Included in these pages is material acquired since publication, also corrections to the original edition. Acknowledgements are due to Tony Barker for additional material.

ARTISTES' REPERTOIRES - K, L

KARR & KOONEY	Seaside Louise
KAVANAGH, J. H.	I Was There
KAY, CHARLES	Beautiful Isle Of Love
KEATES, MARION	Coster Girl, The Wild White Rose
KEAY, ARTHUR	1863-95 one of The Two Keays
KEEGAN & ELVIN	In The Land sk Hansom Cabby, The - You've Got To Go
KEEGAN, FRANK	d.1951; br. Joe Elvin; m. Rosa (a juggler)
KEELEY, Mrs	nee Mary Anne Goward; m. Robert Keeley (1793-1869) Cora, The Indian Maiden's Song
KEETON, FRED	I'm Obedient Billy On My Pay Day
KEILLY & TAYLOR	Dolly Gray (parody)
KELLAND, EVA	At Gretna Green
KELLEHER, LOUIS	I'm Such A Respectable Man
KELLOGG, SHIRLEY	I Like You
KELLY, KATE	d. Dec? 1899; m. Edwin Brown
KEMBLE, MAUD	Innocent Mary
KEMP, WILLIE	Mary Ann
KENDALL, FRED	Kate O'Grady Norah M'Chree Out For A Day That's Why I'm Here
KENDALL, HAL	I'll Ask Mr Santa Claus I Love Another Love!
KENDALL, MARIE	Come Along Girls Strolling Round The Town Take Them Away
KENNEDY, ALEC	I Won't Come That Way Any More
KENNEDY, KOOL	It Was Me
KENNEY, C(HARLES)  H(ORACE)	b.1857 f. of HORACE KENNEY??? There Are Moments hen One Wants To Be Alone
KENT, ALF	Once Aboard The Lugger
KENT, BEATTIE	Now We Shan't Be Long
KENT, CISSIE	You Can't Punch My Ticket Again
KENT, HARRY	Everything Is Beautiful In The Garden I Was There!
KENT, J. G.	I'm There Just To Oblige A Pal Story Of A Looking Glass, The
KENT, JULIA	Pretty Little Maid, A This Is The Way They Go
KENWAY, G. W.	First, Second And Third! Baby De Little Birds Am Sleepin'
KENYON, NEIL	Article and repertoire in Music Hall Studies Number 5. See www.musichallstudies.co.uk
KIFT, J.	Tips For The General Election
KINDER, MAY	I Like London
KING (?), CHARLES HORACE	1857-1909 You Shall Not Call In Vain
KING & BENSON	CHARLES KING : Your Mother's Voice IVY BENSON : Take My Tip
KING, ARTHUR	Cocks O' The North
KING, EDIE	Come And Make A Fuss Of Me
KING, FREDERICK	b.1853 Diver, The
KING, GEORGE	Poor Little Peter 1889
KING, HETTY	All Hands On Deck Deputy, The or A Private Rehearsal Till I Come Back Again
KING, R.	My Wonderful Nose Parliament Bell, The
KINGSTON, WALLACE	Don't Forget Your Friends Don't Forget Your Mother Don't Neglect Your Mother When Will England Reform?
KINO, WALTER	Kino, The Man With Rhino Poor Old Jim The Jockey
KIRKBY, STANLEY	another recording alias: Walter Miller. real name: James Baker. m. Jessie Jolly (3 sons) Shipmates O' Mine Up From Somerset
KIRKBY & HUDSON	Goblin Man, The Shadowland
KITCHEN, FRED	d. 1 April 1951 aged 79 Bungle's Luck sk. not Bungler's Luck
KITTS, CHARLES	It's Something He Hasn't Been Used To
KNOWLES, CHARLES	Old Brigade, The Old Shako, The Sincerity (My Friend)
KNOWLES, R. G	I Used To Love A Female Girl Living Pictures Nelson's Trip Round London Two Little Girls In Blue (parody)
KNOTT, LOUIE	Mother's Gone Out Of Townn Saucy Little Sanmple, A Then I Had One
KNOX, HARRY	I Shall Blow My Whistle!
