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The Tale of the Oyster
First line:
Down by the sea lived a lonesome oyster
composer
Cole Porter (1891-1964)
1929; from 50 Million Frenchmen
author of text
Cole Porter (1891-1964)

Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Chappell Music Ltd

Recordings
Cover of 'Blah blah blah & other trifles' (CDH55422)
Blah blah blah & other trifles
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
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CDH55422  Helios (Hyperion's budget label)  
Cover of 'The Ballad Singer' (CDA67830)
The Ballad Singer
Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)
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CDA67830 
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Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)
Track 14 on CDA67830 [3'43]
English
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Track 3 on CDH55422 [3'13] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
English English
The Tale of the Oyster
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The Tale of the Oyster is a chic, witty number from Cole Porter’s 1929 hit 50 Million Frenchmen, billed as ‘a Musical Comedy Tour of Paris in 2 Acts’. The singer is the worldly-wise fur-buyer Violet Hildegarde, who has travelled abroad hoping to be shocked. She sends up high society with a cynical tale of a ‘bivalve social climber’, gliding proudly down Mrs Hoggenheimer’s alimentary canal and emerging chastened to proclaim ‘I’ve had a taste of society, and society has had a taste of me’.

from notes by Richard Wigmore © 2011

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