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Merrily We Roll Along is a mish-mash of high energy lunacy, reverence, and irreverence for forgotten pop stars, love for Saturday morning cartoons, and exploration of the side of Bandcamp where I seem to be the only one purchasing. Bringing to you the odd and the upbeat from a growing collection of pre-rock novelties, classic and neo-Vaudeville, jug bands, polka, klezmer, and more at the convenient hour of 8-9 AM EST, Merrily We Roll Along starts the day off with a little light-hearted musical tomfoolery cut with an occasional comedy sketch. It's organic, free-range, cheese with the occasional onion thrown in.

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Favoriting August 5, 2022: Merrily We Roll Along: Episode 10 - "Damn everything but the circus..."

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MHLee  Merrily We Roll Along Theme   Favoriting    
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Music behind DJ:
Circus Clown Calliope (Electric Lemon Record Co.) 
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Circus Contraption  Baby Aardvark Music Box   Favoriting 2004   
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Tom Waits, Ken Nordine & Kathleen Brennan  Circus   Favoriting 2019   
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Circus Contraption  Lover's Trapeze   Favoriting 2004   
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Spike Jones and his City Slickers  Man on the Flying Trapeze   Favoriting    
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Circus Clown Calliope (Electric Lemon Record Co.)  Be A Clown   Favoriting 1999   
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Circus Clown Calliope (Electric Lemon Record Co.) 
The Baby Bear Suite   Favoriting
 
 
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Unknown  The Old Piano Roll Blues + 1940s Coney Island Hawker   Favoriting    
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Cecil Dill and His Musical Hands  Let Me Call You Sweetheart   Favoriting 1935   
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Gus Visser and His Singing Duck  Ma, He’s Making Eyes at Me   Favoriting 1925   
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Varsity Circus Band  Boxing Kangeroo   Favoriting Unkown   
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Eddie Izzard  Being For the Benefit of Mr Kite!   Favoriting 2007   
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Circus Clown Calliope (Electric Lemon Record Co.) 
Glowworm   Favoriting
 
 
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So Grand Polka Band   Candy Raisin Waltz   Favoriting 2021   
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Oliver Wallace, Frank Churchill  Circus Parade   Favoriting 1941  Dumbo Score 
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The Jim Kweskin Jug Band  The Circus Song   Favoriting 1967     
The Circus Contraption Band  Pink Elephants On Parade   Favoriting 2009   
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Triciclo Circus Band  Polka   Favoriting 2012   
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Music behind DJ:
Circus Clown Calliope (Electric Lemon Record Co.) 
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Cicely Courtneige  A Burlesque Adagio Act   Favoriting 1934   
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Unknown  Twelfth Street Rag   Favoriting    
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Allister Brimble  Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 Theme   Favoriting 2002   
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Unknown  Chariot Race, "Ben Hur March"   Favoriting    
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Rex Harrison  Like Animals   Favoriting 1967   
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Barnum and Bailey's Circus Ensemble  Auld Lang Syne   Favoriting 2017   
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Circus Clown Calliope (Electric Lemon Record Co.)       
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Eddie Cantor  Merrily We Roll Along   Favoriting 1935   
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Listener comments!

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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hello, my lovelies!

I'll be streaming MHLee's show today and hosting the chat - come on in and make yourself comfortable and I'll be with you at the top of the hour :-)
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WR:

That circus clown calliope pic was certainly not of your choice. Hello DJ GG.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:58am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi WR!! I'm not looking at ANY of the clown pics today. Lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:58am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I love how my fear of clowns has now become somewhat legendary in the Sheena universe ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:00am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

And we're off!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:00am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

My biggest fear would be a clown holding a snake. That would tip me over the edge into "gibbering wreck". <shudder>
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:01am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I'm waiting for Darryl to turn up and start laughing at me ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:04am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I love the circus in a campy, burlesque, freakshow sense ... but without clowns
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:05am
WR:

It was probably on a recent WWR that I became aware of your aversion to clowns.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:05am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@WR - Yep. Darryl makes sure that I'm in the cupboard at least once a week ;-)
  8:10am
MHLee:

Hi alll
  8:11am
MHLee:

Thanks GG
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:11am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hey there MHLee! :-)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:12am
WR:

