She was Poor but She was Honest

Bawdy ballads, often containing contemporary social comment, have been part of British culture since at least the time of William Shakespeare. British Music Hall flourished from the early Victorian era through the First World War, with songs filled with sexual innuendo, political comment and humour of the time. The song ‘Do It No More’ is a comment on Victoria and Albert’s expanding family at a time when London’s popular was exploding. The show’s title song tells the tale of a poor country girl led astray by a wealthy older man. Other songs tell of feisty women outliving several husbands, comments on the daily problems of ordinary people and outlandish characters. The one hour show will resurrect many of these songs and audience participation in the choruses is encouraged.