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Recording Number Title Year Recorded Issue Number
1066 Who Does The House Belong To? 1901 GC2–2518
1067 The Mocking Bird 1901 GC–1204
1082 The Tower Of London 1901 GC–2435
1084 The May Day Fireman 1901 GC–2436
1091 Where Are You Going To, My Pretty Maid? 1901 GC–2436
1092 My Wife's Relations 1901 GC–1205
1093 The Huntsman 1901 GC–2–2515
1094 The Grass Widower 1901 GC–2–2516
1095 Clever Mr. Green 1901 GC–2–2517
1096 McGlockell's Men 1901 GC–1206
1127 Poppies 1901 GC–2–2530
1128 Mrs. Kelly 1901 GC–2–2531
1129 The Tower Of London (re-recorded) 1901 GC–2435
3222/3 The Hard Boiled Egg and the Wasp 1903 GC–2–2807
3224/5 Going To The Races 1903 GC–2–2808
3478/9 The Shopwalker 1903 GC–2–2830
3480/1 The Muffin Man 1903 GC–2–2831
3462/3 Spiritualism 1903 GC–1243
3484/5 Wait Till I'm His Father 1903 GC–2–2832
3487/8 The Fortune Teller 1903 GC–2–2854
3489/90 The Diamond Ring 1903 GC–2–2833
3491/2 The Swimming Master 1903 GC–2–2855
3484/5 The Lecturer 1903 Unissued
3496/7 Dan Leno's Clog Dance 1903 Unissued
43–R I am Waiting For Him Tonight 1903 02006
46–R The Robin 1903 01000
47–R Going To The Races (re-recording) 1903 02001
50–R The Huntsman (re-recording) 1903 02005
23117 Young Men Taken In And Done For 1903 Unissued
Note: Leno's recordings are listed in Gyles Brandreth's 1977 biography, The Funniest Man on Earth: The Story of Dan Leno.[1]
Year Performed Title Notes
1876 Pity the Poor Italian Boy First performed in Ireland under his stage name The Great Little Leno, the Quintessence of Irish Comedians.[2]
1882 I'm the Champion Still First performed at the Scotia Theatre, Glasgow.[3]
1884 Sweet Black Pairs Performed during the Christmas pantomime Dick Whittington.[4][5]
1885 Don't Lean Against a House That's Pulled Down First performed at the Parthenon Theatre, Liverpool.[6]
1885 Gaffer Goliker Written by Leno and first performed at Parthenon Theatre, Liverpool.[7]
c.1885 When Rafferty Raffled His Watch First performed in Leno's London début.[8][6]
1886 I'm Off to Buy Milk for the Twins First performed at the Oxford Theatre, London.[8]
1887 It's More Than a Fellow Can Stand First performed at the Forester's music hall, London.[9]
1886 The Fish Shop First performed at the Oxford Theatre, London.[10]
1888 Young Men Taken In and Done For Written and composed by Harry King.[11]
1888 I'll Be Waiting For Him Tonight Written by Leno.[12]
1888 Has Anyone Seen a Moving Job? First monologue, written by Leno.[13]
1888 My Old Man Composed by George Le Brunn, words by Harry King.[14]
1889 The Muffin Man Written and composed by Harry King. Leno's first "trade song".[13]
1889 Dear Old Mike First performed at the Empire Theatre, London.[13]
1890 Never More Written by Leno based on his early life touring.[15]
1890 Her Mother's at the Bottom of It All Written by Leno and sung in the character of Mr. Pipkins.[16]
1890 The Railway Guard Composed by George Le Brunn. Leno's second "trade song".[17]
1890 Never-more Sung as the character Mr. Girkling. Words by Harry King, music by George Le Brunn.[18]
1890 Mother Nature Performed during the Christmas pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk.[19]
1891 The Shop Walker Composed by George Le Brunn, words by Walter de Frece, another "trade song".[20]
1891 The Waiter Trade song, composed by George Le Brunn.[21]
1891 The Grass Widower Composed by J.H. Woodhouse.[22]
