Iolanthe - When All Night Long

I gotta agree with aaron3lee. Clearly an amateur performance, but a good one. I esp. liked the "I'll-tell-you-something, mate" gestures in verse 3 - good laugh. (I played percussionist/drummer in the orchestra when our local theatre performed Iolanthe many years ago. Now I'm a chorister (bass/baritone) and might even have a shot at this myself sometime.

iam a lyric/spinto tenor, and even though i would be smooth and tuneful with this piece, it would also be so wrong. this guy may not have a silk voice, but he sings it in character perfectly, and so it is very good.well done, i really enjoyed it.

Aren't the correct lyrics:
"That every boy and every gal
That's born into the world alive
Is either a little Liberal
Or else a little Conservative!"?

Why was "Liberal" changed to "Laborite"?

Well spotted awtyler! When Gilbert wrote the lyrics the main UK parties were the Liberals and Conservatives, since then Labour has pushed the Liberals into third place - it was just an effort to make the words a bit more relevant to 2005.

Yes, the English Liberal Party collapsed shortly before WWI, never to recover a national following.

Yes, that is correct. I doth know why it was changed...

I am slightly disturbed by the style of singing

Thanks Bozo - I mentioned your comment to the singer and he said that he also was disturbed...