Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty!

Music hall favourite, with photo of one of Britain's best loved drag artists Dockyard Doris ; [sadly no longer with us.]
Listen to the lyrics very carefully ! " your fairy days are ending when your wand has started bending!"

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Entertainment

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• Forty
• birthday
• drag
• Elsie
• Carlisle
• Gay

[westbridgelennie]

D Doris was a descendant of Alec Hurley, a celebrated Music Hall singer who was Marie Lloyd's second husband x

[epmorris]

@westbridgelennie Thank you for the information . He had entertaining in the blood . I miss seeing him and remembering him on stage still brings a smile to my face especially my first recollection at 'The Bridge'  in Putney, where with a thunderflash he appeared on stage spinning dressed as' Wonderwoman ' . All stars and stipes as it was July 4th ! A wonderful man and performer.

[manxie777]

Great Oldie,but who is the Colin mentioned in comments?

[epmorris]

Colin Devereaux RIP was a drag "artiste" who sadly died aged 50 a few years ago . His act was based on a character called "Dockyard Doris" and was firmly based on traditional British Music Hall . Bawdy and yet clever Colin was a master of his art and it was tragic that such a wonderful man should die so young.

[sirburtonleigh1]

had many tate ah tates with the lovely dockyard doris, great guy god bless him

[epmorris]

Thanks for your comments . I only knew Colin through his art. He was, for me, a comic genius but privately a shy and likeable man . How sad that he died so relatively young. I don't know whether there is a Heaven but ,if there is, he is surely there.

[cybarlance]

Doris had a heart of gold, i think of him often - we had some great times together geting drunk as judges - always a massive hoot, he was extremely funny, but it was hard to make him laugh.

[racingrubberbiker]

My old ma sang this song, and look how I turned out

[epmorris]

@Lullulove2 Your posting is gibberish { look it up in a dictionary if you have one !} Any further offensive and rude comments may be reported .

[tattyhead63]

I GOT TO KNOW THIS WONDEFULL MAN THROUGH HIM APPEARING IN MY OLD CLUB(CLUB 501 BLACKPOOL)COLIN WAS A TRULY BEAUTIFUL AND GENUINE PERSON,AND HE NEVER FAILED TO MAKE US LAUGH,I HOPE YOU ARE LAUGHING NOW COLIN,YOU ARE VERY SADLY MISSED

[Widgeripoo]

I remember Doris Pearson doing this in the sixties, in our 'Music hall' with The Broadhall Players in Stevenage. Does anyone else remember?

[LORDMAXSTEAD]

Dockyard was a bona queen bless her lallies for letting her troll on to our bevie lattie bona eek bona omiPalone, a joy to varda her dolly old being RIP colin missed but never forgotten

[LORDMAXSTEAD]

Dockyard was a bona queen bless her lallies fro letting her troll on to our bevie lattie bona eek bona omiPalone a joy to varda her dolly old being RIP colin missed but never forgotten

[RobertStuhldreer]

Colin was an extremely talented artist. Very sadly missed.

Robert

[artdex]

I trained Colin back in the early 70's when he came to work for Keith Prowse,he was so sweet and me had some many laughs togeter,I still think if him with great affection

[thebrummieowl]

Wonderful!  I can identify absolutely with this song!!!!!!