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First Published<\/td>1906<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>FW Leigh \/ G Bastow<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN25342<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>George Bastow<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Remembered <\/strong>from the singing of Alice Kane’s father, early 20th century<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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When I was in the army\nI was a cavalryman you know\nAnd whenever I went on parade\nA magnificent picture I made\nThrough my galloping here\nAnd my galloping there\nThis ridiculous habit I got\nAnd I'm hanged if I don't think I'm galloping now\nWhether up in the saddle or not\nAnd the people they stare at me so\nFor it matters not where I go, It's\n\nBumpety, bumpety, bumpety, bump as if I was riding my charger\nBumpety, bumpety, bumpety, bump as proud as an Indian Rajah\nAll the girls declare that I'm a gay old stager\nHey, hey, clear the way here comes the galloping major.\n<\/em>\nLast year I thought I'd treat myself\nTo a holiday by the sea\nSo I went, and my quarters I fixed\nThen I found that the bathing was mixed\nSo I galloped away to a bathing machine\nIn the busiest part of the day\nAnd I soon felt at home with the girls in the water\nAnd joined in their frivolous play\nThey were beautiful creatures but lor'\nHow they giggled as soon as they saw, me\n\nI always was a ladies man\nAnd a favourite with the sex\nWell, I called upon one Yesterday\nThough I won't give the lady away\nShe started to talk of my army career\nAnd was quite interested you see\nBut I got rather tired so we talked about her\nWhich was more interesting to me\nAnd she said I'd been taking some wine\nFor as soon as we sat down to dine, I went,\n\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A big hit in the 1900s for George Bastow<\/a> who, as well as singing in the character of a comedy “country bumpkin”, sang a number of songs which satirised the officer class. The Galloping Major <\/em>has been revived many times. In the 1950\/60s it featured in the repertoire of both by Flanagan and Allen and Stanley Holloway. In 1951 it featured in a British comedy film of same name.  Folklorist Alice Kane in her Songs & Sayings of an Ulster Childhood<\/em> remembered her father singing this song.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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As sung by Harry Fay:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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