KRAY, DOLLY	d.Feb 1941
KURRY, JAMES	Miles Away From Land, Miles Away From Sea
LABURNUM, WALTER	Mouse-Trap Man, The
LAC(E)Y, FLORENCE	Give Us A Taster Half Past Nine There's A Little Bonnet
LACEY, FRED	1864-05
LALO	Mrs C. F. Best; reported to be very ill May 1905
LA MARA, SISTERS	Rambling In The Woods Woman Lovely Woman
LAMONT, JESSIE	m. O'GRADY, FRANK also EDGAR, ALFRED
LAMONT, SYRIA  1869-1935	Early recording artiste for the Gramophone Company in 1898.  The story that she was discovered singing in Rule's Restaurant, Maiden Lane, is probably not true. For All Eternity Gay Parisian, The Holy City, The In Old Madrid Sing, Sweet Bird Star Of The Twilight
LANDON, LILLY	Awfully Sweet
LANE, W. HYDE	Our Family Something New
LANGDONS, THE	In The Valley Of Kentucky
LANGFORD, LILY	Country Love Out Of Sorts Round Her Finger So Gay
LANGTON, (WALLIS &)	Blacksmith's Lament Now He's Climbing Up The Golden Stairs
LANGTRY, FRED	After The Ball My Wife's Bicycle Tottie's Serenade
LANGTRY, LILLIE (Not Mrs)	Day By Day Pretty Little Maiden
LASCELLES SISTERS	Can Can
LASHWOOD, GEORGE	BertieIt's A Long Long Walk delete: I Wish I Was There Again Middy's Last Farewell, The Two Orphans Very Best Case I Ever Had, The
LATIMER, FRED	I Would If I Could But I Can't
LATIMER, LYDIA	Champagne Charlie Was His Name
LATONA, JEN	If I Could Turn The Clock Back A Year Rickety Stairs
LAUDER, ALICK	Harry Lauder's brother (he spelled it Alec) Hooch, Sandy!
LAUDER, Sir HARRY	Back Where The Heather Grows Doughie The Baker I'm The Man They Left Behind January Rob Roy Macintosh Rob Roy Tam-O-Shanter O'Brian
LAUREL, LILY	d. 27 Aug 1897
LAURI, EDWARD	d. 9 Jan 1919 see The Lauri Troupe Stay-At-Home Tourist, The
LAWRIE, CHARLES	b. 1847  sometimes spelled LAURIE Sound Affair, A
LAURIER, JAY	And It Was Olga Petrovotski
LAVERNE, PATTIE	d. 24 Apr 1916 Life Hath Many Joys
LAVESTRE, NED	Kathleen Muldoon
LAW, FRED	Jarge's Jubilee
LAW, HOWARD	U-Li-A-I-Tee
LAWES, BEN	Galloping Major, The
LAWRENCE, Miss	Miss Betsy Barlow
LAWRENCE, ALEC	Irish Swell, The
LAWRENCE, ALICE	Adam And Eve
LAWRENCE, AMY	Jest A Misunderstandin'  Wid Ma Lady Love That's How It's Done
LAWRENCE, ARTHUR	Sparkling Wine They'll  Be Glad To Hunt The Old Ones Up
LAWRENCE, G. J.	Milky White
LAWRENCE, JOE	Once Or Twice
LAWRENCE, KATIE	m. (1) George Fuller c. 1860-1909 (2) Reginald Gervase b. 1875 Article and repertoire in Music Hall Studies Number 10. See www.musichallstudies.co.uk Butterfly Queen, The Hook And Eye How Sweet 'Tis To Meet Oh! Crikey Wars Oh, The Crinoline Rosey-Posey She Didn't Know You Know She's My Rosy She Was After Mine Sweet Louisa That's How They Say Goodbye Usual At The Gate, The Wasn't That Naughty?
