Ask a Policeman

~ Release by Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Old SuperbCharles Villiers Stanford3:36
2Sound an Alarm (Judas Maccabaeus)George Frideric Handel3:18
3Psalm 23
choir vocals:
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
recording of:
Der 23. Psalm, D. 706
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1820-12)
translator:
Moses Mendelssohn
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 706)
Franz Schubert4:38
4Go Down Moses[traditional]2:11
5Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
choir vocals:
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
recording of:
Ezekiel Saw de Wheel (for choir, Dawson)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
William Levi Dawson (composer)
arrangement of:
Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
William Levi Dawson2:20
6Old Man River (Showboat)
choir vocals:
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
Jerome Kern4:00
7Close Thine EyesIeuan Rees-Davies1:35
8The Rhythm of Life
choir vocals:
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
recording of:
The Rhythm of Life
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Cy Coleman
part of:
Sweet Charity
Cy Coleman4:05
9Pedro the Fisherman (The Lisbon Story)Harry Parr Davies3:16
10Selections from Can Can
choir vocals:
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
medley including a recording of:
Allez-vous-en (Can-Can [Pistache])
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1953)
part of:
Can‐Can
medley including a recording of:
C’est magnifique (Can-Can [Pistache, Judge Aristide Forestier])
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1953)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
medley including a recording of:
Can-Can (Can-Can [Pistache, Women])
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
medley including a recording of:
I Love Paris (Can-Can [Pistache, Company])
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1953)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
part of:
Can‐Can
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
Cole Porter4:02
11Arise o SunMaude Crask Day3:04
12There Is Nothing Like a Dame (South Pacific)
choir vocals:
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
recording of:
There Is Nothin’ Like a Dame (South Pacific)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Richard Rodgers2:29
13The Hippopotamus Song
choir vocals:
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
recording of:
The Hippopotamus Song
lyricist:
Michael Flanders (English actor and singer)
composer:
Donald Swann
Donald Swan3:07
14The Owl and the PussycatReginald De Koven3:18
15Donkey Serenade (Firefly)
choir vocals:
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
recording of:
The Donkey Serenade
writer:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
composer:
Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart (composer)
part of:
The Firefly (Rudolf Friml operetta)
Herbert Stothart, Rudolf Friml3:12
16Down Below
choir vocals:
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
solo vocals:
David Hylands (singer)
recording of:
Down Below
lyricist and composer:
Sydney Carter
Sydney Carter3:39
17Softly as I Leave You
choir vocals:
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
recording of:
Softly, as I Leave You
lyricist:
Giorgio Calabrese
composer:
Antonio DeVita
translator:
Hal Shaper
publisher:
Curci USA Corp., EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music (publisher)
translated version of:
Piano
Antonio de Vita2:50
18The Ghosts’ High Noon (Ruddigore)
choir vocals:
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
recording of:
Ruddigore: Act II. “When the night wind howls” (Sir Roderic, Chorus)
lyricist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
Ruddigore: Act II
Arthur Sullivan2:11
19The Magic of the Music Hall
choir vocals:
The Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
solo vocals:
David Hylands (singer)
medley including a recording of:
(If You Want to Know the Time) Ask a Policeman
lyricist:
Edward William Rogers
composer:
Augustus E. Durandeau
medley including a recording of:
Any Old Iron
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 32461)
medley including a recording of:
Call Round Any Old Time
lyricist:
Edward William Rogers
composer:
J. Charles Moore (songwriter)
medley including a recording of:
Don’t Have Any More, Mrs Moore
writer:
Harry Castling and James Walsh (music hall songwriter)
medley including a recording of:
Fall in and Follow Me
writer:
Arthur J. Mills and Bennett Scott (music hall songwriter)
medley including a recording of:
I’m Following in Father’s Footsteps
lyricist and composer:
Edward William Rogers
medley including a recording of:
I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am
lyricist:
R. P. Weston (in 1910)
composer:
Fred Murray (composer, possibly English)
publisher:
Glenwood Music Corp.
medley including a recording of:
I’m Shy, Mary Ellen, I’m Shy
writer:
Chas Ridgewell and George Alex Stevens (music hall song composer)
medley including a recording of:
I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
writer:
Fred Heatherton (UK Song writer) (in 1944)
medley including a recording of:
My Old Man (said foller the van)
lyricist:
Fred W. Leigh (lyricist)
composer:
Charles Collins (music hall song composer)
medley including a recording of:
When Father Papered the Parlour
lyricist:
Fred James Barnes
composer:
Robert Patrick Weston
medley including a recording of:
With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm
writer:
Bert Lee and Robert Patrick Weston
Zack Laurence8:32

Credits

Release

recording engineer:Dick Lewzey
editor:Mike Brown (mastering engineer)
piano:John Davies (Metropolitan Police Choir accompanist)
recorded at:CTS Studios in Wembley, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1994-10 until 1996-03)