File B091 - C.G.E. television : excerpts no. 1

1 audio reel (1 hr., 3 min., 13 sec. ; 1 hr., 3 min., 27 sec.)

File consists of a series of excerpts from C.G.E. television, featuring the Leslie Bell Singers. Recorded songs include:

• [Narrated Maritime sketch on Elsie McLeod] (including Squid jiggin' ground; Tom's gone to Hilo ; A-rovin'; We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders)
• Ave Maria / Schubert
• Jambalaya
• Oh, what a beautiful morning
• [Medley] (Black-eyed Susie ; Darling Nelly Gray ; Skip to my Lou)
• The Sleigh
• [Folk song medley] (including Auprès de ma blonde ; Billy Magee Magaw ; O Genevieve, sweet Genevieve ; Frere Jacques ; Auld Lang Syne)
• Our love
• Wunderbar
• Don't let the stars get in your eyes
• [Story of a princess and music box, with narration] (including Your love will come along ; Du, du liegst mir im Herzen ; I'll remember April)
• Paris in the Spring
• The gypsy in my soul
• I whistle a happy tune
• With a song in my heart
• Keep it gay
• No other love
• She's like the swallow
• Bless this house
• I've never been in love before
• If I loved you
• Ciribiribin
• Santa Lucia
• Funiculi funicula
• I feel a song comin' on
• Mighty like a rose [Mighty lak' a rose]
• [Medley of songs from The Vagabond King] (Song of the vagabonds ; Only a rose ; Sympathy ; The donkey serenade)
• Soldier, soldier, will you marry me?
• Valencia
• My ain folk
• Sleigh ride
• Alice in Wonderland [with narration] (Alice in Wonderland ; I'm late ; All in the golden afternoon ; How d'ye do and shake hands ; The unbirthday song ; Very good advice ; In a world of my own)
• O holy night
• Glory to God in the highest [from the Messiah]
• I wonder as I wander
• C'est magnifique

See Leslie Bell's manuscript arrangements: A-rovin' (OTUFM 39-A-2-53); Alice in Wonderland (OTUFM 39-A-2-29); Auld Lang Syne (OTUFM 39-A-2-57); Auprès de ma blonde (OTUFM 39-A-2-58); Ave Maria / Schubert (OTUFM 39-A-2-61d); Black-eyed Susie (OTUFM 39-A-2-87); Bless this house (OTUFM 39-A-2-88); Ciribiribin (OTUFM 39-A-2-141); Donkey's serenade (OTUFM 39-A-2-193); Don't let the stars get in your eyes (OTUFM 39-A-2-190); Funiculi funicula (OTUFM 39-A-2-253); Glory to God in the highest (OTUFM 39-A-2-267); How d'ye do and shake hands (OTUFM 39-A-2-334); I feel a song comin' on (OTUFM 39-A-2-348); I whistle a happy tune (OTUFM 39-A-2-367); I wonder as I wander (OTUFM 39-A-2-370); If I loved you (OTUFM 39-A-2-392); I'll remember April (OTUFM 39-A-2-396); I'm late (OTUFM 39-A-2-381); I've never been in love before (OTUFM 39-A-2-389); Jambalaya (OTUFM 39-A-2-432); Keep it gay (OTUFM 39-A-2-449); Maritime sketch (OTUFM 39-A-2-529); Mighty lak' a rose (OTUFM 39-A-2-551); My ain folk (OTUFM 39-A-2-566); O holy night (OTUFM 39-A-2-603); Oh what a beautiful morning (OTUFM 39-A-2-609); Our love (OTUFM 39-A-2-630); Paris in the Spring (OTUFM 39-A-2-639); Santa Lucia (OTUFM 39-A-2-697); She's like the swallow (OTUFM 39-A-2-714); Skip to my Lou (OTUFM 39-A-2-724); Sleigh ride (OTUFM 39-A-2-726); Song of the vagabonds (OTUFM 39-A-2-752); The gypsy in my soul (OTUFM 39-A-2-830); The sleigh (OTUFM 39-A-2-876); Tom's gone to Hilo (OTUFM 39-A-2-916); Valencia (OTUFM 39-A-2-943); With a song in my heart (OTUFM 39-A-2-1010); Wunderbar (OTUFM 39-A-2-1015).

Title from audio reel box.

The Leslie Bell Singers performed on the C.G.E. television show for its first two seasons [1952-1954]. Prior to that, they performed on the C.G.E. radio show.