So far seems to melancholic edge to circus 🎪 world in the choices, except Spike Jones.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:12am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I'm ignoring the clowns ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:12am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@WR - I'm loving the slightly punky Tiger Lillies style vibe :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:13am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@WR - Wait ... there's a circus tent emoji?? Why have I never seen that before? That's fabulous :-)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:17am
WR:

Doodles Weaver was in full form on that Jones Trapeze tune.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:17am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@WR - That was excellent! I thoroughly enjoyed that :-)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:18am
WR:

I take little credit for finding that emoji. chrome / android offered and I accepted.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:18am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Ah ... there is nothing quite like the dulcet tones of The Fart Hands :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:19am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@WR - I'm going to start using it randomly :-)
  8:19am
MHLee:

Except maybe musical ducks
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:20am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I'm intrigued about the musical duck :-)
  8:20am
MHLee:

Love how absolutely deadpan he is
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:21am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I've been sitting here noodling with the inclusion of "Doodles" into my name.
Georgy Doodles
Doodles Girl
DJ Doodles

Not quite there yet ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:22am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Is he just squeezing the duck?? LOL
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:22am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I probably shouldn't be laughing as hard as I am right now, but there you go. :-)
  8:22am
MHLee:

The guy seems to be trying not to loose it
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:24am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

This is a rather glorious and spirited rendition of Waltzing Mathilda :-)
  8:24am
MHLee:

This a pretty mysterious release. I don't think a date is given or any one credited. It's not from an actual touring circus as far as I can tell.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:25am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I was just going to ask you where this was from :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:25am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I love Eddie Izzard. I saw her in concert and she was FABULOUS :-)
  8:26am
MHLee:

She's terribly funny
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:26am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Cake or death??
:-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:29am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I'm just reading on Google that apparently one in ten people are afraid of clowns, so I'm in good company :-)
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worldsworstrecords:

ohhhh! Klownz!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:30am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Darryl - Come join me in the cupboard under the stairs. Lol
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worldsworstrecords:

!pm is an awkward time for me - I'm usually walking the dog around now, having watched Bargain Hunt!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:31am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Bargain Hunt! I haven't seen that in ages! Is it still Tim or am I completely out of touch? :-)
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worldsworstrecords:

what song are we on?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:31am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Candy Raisin Waltz :-)
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worldsworstrecords:

Oh no! Tim left years ago after stories of is bullying female staff
  8:31am
MHLee:

So Grand Polka Band
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:31am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Oh, now it's the Dumbo song :-)
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worldsworstrecords:

Got it, ta!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:32am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Darryl - Oh no!!! That's not good :-(
  8:32am
MHLee:

@worldsworstrecords You missed some singing Capt. Kangaroo last week that might have fit your show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:32am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I like the Scottish auction lady ... name escapes me, but she's usually very pithy :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:33am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Darryl - Anita Manning :-)
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worldsworstrecords:

At least I missed Eddie murdering the Beatles
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:34am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Darryl - I'm surprised you haven't played it! :-) Or have you? ;-)
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WR:

I enjoyed that Mr Kite reading.
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worldsworstrecords:

I like her too... I'm ever so slightly obsessed with bargain HUnt, but that's probably only because the timing is perfect: I do a morning's work in my office, break for lunch and Bargain Hunt and then walk the dog before going back to work. If it was on at a different time I wouldn't bother!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:35am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Darryl - That sounds like a perfect schedule to be fair :-)
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worldsworstrecords:

I might be mixing it up with Russell Brand... didn't he bugger iot up at the Olympics opening ceremony?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:36am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I am loving this Jim Kweskin track :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:36am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Darryl - That is EXACTLY what you're thinking about :-)
  8:37am
MHLee:

It's also Dumbo now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:37am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I haven't watched Dumbo in ages. It always makes me cry :-(
  8:38am
MHLee:

I haven't seen it in at more than a decade
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:39am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

What's the name of the Steampunk band where they're all circus type characters? I should know this ... an old friend used to make their videos. Giraffe something??
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:39am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

They're like robot animals
  8:39am
MHLee:

@DJ GeorgyGirl Steampowered Girrafe
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:40am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - YES!!! Thank you :-) That was going to bug me all afternoon :-)
  8:40am
MHLee:

I don't know about them. I kinda mess around on the fringes of steampunk where dark cabaret resolves.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I got the steam part and the giraffe part and then my brain died. Lol
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:41am
WR:

