Albert and the Lion - Stanley Holloway

[Factnotfictionpeople]

We've got a cat called Wallace. :-)

[kylejenkinson1]

nise song

[jvagell]

eeeeeeeeee I am vexed. Wonderful memory of Sir Stanley.

[FaeTigre]

we did this poem in class a few weeks ago and when we heard stanley say it we were laughing our heads off at the way he talks and how nonchalant albert's parents were about him being eaten

[tish1986]

ha ha ha love it first heard it yesterday at my friends xx

[raineyatt]

@sarajaynep

:) We have the same kind of memories then... so sorry to here you're Dad has Alzheimer's x

[raineyatt]

@sarajaynep

:) We have the same kind of memories then... so sorry to here you're Dad has Alzheimer's x

[cashford2]

This was a great favourite of my grandma's. I have fond memories of listening to an old Stanley Holloway LP whenever I went round to her house!

[walksfarcm]

... you could see that the Lion didn't like it........., classic!

[raineyatt]

Thanks for sharing, my 72 year old Dad still recites this on request!

[sarajaynep]

@raineyatt

Brilliant... my Dad did too. He was 75 in January, but unfortunately now has Alzheimer's. I was always amazed at how he knew this word for word. Now I feel like I'd like to be able to recite it word for word, accent in place, too...

Wishing your Dad all the best

[ducklofty]

A family favourite, a real Boxing Day treat!

[trinachild]

Thanks so much for putting this up - it was one of my mother's party pieces. I love it!

[toni2355]

My Grandparents played this to me as a kid .

[TheAndyollerenshaw]

I remember this on Tony Blackburn's Family Favourites' on Sunday mornings in the 1970's, great dry comedy, no swearing or crudity.

[benthejrporter]

Brilliant! Better than modern comedy. Forgive my own performance! ;-)

[tobey222]

The new Wetherspoons Pub in Blackpool is called "The Albert and The Lion". It's next to the Tower and and is appropriately in an old Woolworths building.

[theladyrose100]

@tobey222  Thanks for this bit of info, i love to tell kids this . A social worker type i said this to threw up his hands in horror and said i was probably responsible for traumatising children [-- sad very sad and true. Wishedthe lion had eaten him lol

theladyrose100

[valdanab]

We used to play this as kids in the early 60s on an old wind-up gramophone. This is the first time I've heard it with out crackles! Thanks for posting it.

[nicklabropoulos]

the master of understatement, wonderful

[dmstevo]

Good Old Stanley.. Me Good Ole, Great Great Great Uncle Ha shame i wasnt around to see him in action

[60Camraman60]

Our local Primary School did this yesterday as part of their Xmas Show. They did a briliant job but needed to find it on the net again to bring back memories of my childhood. Got it on a 78 rpm somewhere.

[croda2008]

I have the CD heck its good

[PatMerrick1]

I have this on an LP - it's fantastic and timeless.

[stuarttootell]

Joshua 12345.

I grew up with these monologues and the pleasure in hearing them again here in Thailand where I have lived for some 18 years is indeed wonderful.

Many thanks for your posting of them.

[ayews]

This is the best version of Albert and the Lion. Thanks for post

[Morecake2]

Wonderful stuff!

[Gillyyorkie]

How wonderful to share many thanks

[sethnjobe]

I love this! my late mum-in-law would recite this,word perfect,after a few sherries at christmas! thanks for the memory....

[getawayman1]

Brilliant. Brought tears of memory to my eyes. Thanks for sharing

[robertred48]

Oh i`m so glad you put this on. I`ve been telling people about it for years and I LOVE IT !!!. I laugh as i used to as a kid when i heard it then. Brilliant verse, love the sense of humour. GREAT !!!!! Thanks

[netters600]

This is one of the funniest stories ever written, It was way ahead of its time. Superb stuff.