{"id":12306,"date":"2021-08-21T14:58:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T14:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=12306"},"modified":"2023-11-15T10:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T10:26:43","slug":"where-have-those-golden-sovereigns-gone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/where-have-those-golden-sovereigns-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Where have those Golden sovereigns gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
First Published<\/td>1921<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Sam Mayo \/ Arthur Carthy<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN29779<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>		Sam Mayo, Shaun Glenville<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Whyman, D; England : W Midlands; 1979<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I know what won the Lincoln, the Derby and The Oaks\nI know that in the Pink 'Un you can read some funny jokes\nI know where couples go to, to cuddle and to kiss\nI know where rivers flow to but ut what I want to know is this\n\nWhere have those golden sovereigns gone to\nWhere are those little yellow boys I used to know, so long ago, \nSome folks will say they've gone to USA\nOr in a happy land far, far away\nAbsence only makes the heart go fonder\nOne pound note gets on my nerves it's true, I'd like a few\nSome people search around the house in vain\nLittle golden sovereigns if you come back again\nI'll find a home for you<\/em>\n\nI got a lot of presents on my last birthday morn \nA brace of last year's pheasants and a Rolls-Royce motor horn\nA present from my uncle, I cherish it with pride \nA sovereign case from Woolworths with these words inscribed inside:\n\nChorus x2\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A song from the Halls of the 1920s, written and composed by Sam Mayo and Arthur Carthy, performed in the Halls by\u00a0Sam Mayo<\/a> and Shaun Glenville. A fragment of the song was recalled by traditional singer D Whyman in  1979, was recorded by Roy Palmer and is available at the British Library Sound Archive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
A contemporary recording of Shaun Glenville singing it:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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