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The Ballad of Highbury Barn
Oh! I Want to Go to Highbury
Oh! I Want to Go to Highbury
The closing track to the fabulous sounds of Offenbach's Can Can
,
ONLY AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE AND ON THE PHYSICAL CD
A TRULY BONUS TRACK
Lyrics
Hundred years of fun and games, in the sunshine in the rain
Resident or hoi polloi, music brings you lots of joy
Flying in a hot balloon, hurry hurry get there soon
Come and dance the night away, who cares what the neighbours say
They can come and join the fun, Highbury Barn’s for everyone
Oh I want to go to Highbury……………..
Vocals
Richard Rhys O’Brien, Reggie Tsiboe, Christine O’Brien
Music:
from Offenbach’s
Orpheus in the Underworld
, arranged and conducted by Romain Malan and performed by the
World Harmony Orchestra
Members of the
World Harmony Orchestra
led by Romain Malan: Anna Caban; (violin/Leader); Madlena Georgieva (violin); Andrea Timpanaro (violin); Eleanor Harrison (violin); Elin Parry (viola); Alexandra Fletcher (cello); Sara Minelli (flute); Anna Hashimoto (clarinet); William Brown (trombone)
1. Overture from Zampa
2. Here on the Hilltop
3. Cream Cakes and Ale
4. Beer Beer
5. Hinton's Highbury
6. Floating Over Highbury
7. Hinton's Highbury, reprise
8. Half a Million Lamps
9. The Highbury Polka
10. The Lottery Ticket Lament
11. Selina's Step Too Far
12. Sweet Highbury Barn
13. The Highbury Cradle Song
14. Hi Jinks at Highbury
15.
16. Five Hundred Sugar Bakers and Their Five Hundred Wives
17. Lights Out: the Safety Curtain Falls
18. Oh! I Want to Go to Highbury