{"id":19910,"date":"2023-05-03T09:16:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T09:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=19910"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:12:13","slug":"let-the-great-big-world-keep-turning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/let-the-great-big-world-keep-turning\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the great big world keep turning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Writer\/composer<\/td>Clifford Grey \/ Nat D Ayer<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN43186<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Violet Lorraine<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Ling, Ruby; England : Suffolk; 1975-80 (identified by title only)
Modern performances<\/strong>
The Albion Band (1986)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From monologues.co.uk<\/strong>\n\nIf I knew that someone cared for me, \nI'd let the world go by\nSomeone who was true as true could be, \nI'd never want to sigh\nWhat would I give today, \nJust to hear someone softly say.\n\nLet the great big world keep turning\nNever mind if I've got you\nFor I only know that I want you so\nAnd there's no one else will do\nYou have simply set me yearning\nAnd for ever I'll be true\nLet the great big world keep on turning round\nNow, I've found someone like you.<\/em>\n\nLove, they say, must come to one and all, \nOf high and low degree\nCome what may, I'm waiting for the call, \nIt holds no fears for me\nMaybe the day is near \nWhen the thought of my heart I'll hear.\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A sentimental love song originally sung by actress and Music Hall singer Violet Lorraine <\/a>in the revue The Bing Girls are There<\/em><\/em> – one of a highly successful series of revues that were staged in the last two years of World War I, starting with The Bing Boys<\/em> are Here<\/em>. Other hit songs from the series included <\/a>Another little drink<\/a><\/em> and If you were the only girl in the world<\/a><\/em>. Let the great world keep turning<\/em> became something of a standard for sentimental singers in the mid-20th century and was also widely performed by Trad jazz performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ginette Dunn includes a song this title in the repertoire of traditional singer Ruby Ling and it latterly has featured in the repertoire of The Albion Band.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Violet Lorraine sings it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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