LAWRENCE, QUEENIE	Love By Wire When The One You Love Loves You
LAWRIE, CHARLES	sometimes spelled LAURIE Sound Affair, A
LAWSON, HARRY	From Life Funny Place Is London She Gives Me Eggs And Bacon For My Breakfast
LAWSON, JOHN	b. 1865/66.  Article and repertoire in Music Hall Studies Number 4. See www.musichallstudies.co.uk Mr Lawson's famous music hall sketch Humanity was culled from a full length melodrama, originally presented at the Standard Theatre, Pimlico, London, under the title Humanity or A Passage in the Life of Grace Darling
LAWSON, MRS JOHN	This lady, a.k.a. Cissie Lawson, was once most unkindly referred to in The Referee as The Gutter Lady Macbeth.
LAWTON, H	Making A Night Of It
LAY, FRED	1852-1928 Penny Whistler, The
LAYTON, JAMES	Come Back To Mother And Me
LEADAM, STANLEY	If The Missis Says It's Black
LEAMAR, ALICE	Oh Alice
LEAMAR, GEORGE	Here's Luck Boys Where Ignorance Is Bliss Will He Ever Return?
LEAMAR, MAUD	fl1880s-90s Lad I Love, The
LEAMAR SISTERS	Nellie 1857?- 5 July 1938
LEAMORE, LIZZIE	They Are Both Far Away
LEAMORE, TOM	Crossing Sweeper, The
LEARMOUTH, JIMMY	Article and repertoire in Music Hall Studies Number 5. See www.musichallstudies.co.uk Carlo We're Proud Of You
LE BLANC, MARIE	Gal He Left Behind Him, The Only A Private Soldier Little Rosie Dimple Chin When You've Found The Oof Birds
LE BRUN(N) SISTERS	fl1860s Charity Girl And The Boarding School Miss, The
LECLERQ, CHARLES	Imaginations My Mistake
LEE, ADA	Bacio, Il
LEE, HOLLY	Delicate Shade Of Blue, A
LEE, LILLIE	c1860-1941 m. Hugh J. Didcott
LEESON, DAN	1860-1903 (L&C?) m. DANVIL, MAUD
LE FRE, JAMES	My Wife's Loves
LE FRE, WILLIAM	1859-1904 f. ALBERT DE VOY
LEGARDE, MILLIE	Best Dressed Gal In Town, The Hints (recitation)
LEGGATT, FLORENCE	fl1870s female tenor
LEGGETT, RICHARD	d. 25 Jan 1906 (Leggett & Allen)
LE HAY, JOHN	Be Good
LEHMAN, LIZA	1862-1918 performer 1885-94
LEIGH, GRACE	should be GRACIE LEIGH
LEIGHTON, CHARLES	As Time Rolls On I Tried It
LEIGHTON, HARRY	Venus My Shining Love
LENA, LILY	b. 17 July 1877.  Cousin of Marie Lloyd.  Article and repertoire in Music Hall Studies Number 5. See www.musichallstudies.co.uk All Right Hallo, Eliza Most Particular Girl, A When You're A Man Of Money
LENDON, DAN	Every Night Policeman, The Strolling
LENNARD, ARTHUR	Compliments of the Season Forty Thieves Hankey Pank It's A Shame Mate-Mate-Materey Club Old-Fashioned Cottage, The Sister Ria There's Only One Little Flower In The Garden We All Went In Together
LENNARD, ROY	Can't Yer Try An' Love Me?
LENNIE & HAST	Peggy Lennie & Walter Hast Suzanne From Gay Paree (Hast) Sea Nymph, The sk.
