words)
H. Montague (perf.)
The Vagabonds (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Learning to Ride the Byke (1897) H. Montague (w&m)
H. Montague (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Mary Mcgee (1909) H. Montague (w&m)
H. Montague (perf.)
The Vagabonds (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif My Beastly Eyeglass (1908) H. Montague (music)
H. Montague (perf.)
The Vagabonds (perf.)
Piano IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Ping! Pong! (1901) H. Montague (w&m)
H. Montague (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Those Nose!!! (1905) H. Montague (w&m)
H. Montague (perf.)
The Vagabonds (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif When Auntie Goes Out Shopping For the Day (1901) H. Montague (w&m)
H. Montague (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
This list is arranged by composer and contains 10 works performed by Harold Montague who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
     Title Composer Attribution Remarks
         
perf15.jpg Country Cousin (1870), The T. Vincent Davies T W Lee (words)
Harry Hunter (perf.)
Harold Montague (perf.)
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 46 works by Harold Montague (1874-1932). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Learning to Ride the Byke (w&m) 1897 Harold Montague (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Only Amateurs (w&m) 1897  wvicon.gif
Fashion Plate Figures (w&m) 1898  wvicon.gif
Playing Games (w&m) 1899  Pub.
Handy Little Thing to Have About You, A (w&m) 1900  Pub.
Ping! Pong! (w&m) 1901 Harold Montague (perf.)  Pub.
Truthful Serenade (w&m) 1901  wvicon.gif
When Auntie Goes Out Shopping For the Day (w&m) 1901 Harold Montague (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Great Scott! (w&m) 1903  wvicon.gif
Contented Coster, The 1904 L Sandys (words)  wvicon.gif
If You Only, Only, Only Knew. (w&m) 1904  Pub.
Smile That Won't Come Off, The (w&m) 1904  Pub.
Testimonials 1904 Duncan Tovey (words)  Pub.
Wail of Little Mary, The 1904 Herbert Walther (words)  wvicon.gif
Cigarette Reverie, A (w&m) 1905  Pub.
Do You Follow Me? (w&m) 1905  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
First Aid to the Wounded (w&m) 1905  wvicon.gif
Those Nose!!! (w&m) 1905 Harold Montague (perf.)
The Vagabonds (perf.)
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Girl in the Green Tam O'Shanter, The (w&m) 1907  wvicon.gif
Bovine Barcarolle, A 1908 Leslie Wood (words)
Harold Montague (perf.)
The Vagabonds (perf.)
 Pub.
Connie, the Connoisseur (w&m) 1908  Pub.
Lesson in Flirting (w&m) 1908  Pub.
My Beastly Eyeglass 1908 Tom Clare (perf.)
Harold Montague (perf.)
The Vagabonds (perf.)
 Pub. youtube15.jpg
Song of the Vagabond 1908 C. Stanford Read (words)  Pub.
Differences (w&m) 1909  Pub.
Mary Mcgee (w&m) 1909 Harold Montague (perf.)
The Vagabonds (perf.)
 Pub.
I Cannot Keep My Trousers Nicely Creased. (w&m) 1910  Pub.
Never Mind. (w&m) 1910  Pub.
No Little Boy to Love Me. (w&m) 1910  Pub.
Rita on the Rink 1910 George Robins (words)  wvicon.gif
Don't We, Harold? Yes! Reggie, We Do. (w&m) 1911  Pub.
Simpletons. (w&m) 1911  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
I Apologise. (w&m) 1912  wvicon.gif
For You 1913 Anon (words)
Vernon Archibald (perf.)
Helen Clark (perf.)
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My Beastly Eyeglass - Mary Mcgee (w&m) 1913 Tom Clare (perf.)
Harold Montague (perf.)
Unlucky Thirteen 1913 Arthur Davenport (words)  wvicon.gif
What a Judge! (w&m) 1913  Pub.
Charlie (w&m) 1914  Pub.
Little Bit O' London., A (w&m) 1914  Pub.
Take Me a Walk Round the Bandstand 1914 Arthur Davenport (words)
Eric Blore (perf.)
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Girls I Have Met (w&m) 1916 Clifford F. Grey (perf.)  Pub.
When Maud Put Her New Bathing Costume On 1916 Harold Montague (perf.)
Lee White (perf.)
 Pub.  record15.gif
I Should Shay Sho! (w&m) 1917  Pub.
My Pal Joe 1917 John Humphries (words)
Alfred Butt (words)
Eric Blore (perf.)
 Pub.
Smell of the Bloomin' Onions, The 1918 Harold Simpson (words)
Cicely Courtneidge (perf.)
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Bubbles (w&m) 1920  wvicon.gif
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg H. Montague My Beastly Eyeglass (3:24) T. Clare