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 - U, V, W, X, Y, Z

UNO, LITTLE	Have A Little Bit On Me
VALDO, HARRY	d. 7 Oct 1917
VALENTINE	d. 5 Sep 1889 (James Ballentine)
VALENTINE, SYDNEY	1865-1919 sketch artiste Call, The (w. ETHEL IRVING) England's Heroes Toiling Day-By-Day (recitation of poems by             Clement Scott illustrated by Tableaux Vivants) Half An Hour Iron Hand, The Marriage Will Not Take Place, The Mr Barnes Of New York Will, The
VALLER, G	I Stopped It Lost My Ma-In-Law
VALLER, WILL	He Didn't Split The Wood You'd Better Stay At Home Lad
VALMORE, JENNY	Daisy's Answer Game Of Spoof, The Girl Who Has Been Through It, The Leave 'Em Alone Mary Jones Never Mind Why
VAN BIENE, AUGUSTE	b. 1849 Died on stage at the Hippodrome, Brighton, as the curtain fell.
VANBRUGH, VIOLET	Pushful Jim mon.
VANCE, ALFRED G.	common-law husband of Eunice VANCE; grand-f. of Mabel Holt (see HARRY WELDON) Pretty Little Girl In The Corner, The
VANCE, CLARICE	1871-1961 Bedelia Goodbye To Johnny He's A Cousin Of Mine If Anbody Wants To Meet A Jonah I'm Afraid To Come Home In The Dark I'm Wise It Looks Like A Big Night Tonight Mariar (L&C Moses Gumble  & Harry Williams)
VANCE, EUNICE	1858-1953.  Left £66,079; common-law wife of Alfred VANCE. Née Eunice Woodford McLewee, orig k.a. Eunice Irving. A.k.a. Eunice Stevens. Cousin of Ethel IRVING.  Related to comedian Henry Joseph Irving (1840-70).. Little Tottie Coughdrop
VANCE, JENNY	Jolly Girls
VANE, BRACEY	Eaton Square Have You Seen The Shah?
VANE, CHARLES	End Of Daisy Bell, The I Went Renegade, The
VANE, CICILE	Bread And Cheese And Kisses
VANONI, Mdlle	Houp-La!
VARDEN, DOLLY	I Don't Want To Marry A Marquis Only A Flower Girl
VARDON & PARRY	Alabama Jubilee
VARICK, DOROTHY	fl c1920 all recitations Reflections Of A Penny Soliloquy Of The Fire We Ain't 'Arf Proud O' Dad
VARLEY, BEATRICE	1896-1969 Shake Hands Speak Of A Man As You Find Him
VARLEY, FLO	d. 4 Mar 1921 In Twentieth Century Style
VARLO, TOM	Follow My Leader Good Old Days Gone By Good Old Paree Sister Mary
VARNEY & BRETT	Thuthie or Mithith Thuthie Thimpthon Lithpth Too!
VAUGHAN, GUS	1846-77 (Paul Julien)
VAUGHAN, KATE	Just Awake Enough Parlez Vous Francais?
VAUGHAN, WELFORD	Milky White
VENLEY, ALICE	Bicycle Built For Four, A Hi, Hi, Over There Old Folks At Home, The
VENN, MAUD	House Where The Shutters Are Green, The Yea Verily
VENN, TOPSY	d. 1897
VENNING, FLORENCE	Sincerity
VENNING, LOUISA	Sing Birdie Sing
VENTO, HENRY	1832-99 (ne Aylward)
VENTO, LILLIE	Boys We Love, The That's The King That Needles Yer
VERE, DORIS	If You Love Her And She Loves You
VERE, VERA	If I Had A Girl Like You
VERNE, H. G.	A + L&C Plain Family, The
VERNON, FANNY	1853-87 m. Harry Sinclair
VERNON, HARRIETT	Love Is A Mystery
VERNON, HARRY	A + L&C Having A Jolly Good Holiday 1899
VERNON, ROSE	So Have I
VERNON, VICTOR	Amateur Actors, The or Jones Played The ?
