Play the Game: Victorian & Edwardian Sporting Songs

Track Listings
1. Cycling Song by Claud Hill    
2. A Rugger Song by James Gallatly    
3. The Eton Boating Song by Algernon Drummond    
4. The Glorious Twelfth by Henry Watson    
5. The Cricketer's Carol by Herbert Preston-Thomas    
6. Won't You Come Over and Play Croquet by Franklin Ardelle    
7. A Game of Tennis by Harriet Kendall    
8. Our Football Supper by Henry Pether    
9. The Rival Blues by Odoardo Barri    
10. The Newmarket Coat by Harry Ball    
11. Little Tommy Went A Fishing by J C Macy    
12. Caddie by Herbert Schartau    
13. I Won Her Heart at Billiards by Charles Coote junior    
14. Captain Webb the Champion Swimmer by Samuel Corbett    
15. Mountaineer Song by Leo Kerbusch    
16. Boxing Song by Thomas Chilvers    
17. A Hunting Morning by Alfred Silver    

Editorial Reviews
Humphrey Carpenter, BBC Radio 3, July 18, 2001
"An unusual and charming new CD...Super stuff!"

Robert Hands, The Times, January 2, 2002
"infectious joy of the melodies gives the lie to the notion that the Victorians never knew how to have fun."

Album Description
As featured on WBUR's sports program "Only A Game". A unique collection of songs about sport. The ideal gift for the sports lover.

Play the Game: Victorian & Edwardian Sporting Songs

Play the Game: Victorian & Edwardian Sporting Songs, Music, Ian Partridge, Peter Savidge, Jennifer Partridge and The Song & Supper Club, Classical, Classical Vocals, Vocal, Vocal Music
Play the Game: Victorian and Edwardian Sporting Songs
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Play the Game: Victorian and Edwardian Sporting Songs

    Manufacturer: Just Accord Music
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    British FolkBritish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    CompilationsCompilations | Classical | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00005O14J
    Release Date: 2001-01-01

    Tracks:

    1. Cycling Song - Ian Partridge, Jennifer Partridge
    2. Rugger Song - Jennifer Partridge, Peter Savidge
    3. Eton Boating Song - Jennifer Partridge, Song and Supper Club
    4. Glorious Twelfth - Jennifer Partridge, Peter Savidge
    5. Cricketer's Carol - Ian Partridge, Jennifer Partridge
    6. Won't You Come Over and Play Croquet - Jennifer Partridge, Peter Savidge
    7. Game of Tennis - Ian Partridge, Jennifer Partridge
    8. Our Football Supper - Jennifer Partridge, Peter Savidge, Song and Supper Club
    9. Rival Blues - Ian Partridge, Jennifer Partridge
    10. Newmarket Coat - Jennifer Partridge, Peter Savidge
    11. Little Tommy Went a Fishing - Song and Supper Club
    12. Caddie - Jennifer Partridge, Peter Savidge
    13. I Won Her Heart at Billiards - Ian Partridge, Jennifer Partridge
    14. Captain Webb the Champion Swimmer - Jennifer Partridge, Peter Savidge
    15. Mountaineer Song - Song and Supper Club
    16. Boxing Song - Ian Partridge, Jennifer Partridge
    17. Hunting Morning - Jennifer Partridge, Peter Savidge
    Play the Game: Victorian & Edwardian Sporting Songs
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • A FUN CD FOR THE SPORTS LOVER
    		 Play the Game: Victorian & Edwardian Sporting Songs
    Ian Partridge , Peter Savidge , and Jennifer Partridge and The Song & Supper Club
    Manufacturer: Just Accord
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B0001KL5D0
    Release Date: 2004-03-09

    Tracks:

    1. Cycling Song by Claud Hill
    2. A Rugger Song by James Gallatly
    3. The Eton Boating Song by Algernon Drummond
    4. The Glorious Twelfth by Henry Watson
    5. The Cricketer's Carol by Herbert Preston-Thomas
    6. Won't You Come Over and Play Croquet by Franklin Ardelle
    7. A Game of Tennis by Harriet Kendall
    8. Our Football Supper by Henry Pether
    9. The Rival Blues by Odoardo Barri
    10. The Newmarket Coat by Harry Ball
    11. Little Tommy Went A Fishing by J C Macy
    12. Caddie by Herbert Schartau
    13. I Won Her Heart at Billiards by Charles Coote junior
    14. Captain Webb the Champion Swimmer by Samuel Corbett
    15. Mountaineer Song by Leo Kerbusch
    16. Boxing Song by Thomas Chilvers
    17. A Hunting Morning by Alfred Silver

    Album Description

    As featured on WBUR's sports program "Only A Game". A unique collection of songs about sport. The ideal gift for the sports lover.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A FUN CD FOR THE SPORTS LOVER.......2004-10-09

    A fun CD which will appeal to the sports lover, music lover and history lover in equal measure. The idea is simple. "Play The Game" contains 17 American and British songs, each one about a different sport. The songs were written between 1862 and 1913.

    Listeners are likely to be drawn to the songs which illustrate their favourite sports. Many golfers will recognise the plight of the player in "Caddie", written in 1900, who pleads with his caddie, ever more desperately, to 'get me right out of this mess'. Enthusiasts of British heritage will enjoy "The Eton Boating Song", the song of Eton College, the elite British school where Lady Diana's children, Princes William and Harry, were educated. The CD also includes a real historical curiosity : "A Hunting Morning" is a setting of a rare poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

    The liner notes contain an article on the history of sport, a background note on each song plus short biographies of the composers and lyricists. The CD would make an unusual Christmas or birthday gift for a sports-loving friend. Strongly recommended!

    Tom Dawson, Pimlico, London, UK.


































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