Slide set: You left me for the limelight (song: Bamforth & Co., 16 slides, 1912)

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In a hall of dazzling splendour stood a singer young and fair

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Her old dad sat unnoticed -- did not share his daughter's pride

Slide 4

Tho' you are the people's idol, empty is your fame

Slide 5

You left me for the limelight, left me without a sigh

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I carried you so proudly, kissing your baby brow

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To the old man's mind so simple, all the glitter and the glare

Slide 10

She sang a Northern ballad he had taught her as a child

Slide 11

It is I who need forgiveness, I who have been wrong

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Slide 16

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

song

Date of first manufacture

1912

Reading or song

Robert P. Weston, Fred. J. Barnes, Maurice Scott, Robert P. Weston, Maurice Scott, You left me for the limelight (London: Star Music Publishing Co. Ltd, 1912)

Collections

1 slide known to exist in private collection

16 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keyword

creative arts – music – songs

Lucerna ID 3000284

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 23 November 2016

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Slide set: You left me for the limelight (song: Bamforth & Co., 16 slides, 1912)