Due to your including Dumbo track a couple time I've got it recently. haven't watched yet.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I do love dark cabaret steampunk :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:41am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@WR - When you do, you'll need tissues :-(
  8:41am
MHLee:

This was found somewhere on archive.org.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:42am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Sess-Elly Court-Nehge :-)
  8:43am
MHLee:

Soldiers of the King, 1935 is where the next track is from
  8:45am
MHLee:

@DJ GeorgyGirl Thank you. I just looked at that several times without comprehending it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:45am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Oh! Cicely Courtneige was Australian! I'm just reading about her :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:46am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

70 years on the stage - my word!
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worldsworstrecords:

that was some life
  8:47am
MHLee:

The video to this is worth seeking put
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worldsworstrecords:

You mean this: www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:48am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

"Cicely Courtneidge radiates the authentic glitter of Shaftesbury Avenue; she brings genuine starshine to Castlereagh Street. Her comedy mainly consists of being able to turn from glamour "girl" to pantomime dame with a flick of the tail or an inflexion of the voice. Her one-woman-show in Under the Counter is remarkable as a piece of acting virtuosity. She knows all the tricks in the trouper's basket, and she rings the changes from dry humour to dewy sentiment, from song to dance, from pathos to Hungarian hotcha, and from all moods to subtle mimicry as quick as a naughty wink."
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:48am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

She sounds fabulous :-)
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worldsworstrecords:

a genuine comedienne
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:49am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Oh! She was in the L-Shaped Room :-)
  8:49am
MHLee:

@worldsworstrecords that's it
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:51am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I love calliope music - it's magical and creepy at the same time :-)
  8:51am
MHLee:

Supposedly they never stay in tune
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:51am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

By sheer coincidence, "Magical & Creepy" was my prison name. LOL
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:53am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Doing "Tales of the Unexpected" dancing :-)
  8:53am
MHLee:

I wonder about this guy who mostly did video game soundtracks for quite different games... what he did to come up with this... what references and research he used
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:54am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

There's a video game called Roller Coaster Tycoon???
  8:55am
MHLee:

3... but the second I think was the prime of the series
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worldsworstrecords:

I've just downloaded that Captain Kangaroo album @MHL... expecting awfulness!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:55am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I'm on the autistic spectrum and one of my symptoms is the inability to distinguish right and left, so I am SPECTACULARLY inept at video games.
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worldsworstrecords:

GG... like most of the British voters!
  8:56am
MHLee:

There's an open source version.... also people did all sorts of weird things like make coasters than literally took hundreds of in game years to complete causing all the guest to starve.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:56am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

LOL!
  8:57am
MHLee:

Unfortunately I'm going over
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:57am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I once played a RugRats racing video game with my daughter and spent 20 minutes going around the track the wrong way. LOL.
This was a game for small children. LOL
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:58am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - Extra time is good! This is fabulous!
  8:59am
MHLee:

There's so much about this movie. It was a commercial flop with the most marketing and licensing. Rex was impossible to work with, a girrafe was injured, it's very long, and it's got not pacing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:00am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I always wanted a Push Me Pull You when I was a child :-)
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worldsworstrecords:

...and it's got Anthony Newley overacting like his life depends on it
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:01am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Darryl - He's rather seized by a camp frenzy in that film ;-)
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worldsworstrecords:

that's EXACTLY what it is!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:01am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Is it New Year's already? That went quick!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:02am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Fabulous show, MHLee! Thank you! <3
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:02am
MHLee:

I believe there's a Sammy Davis Junior cover of that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:03am
MHLee:

Thanks GG for running this. Thanks everyone for listening!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:03am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

My pleasure :-)
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WR:

Thank you MHLee, DJ GG, and the rest of the Sheena's gang. 🎪 🎪 🎪
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worldsworstrecords:

I was researching/writing about Barnum recently, about the half-man/half-woman freaks he used to put on stage
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:03am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I shall be back in a few hours with a celebration of drummers on the Flange & Frigate :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hugs, WR! :-)
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worldsworstrecords:

Fun show: thanks GG and MHL
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worldsworstrecords:

Can Eddie Cantor? Eddie Can!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:05am
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hugs, Darryl! <3
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WR:

Residents Talk of Creatures was an appropriate coda from the stream. Laters lovelies.
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Mr Fab:

Again, archival thanks to MHLee for this wonderfulness, and extra bonus archival thanks to Giraffe, er, GeorgieGirl for keeping this circus spinning this week!
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