LENNOL, W.	Along The Row My Beau Naity Laity Girls, The Toff, The
LENNON, WILL &  MORETON,  LYDIA	Will Potier (1854-98) and wife Lydia Moreton (1851-97) All For The Best Bewildered Barrister, The (sk.) (Lydia) Mr & Mrs Rymer Naughty Dustman, The (sk.) (Lydia) Thompson's Victory What's The Odds?
LENNOX, LOTTIE	delete In The Army Killarney, My Home! You Can Go Your Way I'll Go Mine
LENNOX, NELLY/NELLIE	w. Kate Raleigh billed as The Two Original Music Hall "Sapphos" I Do Try Hard In The Army Way They Have In The Navy, The
LENNOX, WILL	1860-85
LENO, DAN	Alice Grey Barney, Take Me Home Don't You Believe It Hiring System, The I Couldn't Help But Laugh Nancy or Still True Blue Naurine Maureen Postman's Tat-Tat, The Robin Adair Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep Sandwich Man, The Shadow And Sunlight Ship That Carries Me Home, The Soldier And A Man, A Spare The Old Mud Cabin Susi-An-I-Oh Sweet Chiming Bells Woman's In It You Get There Just The Same
LENORE, FRED	d. 25 Dec 1904
LEO, ADA	Holy City, The
LEO, FRANK	Article and repertoire in Music Hall Studies Number Eleven. See www.musichallstudies.co.uk May, My May My Girl Is An Angel delete: My My My Waiting For Further Evidence
LEO, TOM	To Lazy To Live - Too Lazy To Die
LEON, CONNIE	Come And Make Love To Me
LEONARD, BOB & JENNY	Gay Parisienne, The I've Seen The Time Keep Your Eye On The Force
LEONARD, GEORGINA	When The Guards Are On Parade
LEONARD, GRACE	Yiddle On Your Fiddle
LEONI, HENRI	I Love You, Ma Cherie
LEONIE, ANNIE	m. COLLEY, EDWARD; billed as The Tinker's Sweetheart Welsher At The Gaiety Bar, The
LEROY, ERNIE	k.i.a. Sep 1917
LEROY, HARRY	That Was Me, I'm The Man
LESLIE, DAN	Dutchman's Wedding, The I'm Looking For The Lodgers
LESLIE, ELSIE	My First And Only Love
LESLIE, FANNIE	Article and repertoire in Music Hall Studies Number 7. See www.musichallstudies.co.uk By-And-By Dancing All Over The World Gay Coquette, The O'Malley's Dancing Class Penny For A Polka, A 'Umble Brown, The
LESLIE, H. J.	Dear Homeland, The MacGregor's Gathering, The My Sweetheart When A Boy
LESLIE, H. SCOTT	Them's Wor The Days!
LESLIE, MINNIE	You - Just You
LESLIE, VIOLET	Life's Ever Changing Play Up Came Johnny With His Camera
LESLIE, WILLIAM	Beautiful Emmeline Little Pet Bird In Its Cage, The Songs That I Loved Long Ago, The (w. MOORE & BURGESS)
LESMOND, ARTHUR	Brown Hats A Bob It Was Lively Man About Town, The We'll All Have Some Old Scotch
LESSING, MADGE	Jusqu'la
LESTER, ALFRED	Dear Old Shepherd's Bush I Do Like To Sing In My Bath Yes, We Have No Bananas
LESTER, FRANK	should be Alfred LESTER
LESTER, HARRY	Nineteenth Century Girl, The
L'ESTRANGE, NELLIE	<> Ask Any Working Man Harem, The How D'ye Do Wst Wst I Shan't Play With You Any More Petticoat Rule Please, Sir, I'm So Good You Can't Lose Me Charlie
LETTY, FRANCES	You Won't Miss De Water There's A Big Ship Sailing In The Morning
LEVALLE, WALTER	Whiskers Round The Bottoms Of His Trousers
LEVENS, EVA	Society Dancing Girl, The
LEVER, HARRY	She Was Right
LEVERTON, CHARLES	A + w (m George Burnley 1898) Nice Quiet Way Of Doing It, A
LEVEY, CARLOTTA	Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? Hannah's A Hummer
LEVEY, ETHEL	Take Me To That Swanee Shore
LEVEY, FLORENCE	Waiting For The Robert E Lee b. c1865; m. DANBY, CHARLES
LEVEY, MAY LILIAN	Oh, Boys, I've Seen You There
LEVEY, HARRY	That Was Me I'm The Man
LEVEY, THREE  SISTERS	Beautiful Brigade, The Ginger Lou Oodely-Idoly Girls, The Sweet Rosie O'Grady
LEWIS, EDMUND	He Didn't Know Ge-Og-Ra-Phy! Heads And Tails
LEWIS, EDWARD	Dotty On The Ditties!