VERREN, MILNER	Playground In The Sky, The Sad, Sad Solemn Looking Eyes Soldier Like Daddy, A
VERSATILE THREE, THE	I'm Sorry I Made You Cry
VESTRIS, LUCY	Banners Of Blue Beauty's Cherries By The Margin Of Fair Zurich's Waters Cachucha, The Choose Me Your Valentine Dear Happy Tyrol Dost Thou Love Me, Sister Ruth? Hark! Hark! Through The Wild Wood In Infancy Lou La Lou La! Love Is Like A Little Bee Love's Review Moss Roses Oh, Get Along - Get Along, Rosy! Pastor's Fireside, The What Can Beauty Give Me More?
VEVEY, ZONA	d. November 2000.  m. Max Erard, organist Ding Dong I Recall The Days Lads From Our Village, The Mary My Shepherd Boy When You're In Love With Someone
VICTOR, AMY	Collar And Cuff Brigade, The Exile's Return, The Society
VICTOR, ETHEL	Colonel Crusher How Do You Do It, Now Tell Me Do
VICTORIA, VESTA	d. 1873. Lawrence Barclay her br. not uncle. Father And Mother Fell In Love With One Another My Wife Won't Let Me aka Waiting At The Church
VIGO, GEORGE	Honest Though Poor Katie or Going Down To Kew Very Good Young Man, The
VILLIERS, HARRY	d. 7 Jan 1906 m. DAISY JAMES Cut Short Just Come Away From Chicago Life
VINCENT, RUTH	Ah! Fors é Lui Daddy's Sweetheart Dearest I Bring You Daffodils Fairies From The Moones First Rose, The Song Of June, A Wake Up!
VINING, ARTHUR	d. 15 Jan 1895
VIRGINIA MINSTRELS	Frank Brower's dates should be 1820-74
VIRGO, WILFRED	Alice, Where Art Thou?
VIRTO, ALBERT	d.17 Sep 1890
VIVIAN, MONA	See MONA, WEE
VIVIENNES, LES PETITES	Three Little Dolls
VOKES, FRED	1846-88? m. Bella Moore dr. of G. W. MOORE Cook's Excursion Trip
VOKES, MAY	d. 1957 (aged 70+) I'm Afraid To Come Home In The Dark
VOLT, T. W.	De Dancing Coon
VOLTAIRE, NELLIE	d. 26 Sep 1905
VOX, VALENTINE	Exhibition Of 1862, The
WADE, GENE	k.i.a. 1917
WAITE, TED	name misprinted as WALTE
WAITE, HARRY	Dutch Clock Man, The
WAITE, NELLIE	Piccadilly Circus
WAKEFIELD, J. H. (JOHNNY)	Doctor/ss, The Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me, The Oh, Beautiful Marriage Soldier And Man (parody) Who Discovered Dixie?
WALDRON, JACK	1893-1969
WALDRONS, THE	Silly Burglar, The sk.
WALKER, JOCK	Gretna Green
WALKER, RACHEL	Little Red Cross, The
WALKER, TALKER	Land For Me, The
WALL, HARRY	1838-1918
WALLACE, NELLIE	Cuckoo, The
WALLACE, Miss RAY	I Try To Forget You
WALLIS & LANGTON	Blacksmith's Lament, The Now He's Climbing Up The Golden Stairs
WALLIS, SAMUEL H.	d. 12 Oct 1890 (w. Moore & Burgess)
WALMSLEY, FRED	I'm Going Back To Himazas
WALSH, SAM	Best Man, The  sk.  (w. HAYDEN COFFIN) Camperdown, The Nobby VC  sk. (w. COFFIN)
WALTON & LESTER	fl1880s-1910s m. The Sisters Westfield Down By The River
WALTON, GEORGE	d. 15 Jan or Jul 1903
WALTON, WITTY WATTY	Bold Bad Boy, The King's A Right Good Fellow E.R., E.R., E.R., The
WAMBOLD, D. S.	Come Sit By My Side Little Darling
WARD, DOROTHY	Crooning From One, Till Two
WARD, MAY	Bird On Nellie's Hat, The
WARD, TOM	Little Girl, Lou
WARD, WINIFRED	add: m. FRANK SEELEY
WARDE, JOHN & EMMA	John 1840-92. Wife Emma d. 13 Oct 1910.  John's father William Warde (1811-59); see D'AUBAN & WARDE TROUPE. Another son of William was Willie Warde 1857-18 Aug 1943.