1892 All Through a Little Piece of Bacon Composed by George Le Brunn.[22]
1892 Chimney On Fire Composed by George Le Brunn.[22]
1892 The Detective Composed by George Le Brunn.[22]
1892 The Detective Camera Composed by George Le Brunn.[22]
1892 The Fasting Man Composed by George Le Brunn.[22]
1893 The Doctor Featuring Leno's character Dr. McFabback.[23]
1893 The Recruiting Sergeant Words by Harry Wright, music by Fred Eplett. Leno performed as the character Sergeant Smirks.[24][25]
1893 The Midnight March Performed during the production Little Bo-Peep, Little Red Riding Hood and Hop O' My Thumb.[26][27]
1894 My Sweet Face Written and composed by Herbert Darnley for the Christmas pantomime Robinson Crusoe.[28]
1895 Mary Anne's Refused Me Written by Leno about how to avoid marriage.[29]
1897 Courting The Widow Written by Leno for his American audiences.[14]
1897 The Horseshoe on the Door Written by Leno for his American audiences.[14]
1897 The North Pole Written by Leno for his American audiences.[14]
1897 Our Nineteenth Century Stores Sung in the style of Leno's inspiration Joseph Grimaldi. Leno dedicated this song to him.[30]
1898 I'll Marry Him Featuring Leno's character Mrs. Kelly.[31]
1898 The Swimming Instructor Written by Leno. Later recorded as "The Swimming Master" in 1903.[32]
1898 The Beefeater Written by Leno. Capitalising on the success of this, Leno recorded "Tower of London" in 1901.[33]
1899 The Diamond Ring Written by Leno about a manual worker who came into a lot of money. Later recorded in 1903.[34]
c.1899 The Jap Composed by George Le Brunn.[22]
c.1899 McFarlane's Men Written by Leno about Scotland.[30]
1899 The Red Poppies Written by Leno. Later recorded as "Poppies" in 1901.[14]
1899 The Bandit First performed at the London Pavilion.[35]
1899 The Red Robin Written by Leno. Later recorded as "The Robin" in 1903.[14]
1900 The Huntsman The last of his "trade songs", performed at the Empire Theatre, London.[34]
1901 My Wife's Relations Written by Leno about his family.[15]
1902 The Wasp and the Hardboiled Egg Written by Leno, performed during Mother Goose in 1903. Inspired by "The Honeysuckle and the Bee" as performed by Ellaline Terriss.[30]
1904 The Widow with Memories of Friday Nights First performed at the London Pavilion.[36]
  1. ^ Brandreth, p. 96
  2. ^ Anthony, pp. 26–8
  3. ^ Coborn, p. 150
  4. ^ Anthony, p. 44
  5. ^ The Era, 5 November 1883, p. 4
  6. ^ a b Newton, pp. 66–7
  7. ^ Anthony, p. 53
  8. ^ a b Anthony, p. 61
  9. ^ The Era, 12 March 1887, p. 7
  10. ^ The Era, 26 June 1886, p. 4
  11. ^ Anthony, p. 82
  12. ^ Anthony, p. 79
  13. ^ a b c The Era, 1 June 1889, p. 3
  14. ^ a b c d e f Anthony, p. 147
  15. ^ a b Anthony, p. 142
  16. ^ Anthony, pp. 88–9
  17. ^ Anthony, pp. 103–4
  18. ^ The Times, 27 January 1894, p. 3
  19. ^ Anthony, pp. 91–2
  20. ^ Anthony, p. 104–5
  21. ^ Anthony, pp. 105–6
  22. ^ a b c d e f g Cite error: The named reference Anthony101 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  23. ^ Anthony, p. 141
  24. ^ Anthony, p. 123
  25. ^ Anthony, pp. 141–2
  26. ^ Illustrated London News, 31 December 1892, p. 7
  27. ^ Anthony, pp. 115–6
  28. ^ Anthony, p. 132
  29. ^ Anthony, p. 145
  30. ^ a b c Anthony, p. 161
  31. ^ Anthony, p. 163
  32. ^ Anthony, p. 107
  33. ^ Anthony, p. 162
  34. ^ a b Anthony, p. 159
  35. ^ The Playgoer June 1906, p. 2
  36. ^ Anthony, pp. 196–7
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