LEWIS, FRED	Nothing You Know For Me They're Only Made To Look At
LEWIS, JOHN	d.10 Oct 1892
LEWIS, TIM	1865-93; w. Bow'ry Boys
LEYBOURNE, ARTHUR	Sherry Boosers, The
LEYBOURNE, GEORGE	Article and repertoire in Music Hall Studies Number 2. See www.musichallstudies.co.uk Betsy Gay Louis Renouf Out Of The Frying Pan Into The Fire Sarah's Gone And Left Me (The Cat's Meat Man) Strolling On The Sands
LEYBOURNE, HARRY	Ours Is A Nice Ouse Ours Is
LEYTON, GEORGE	Boys Of Battery Seven, The Lucky Number, The 'Tis A Story That Will Live Forever
LEYTON, HARRY	d. 25 Dec 1890
LEYTON, ROSE LOFTUS	m. A. G. Spry
LEYTON SISTERS, THE	(four-handed act) fl.Jan-May 1890
LHERI, PAUL	1844-1937 Flower Song (Carmen)
LIBBY, J. ALDRICH	dates should be: 1864-1925
LIDDEN, CECIL	Baby Pearl
LILBURN, CHARLES	fl1900s-1920s?
LILLIE, BEATRICE	Bring Back Those Wonderful Days (That Wonderful Lamp)
LINCOLN, OUIDA	Mischievous Maid, A Woodland Fairy, A
LIND, LETTY	(1861-1923) Daughter (Letty) died soon after birth1879; child's father probably HOWARD PAUL, by whom also one s. Horace Howard Paul(l)/Lind b.1880. Also s. John Reginald Harraton Rudge (b.1892) by John George Lambton, 3rd Lord Durham.
LINDON, MILLIE	1869-1940  (3) Maj Gen John Thompson (div)  (4) Baron Otto Sklenar von Schaniel Plum Tree, The Silly Little Brahma Hen, The Someone
LINDSAY, JESSIE (US)	Daisy Bell
LINDSAY, JIMMY	c1852-1934 Always Take Mother's Advice
LINDSAY, LOUIS	Runaway Jack
LINGARD, GEORGE ALEX.	1839-71 (Christy Minstrel)
LINGARD, HORACE L.	d. Feb 1941
LINGARD, WILLIAM H.	Gay Masque Ball, The My Bosom Friend Par Excellence
LINWOOD, HERBERT	Day When You'll Be Mine, The
LISTER, SELMA	I Don't Believe It Looking For Another Chappie Now Smart Brigade, The You Men
LISTON, HARRY	Jolly Cats London Girls (parody of Slap Bang) London Life And Late Hours Pride Of Pimlico, The Shade Between The Two, A She Is The Girl For Me Slick My Ginger
LISTON, JOHN	1767-1846 Frog He Would A-Wooing Go, A
LISTON, VICTOR	Encore
LITTLE, FRED J.	Bekase I'se Always Laffin'
LITTLE, MALLE	On The Banks Of The Wabash
LLOYD, ALICE	Looking For The Lovelight In Your Eyes Popsy Wopsy Waterfall
LLOYD, ARTHUR	Freemason, The or Tell Me The Sign, John Toora Looral Lee
LLOYD, EMILIE	Loving Evermore
LLOYD, HORATIO F.	d. 28 Nov 1889 New Haven Fishwife, The
LLOYD, J. J.	d.6 Jan 1927