WARDE, J. G.	1801-87 father of George Warde
WARNER, HARRY	Liza
WARNER, NELLIE	Schoolmates
WARREN, LILIAN	That's A Picture No Artist Can Paint
WARREN, T. G.	He Was So Good And Kind I Emptied It Knowing Jockey, The Something So Jolly
WEATHERHEAD, JOE	A + L&C Britannia's Sons or                 The Drummer In The Coldstream Guards 1885 A + L&C Never Again 1886
WEAVER, ASTLEY	A + L&C Fashion's Fairies 1895 A + L&C When Gus Begins To Talk About His Birth 1903
WEBB, PADDY	Darby Kelly
WEBBER, HARRY	How Can They Tell I'm A Yiddisher Man?
WEBSTERS, THE TINY	Cissie Or I
WEISS, W. H.*	d. 1867
WELCH, DICK	Bye Bye Betsey
WELDON, HARRY	First wife: Mabel Holt (grand-dr. of A. G. VANCE) As Soon As They Heard My Voice Baby Show, The Back To The USA Bailey, Why Don't You Go Home? Barber, The Bronzo (The Bullfighter) Can You Imagine Me? Daddy, You're My Father Deserted or Thank Goodness She's Left The Kids Dick Turpin (various versions) Dressmaker, The Father's Cigar Fireman, The Friday Is My Lucky Day Heave Ho He's A Pro I'm Going Home To See If I've Gone Home I'm Going To See Old Virginia Mississippi Oh, Boy Pastoral Song, The Pedigrees Policeman, The Sadie She Does Her Mother's Washing In The Moonlight Sleuthy, The Dread Of The Heads So Long Sally (The Sailor's Farewell or The Sailor's Wooing) Stiffy The Boxer Stiffy The WarderTennessee (parody) Tyrolean Song Warder, The (another Stiffy sk.) What Are You Talking About? Whack-Fol-The-Diddle-Ol-Oram What Do You Want To Make?
WELLS, GILBERT	Altered His Appearance Now Bachelor's Spree, The Beneath The Limelight I Was Left Outside Oh, It's Wonderful Queer Doings At Bow Street Susan's Nose
WELLSBOURNE, Mrs	Tally-Ho!
WENBURN, HARRY	A + L&C Five Hours A Penny 1896 It's Coming Along 1896
WENTWORTH, BESSIE	Article and repertoire in Music Hall Studies Number 5. See www.musichallstudies.co.uk Alabama Coon, The a.k.a. The Little Alabama Coon Boyhood's Day Coon's Wooing, The Dixie Lu He's One Of Us Julianna Leader Of The Company B Mississippi Cabin, The - could be Santy Claus etc My Gal or My Sweetheart's My Mammy - same as My Gal, She's       Got Eyes Like Diamonds My Gal, She's Got Eyes Like Diamonds - same as My Gal, or My        Sweetheart's My Mammy Poor Old Tom Smoke, Smoke, Smoke! or Framed In Oak
WENTWORTH, FANNY	Honey, Does Yer Love Yer Man?
