Billy Bennett - Almost a Gentleman

Years before Monty Python, a red-nosed comedian in disreputable tails and an improbable moustache created a world all his own. With his spoofs of well-loved poems, raucous street-corner singing & surreal narratives of life in the saveloy-and-gin class, Billy brought a spirit of daring & rebellion to English music hall & variety stages in the '20s & '30s. Billy can now be seen as a street-wise surrealist & his remarkable humour shines as bright today as it did then. The CD is remastered to the highest standard from the best condition original 78-rpm discs.

1) Nell
2) My Mother Doesn't Know I'm on the Stage
3) Mandalay
4) I'll Be Thinking of You
5) Ogul Mogul a Kanakanese Love Lyric
6) No Power on Earth
7) She Was Poor But She Was Honest
8) Family Secrets
9) Please Let Me Sleep on Your Doorstep Tonight
10) Christmas Day in the Cookhouse
11) Club Raid
12) Mottoes
13) Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog