{"id":13669,"date":"2021-12-03T10:43:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T10:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=13669"},"modified":"2021-12-04T15:47:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:47:24","slug":"up-came-johnny-with-his-camera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/up-came-johnny-with-his-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Up came Johnny with his camera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>The Camera Boy
Johnny and his camera<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1895<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Albert Hall and Felix McGlennon \/ Orlando Powell <\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN34939<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Nellie Wilson, Violet Leslie<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Smith, Bill; England : Shropshire; 1980
Lynch, Jerry; Ireland : Kerry; 1980<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Up Came Johnny with his Camera<\/strong>\nWords Albert Hall & Felix McGlennon, Music Orlando Powell\n\nJohnny Briggs was an artful youth, the pride of Ma and Pa\nSo much a pet they lately bought for him a camera\nHe took it out and rambled round when oh the artful dog\nHe saw a lot of romping girls were playing at leapfrog\n\nUp came Johnny with his camera, and took the blessed lot\nUp came Johnny with his camera, and oh what a nice snapshot\nAnd now he\u2019s got the photograph and the girls both near and far\nHave sworn that they will make away with Johnny and his camera<\/em>\n\nJohnny rambled down a country lane and gave his hat a twist\nAs he saw coming down the road a lady bicyclist\nBut all at once there was a smash \u2013 the lady in the dust\nAnd just as she discovered her pneumatic tyre was bust\n\nJohnny went to the football match the ladies\u2019 football team\nAnd for a while the game was smooth as any pleasant dream\nUntil there was a scrimmage when the blue team fouled the brown\nAnd all the girls got mixed about \u2013 some of them upside down\n\nJohnny rambled by the seaside \u2013 t\u2019was a quiet little spot\nSome ladies there were bathing for the weather it was so hot\nBut when they came back on shore, Oh Lor how they did screech\nSome tramp had stolen all their clothes but left one towel each<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A very popular song in the Halls of 1895\/96 performed both by Nellie Wilson and Violet Leslie; it was later recorded by Will Denny. In the late 1890s there are multiple reports of the song being sung by amateur singers at social events, so it seems to have had a life after the Halls . <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remembered by traditional singers in both Ireland and England, it may also be the source of a session tune (a polka) sometimes called Johnny and his Camera. <\/a><\/em> A snatch of the Irish song sung by Jerry Lynch is available at The Muckross House Librar<\/a>y (I particularly enjoyed the way that in Lynch’s version “the pride of Ma and Pa” <\/em>has become “the pride of Panama<\/em>“). The English version as sung by Bill Smith is available at the VWML<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Saturday,  Nov. 30, 1895;  <\/strong>The Era <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
As recorded for Edison by Will Denny:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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