WESNER, ELLA	c1841-1917 Richmond Gem, The
WEST, ARTHUR	Johnny Bull's Concert Hall
WEST, FLORRIE	Ooley-Ooley-Ool! That's My Opinion Of Eliza
WESTON, BERT	1880-1950
WESTON, H.	Don't Speak To The Man At The Wheel
WESTON, LUCY	I'm Out Fishing Two Flats Required
WESTON, MARIE	Hang Around While The Moon Was Shining
WHARTON, MAY	Rosie Is Waiting
WHEELER, FRANK W.	Extra Little Bit Thrown In, An When It's A Boy
WHEELER, J. VAN RENSSLAR	Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue?
WHELAN, ALBERT	1875-1961  2nd wife: Renee McIntosh Red Riding Hood Teeny Tiny Woman
WHITAKER, WILLETTE	I Wish I Had A Pal Like You
WHITE, LEE	All Aboard For Dixie Land
WHITE'S ARABS, TOM	fl 1890s-1900s. Troupe inc. Little Pimple Mother's Golden Ring Only Mother And I
WHITEFORD, GRACE	Shoulder To Shoulder
WHITEFORD, JOCK	1877-1951 billed as The Electric Scot Adam Was A Scotchman Football Match, TheI'm Waiting For My Bonny ChielTillie-Tud-LumWasn't That A Funny Thing!
WHITEMAN, J. C.	All Is Not Gold That Glitters I Saved Him or I'm Sorry That I Interfered
WHITLOCK, BILLY (1)	1813-78
WHITTLE, CHARLES R	Will You Dance  With Me Tonight (ForThe Last Time)?
WHITNEY, JOHN	Anchor's Weighed, The Come Into The Garden Maud
WHITTY, ANNA	Killarney
WHYBROW, C.	You Can't Tell What You Can Do Till You Try
WIDDICOMB, JARVIS	1855-98
WIELAND, CLARA WIGLEY, NELLIE	Aunt Jane Fancy Ball In The Ranks Zim La La Come To Shadowland And Dream
WILDEY, E.	Belle Of Belgrave Square, The
WILDON, FRED	Ladder Of Fame, The Servants
WILFORD, LILY	If I Do, I Do; If I Don't, I Don't
WILKINS, CHARLES	Belle Of Belgrave Square, The Matilda Toots
WILLEY, BERTHA	fl c1900 Holy City, The
WILLIAMS, ARTHUR	You Can't Whistle 'Em Back Again
WILLIAMS, BARNEY	d. 1876 Girls Of Mallow Little Red Riding Hood
WILLIAMS, Mrs BARNEY	Bobbin' Around
WILLIAMS, BERT	Dat's Harmony Enjoy Yourselves Good Morning, Carrie I Guess That Will Hold You For A While (Oh, I Don't Know) You're Not So Warm Somebody Lied
WILLIAMS, BILLY	b. 1878
WILLIAMS, BRANSBY	Jekyll & Hyde
WILLIAMS, FRED	At A Distance
WILLIAMS, GUS	All Among The Hay Cat Song Listening To The Wind Our German Senator She Does Like A Little Bit Of Scotch Vaiter! Vaiter! Hot Potato
WILLIAMS, LOTTIE	d. 31 Mar 1907 (Mrs George LASHWOOD)
WILLIAMS, NELLIE	Behind The Scenes
WILLIAMS, POPPY	My Sue-Oo-Oo
WILLIAMS, WALTER	Kitchener
WILLIAMS, W. H.	1797-1846 All Round My Hat
WILLIS, LOUISE	Honey-Boy
WILLOUGHBY, ADA	I've Only Just Come Up To London To Improve Her Education
WILLS, HARRY	1846-79
WILLS, H. O.	I Took A Big Bite Of My Bun
WILMOT, FRED	1867-1917; see FARRELL & WILMOT
WILSHIRE, FRED	Would You Mind Playing A Tune?
WILSON & WARING	J. J. Wilson d. 1 Jan 1928 Ugly Duckling, An sk.
