The Ballad of Highbury Barn

Released: 22 December 2018

The Ballad of Highbury Barn: Videos and Lyrics

1. Overture from Zampa

Overture from Zampa
Overture by Frenchman Ferdinand Herold played at the Barn opens the story

2. Here on the Hilltop

Here on the Hilltop
Track 2 in the Ballad of Highbury Barn, as the milkmaids come home to the Barn

3. Cream Cakes and Ale

Cream Cakes and Ale
3rd track of the Ballad as visitors come from across London to sample the good food and drink at the Barn

4. Beer Beer

Beer Beer
4th song as the Barn becomes so popular they have to build another Brewery

5. Hinton's Highbury

Hinton's Highbury
5th song of the Ballad as great dinners and events are held at Highbury Barn.

6. Floating Over Highbury

Floating Over Highbury
6th song of the Ballad as hot air balloons float over Highbury

7. Hinton's Highbury, reprise

Hinton's Highbury, reprise
7th song of the Ballad as the Hintons' Highbury Barn licence is threatened

8. Half a Million Lamps

Half a Million Lamps
8th song of the cycle as Giovanelli reopens a newly built Barn. with Half a millions lamps for the dance floor

9. The Highbury Polka

The Highbury Polka
9th song of the Ballad to the tune of the Barn's own musical director

10. The Lottery Ticket Lament

The Lottery Ticket Lament
10th song of the Ballad as they play the opening scene of a farce played at the Barn.

11. Selina's Step Too Far

Selina's Step Too Far
11th track in the Ballad where high wire artiste Selina, the Female Blondin, loses her balance and.....

12. Sweet Highbury Barn

Sweet Highbury Barn
12th song of the Ballad when the young start to get led astray. To Tune of Moilly Malone with great accordion.

13. The Highbury Cradle Song

The Highbury Cradle Song
13th song of the Ballad as the babies are paraded.

14. Hi Jinks at Highbury

Hi Jinks at Highbury
14th song of the Ballad as the local petition agisnt the Barn and try to close it. Listen for the CanCan

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16. Five Hundred Sugar Bakers and Their Five Hundred Wives

Five Hundred Sugar Bakers and Their Five Hundred Wives
16th song of the Ballad as 500 German sugar bakers ask for a little music at their dinner.

17. Lights Out: the Safety Curtain Falls

Lights Out: the Safety Curtain Falls
17th song in the Ballad as the Barn succumbs and closes. Are there lessons for today?

18. Oh! I Want to Go to Highbury

Oh! I Want to Go to Highbury
In the final track of the Ballad we CanCan our way to partytime.