A SOUTHERN MAID



Composer: Harold Fraser-Simson
Lyricist: Dion Clayton Calthrop; Harry Graham

Opened: May 15, 1920, Daly’s Theatre, London
Performances: 306

Note:  A complete song list is not available at this time.  Unidentified selections also appear on 78/HMV C974 (Mayfair Orchestra) and 78/EB Winner 3411 (Royal Court Orchestra).


Bird Of Blue:

1. 78/Columbia 820 (Daly’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
2.  78/Columbia F1042 (Jose Collins and Chorus with Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [also 78/Columbia 76822;
reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
3. 78/HMV (rej) (Violet Essex, Bessie Jones, and Nellie Walker)
4. 78/HMV (rej) (Violet Essex, Bessie Jones, and Nellie Walker)


The Call Of The Sea:

1. 78/Columbia 820 (Daly’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
2. 78/Columbia F1054 (Claude Flemming with Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [also 78/Columbia 74126; reissued on Lilac Time/Rio Rita/A Southern Maid, CD/Pearl GEMM CD 9115]
3. 78/HMV C972 (Peter Dawson with Nellie Walker, Bessie Jones, Ernest Pike, Edward Halland, and orchestra conducted by George Byng) [reissued on On Stage EMI EM290573-3]


Every Bit Of Loving:

1. 78/Columbia F1041 (Jose Collins with Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [reissued on Lilac Time/Rio Rita/A Southern Maid, CD/Pearl GEMM CD 9115]


Francesco Del Fuego:

1. 78/Columbia 820 (Daly’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
2. 78/Columbia F1056 (Ernest Bertram with Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [also 78/Columbia 74132;
reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
3. 78/HMV B1110 (Peter Dawson with Nellie Walker, Bessie Jones, Ernest Pike, Edward Halland, and orchestra conducted by George Byng) [reissued on On Stage EMI EM290573-3]


He Won’t Worry Me Again:

1. 78/Columbia F1056 (Mark Lester with Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [also 78/Columbia 74130; reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]


Here’s To Those We Love:

1. 78/Columbia 820 (Daly’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
2. 78/Columbia F1055 (Claude Flemming with Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [also 78/Columbia 74128;
reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
3. 78/HMV B1110 (Peter Dawson with Nellie Walker, Bessie Jones, Ernest Pike, Edward Halland, and orchestra conducted by George Byng) [reissued on On Stage EMI EM290573-3]


I Want The Sun And The Moon:

1. 78/Columbia F1054 (Jose Collins and Claude Flemming with Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [also 78/Columbia 74128; reissued on Lilac Time/Rio Rita/A Southern Maid, CD/Pearl GEMM CD 9115]
2. 78/HMV B-1114 (Violet Essex and Peter Dawson)


Love’s Cigarette:

1. 78/Columbia 820 (Daly’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [reissued on Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette!, CD/ASV/Living Era CDAJA 5302]
2. 78/Columbia F1040 (Jose Collins with Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
3. 78/HMV C-973 (Violet Essex)
4. 78/HMV (rej) (Violet Essex)
5.
78/HMV B1111 (De Groot and the Piccadilly Orchestra) [also 78/HMV 2-630;
reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
6. Jose Collins Memories, 78/Decca K730 (Jose Collins)


My Way Of Love:

1. 78/Columbia F1042 (Jose Collins with Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [also 78/Columbia 76823; reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
2. 78/HMV C-973 (Violet Essex)
3. 78/HMV (rej) (Violet Essex)


Opening, Act 1:

1. 78/Columbia 820 (Daly’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]


Our Cottage By The Sea:

1. 78/Columbia 820 (Daly’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
2. 78/Columbia F1055 (Gwendoline Brogden and Mark Lester with Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [also 78/Columbia 74129;
reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106] 


Southern Love:

1. 78/Columbia F1041 (Jose Collins with Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [also 78/Columbia 76824; reissued on Lilac Time/Rio Rita/A Southern Maid, CD/Pearl GEMM CD 9115]
2. 78/HMV (rej) (Violet Essex)
3. 78/HMV (rej) (Violet Essex)


Waltz Song (Dark Grows The Sky):

1. 78/Columbia 820 (Daly’s Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
2. 78/Columbia F1040 (Jose Collins with Daly's Theatre Orchestra conducted by Merlin Morgan) [also 78/Columbia 76819;
reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
3. 78/HMV (rej) (Violet Essex)
4. 78/HMV B1111 (De Groot and the Piccadilly Orchestra) [also 78/HMV 2-631; reissued on A Southern Maid, CD/Palaeophonics 106]
A radio transcription performed by the Robert F. Hilliard Concert Orchestra is also known to exist.