WILSON, EDGAR	Hark I Hear The Clarion Sounding Life Is A River
WILSON, FRED	That's The Time To Go It While You're Young
WILSON, H. F.	My Queen
WILSON, JOSEPH	Corner In Their Heart's For Jack, A
WILSON, NELLIE	Ghost Of Patsy Finnigan's Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
WILSON, RUBY	I've A Garden In Sweden
WILSON, W.	I Must Go Out On Sundays
WILTON, EMMA	I Wandered By The Brookside
WILTON, FRED	Quite Right Too
WILTON, MAUDIE	King Baby
WINCHMORE, TOM	His Sweet Capricious Smile
WINDLEY, HARRY	You've Still Got The Same Old Walk Once
WINTER, WINONA	When The Girl Of Your Dreams Dreams Of You
WITHERSPOON, HERBERT	1873-1935 Mother O' Mine
WITMARK, J. P.	Cottage Neath The Cliff, The He Was A Pal Of Mine Is Mother Thinking Of Her Boy?
WOOD, ARTHUR	A + L&C We're All Actors 1863
WOOD, CHARLES	Too High
WOOD, JACK	I Wonder If The Girl I'm Thinking Of Is Thinking Of Me?
WOOD, DAISY	I'm Fishing For A Sweetheart Oh, Marie Lloyd! Popsy Wopsy Violets
WOOD, JOSEPH	1801-90 m. WOOD, MARY ANNE List Thee, Dear Lady On Yonder Rock Reclining
WOOD, MARY ANNE	1802-65  nee Paton. m. (1) Lord William Lennox (1799-1881) div. 1834 (2) WOOD, JOSEPH Ah! Don't Mingle False One, I Love Thee Still Her Heart, It Is Not There She Is Thine She Wore A Wreath Of Roses Still So Gently O'Er Me Stealing With Thee Beside Me, Oh My Love
WOOD, TOM	1871-99
WOOD, WALTER	A + L&C Come To Me Ma Honey 1901
WOODFORD, AMY	Don't Be Shy Just What I Think
WOODHOUSE, J. D.	d. 1 Feb 1906? Millionaire's Missing Boy, The Widow Of Wicklow
WOODLEY, J. W.	Katie Malonme
WOODVILLE, ROBERT	Peggy O'Neill
WOOTTWELL, TOM	Acrobatic Actor Doodah Giddy Little Kid How Dare They? I'm A Navvy In Shoreditch Lottery Of Marriage, The My Reputation Up Came John Where All Good Niggers Go
WORTH, BEATRICE	d. 13 Apr 1907
WRIGHT, FANNY	1840-83
WRIGHT, HARRY	A + L&C You've Still Got The Same Old Walk
WRIGHT, SAM	Tips For The General Election
WRIGHT, SARAH	'Wiry Sal' aka Mdlle SARA. m. second husband, Charles Begbie Slater in 1889.  Her death reported in The Era July 1902 aged 41. In fact she was 47.
WRIGHT, WARWICK	I'm A Gent - I'm A Gent
WYATT, Miss E.	You Men
WYLIE, ARTHUR	d. 4 Nov 1903
WYNGATE, HARRY	Mother's Washing Day
WYNNE, SISTERS	Three Little Chambermaids
WYNNE, EDITH	Dove Song, The Living Poems (Tennyson: Arthur Sullivan 1874) Over The Roof (Sullivan) Then Come Not Yet (Sullivan)
WYNNE, NELLY	In The Evening Very Forward
WYRES, GEORGE	Kids Belong To Me
YEAMANS, LYDIA	Come Into The Garden Maud
YOLE, PATTY	Girl With A Naughty W, The
YORKE, ALICE	m. Blythe Pratt, music hall manager
YORKE, HARRY	Sewing Machine, The
YOUNG, J. H.	Five O'Clock Bus, The
YOUNG, TED	We Didn't Go Home At All
ZAMPI	1856-1905 (Thomas Hunter)
ZELTER	Nellie
ZIMBALIST, EFREM	Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) (accompanist for GLUCK)
ZOLA, LITTLE	Up Jumps The Ghost Of Sarah Porter

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