LLOYD, MARIE	Ankle Watch, The Aviator, The Bathing Parade, The sk. Dress Of The Day, The Hag, The I Haven't Had A Cuddle For A Long Time Now I'll Show You Where The Elephant Is Hiding In Town It Was A Good Job I Had These On Kangaroo Dance Little Rustic Maid, The Little Thing Like That Won't Hurt You, A Next Best Thing, The No Flies On Me Oh, Sir Poor Jane Smartest Girl In Town, The Tale Of A Pretty Sole When She First Came Up To London Who'll Buy My Flowers? Woman Knows How Far She Can Go
LLOYD, ROBERT	1838-82
LLOYD, ROSIE	And The Leaves Began To Fall Lady, Lady Midnight On The Prairie Never Introduce Your Bloke To Your Lady Friend Popsy Wopsy
LLOYD SISTERS	Didn't You Know, Sister? Freaks Of Nature Hi-Tiddly-Hi Ti, Girls Innocent Maids When Our Parents Are Out
LLOYD, TOM	Don't Sing A Song About The War
LOCKLYNNE, SYDNEY	A + L&C (& Chas Osborne) Directions 1911
LOCKWOOD, GLADYS	Take Your Hands Away
LODER, Mrs E. J.	1840-80
LODER, G.	Little Nell
LOFTUS, CISSIE	If I Were You Shadow Song
LOFTUS, KITTY	Splendid Force, The Police, A
LOFTUS, MARIE	m. Ben Brown of Brown, Newland & Le Clerq Don't You Take It On How's The Game? I Don't Mean What You Mean What Sisters Want To Know
LOGAN, KATE	Oh, You Girls!
LOGAN, STANLEY	1885-1953 Innocent And Annabel sk.
LOMAS, BERT	d.28 Nov 1898
LONG, J. P.	b.1881
LORIMER, JACK	I've Lost My Little Dog
LORNE, MARK	He Left He Tried
LORRAINE, LILLIAN	Play That Fandango Rag Ring Ting-a-Ling
LORRAINE, WILLIAM	Which Will You Have, My Pretty Maid?
LOTINGA, ERNIE	Second wife: Kathleen Barbor d. 20 April 1952 aged 58
LOTTO, ALF	1878-1912
LOVE, Miss	Buy A Broom Chimes Of Zurich
LOVE, NELLIE	Oh, Tottie Tit Tat Toe
LOVEROSE, FLORENCE	Norah
LOWE, ALBERT HENRY	1842-86 (Harry Lauri)
LOWE, THOMAS	c1720-83 Rule Britannia
LOWRY, L. M.	Marching To The Temperance Demonstration
LUNA, LITTLE	Little Kitty Little
LUND, JOE	Nancy Fat
LUNDBERG, ADA	Don't Forget It, Do So Respectable
LUXMORE, SISTERS	Flighty Girls Tiddley Um Brigade, The We Know You Know
LYALL, CHARLES	1833-1911 Mary's Canary
LYNE, FRED	Dear Old Bobs
LYNN, HARRY & DAUGHTERS	Forger, The sk. Stolen Child, The sk.
LYNN(E), JENNY	Since Our Bill Has Been And Joined The Army Woman Of Very Few Words, A
LYNNE, MARY	Home Sweet Home Killarney Love's Old Sweet Song
LYSTER, AMY	I Don't Want Other People It Wasn't Worth While Just Too Late Mary Anne's Tomcat Tottie Up To Date When The Days Grow Longer
LYTTON, VICTORIA	1868-1943 He Never Told That To His Wife It's A Little Bit Of B O G I E Oh What A Change In Mary Since She's Been Behind The Bar

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