Harold Montague (1874-1932)
Last updated: 05.10.24
According to various sources, chiefly IMSLP, Harold Montague was an English music hall composer, singer, and pianist born in Exeter. He is remembered for his role as the jester when part of a music hall group The Vagabonds. Many of his songs were recorded on Zonophone and Pathé in the 1910s, accompanying himself on the piano.
He died in Hampstead
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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For You (1915) | H. Montague | Vernon Archibald Helen Clark |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2516 |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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When Maud Put Her New Bathing Costume On (1916) | H. Montague | Lee White | Columbia: 6875 |
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| Title | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Bovine Barcarolle, A | Harold Montague (music) Leslie Wood (words) |
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| My Beastly Eyeglass - Mary Mcgee | Harold Montague (words & music) Tom Clare (perf.) Harold Montague (perf.) |
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| When Maud Put Her New Bathing Costume On | Harold Montague (words & music) Harold Montague (perf.) |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Bovine Barcarolle (1908), A | H. Montague (music) L. Wood (words) H. Montague (perf.) The Vagabonds (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP |  |
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Learning to Ride the Byke (1897) | H. Montague (w&m) H. Montague (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Mary Mcgee (1909) | H. Montague (w&m) H. Montague (perf.) The Vagabonds (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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My Beastly Eyeglass (1908) | H. Montague (music) H. Montague (perf.) The Vagabonds (perf.) |
Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Ping! Pong! (1901) | H. Montague (w&m) H. Montague (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Those Nose!!! (1905) | H. Montague (w&m) H. Montague (perf.) The Vagabonds (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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When Auntie Goes Out Shopping For the Day (1901) | H. Montague (w&m) H. Montague (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
The peformer is featured on 10 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
| Title | Composer | Attribution | Remarks |
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Country Cousin (1870), The | T. Vincent Davies | T W Lee (words)
Harry Hunter (perf.) Harold Montague (perf.) |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 46 works by Harold Montague (1874-1932).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
(w&m)
(w&m)
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Learning to Ride the Byke (w&m) | 1897 | Harold Montague (perf.) | |
| Only Amateurs (w&m) | 1897 | |
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| Fashion Plate Figures (w&m) | 1898 | |
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| Playing Games (w&m) | 1899 | Pub. | |
| Handy Little Thing to Have About You, A (w&m) | 1900 | Pub. | |
| Ping! Pong! (w&m) | 1901 | Harold Montague (perf.) | Pub. |
| Truthful Serenade (w&m) | 1901 | |
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| When Auntie Goes Out Shopping For the Day (w&m) | 1901 | Harold Montague (perf.) | |
| Great Scott! (w&m) | 1903 | |
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| Contented Coster, The | 1904 | L Sandys (words) | |
| If You Only, Only, Only Knew. (w&m) | 1904 | Pub. | |
| ⇑ Smile That Won't Come Off, The (w&m) | 1904 | Pub. | |
| Testimonials | 1904 | Duncan Tovey (words) | Pub. |
| Wail of Little Mary, The | 1904 | Herbert Walther (words) | |
| Cigarette Reverie, A (w&m) | 1905 | Pub. | |
| Do You Follow Me? (w&m) | 1905 | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| First Aid to the Wounded (w&m) | 1905 | |
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| Those Nose!!! (w&m) | 1905 | Harold Montague (perf.) The Vagabonds (perf.) |
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| Girl in the Green Tam O'Shanter, The (w&m) | 1907 | |
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| Bovine Barcarolle, A | 1908 | Leslie Wood (words) Harold Montague (perf.) The Vagabonds (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Connie, the Connoisseur (w&m) | 1908 | Pub. | |
| Lesson in Flirting (w&m) | 1908 | Pub. | |
| My Beastly Eyeglass | 1908 | Tom Clare (perf.) Harold Montague (perf.) The Vagabonds (perf.) |
Pub.  |
| Song of the Vagabond | 1908 | C. Stanford Read (words) | Pub. |
| Differences (w&m) | 1909 | Pub. | |
| Mary Mcgee (w&m) | 1909 | Harold Montague (perf.) The Vagabonds (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I Cannot Keep My Trousers Nicely Creased. (w&m) | 1910 | Pub. | |
| ⇑ Never Mind. (w&m) | 1910 | Pub. | |
| No Little Boy to Love Me. (w&m) | 1910 | Pub. | |
| Rita on the Rink | 1910 | George Robins (words) | |
| Don't We, Harold? Yes! Reggie, We Do. (w&m) | 1911 | Pub. | |
| Simpletons. (w&m) | 1911 | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| I Apologise. (w&m) | 1912 | |
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| For You | 1913 | Anon (words) Vernon Archibald (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) |
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| My Beastly Eyeglass - Mary Mcgee (w&m) | 1913 | Tom Clare (perf.) Harold Montague (perf.) |
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| Unlucky Thirteen | 1913 | Arthur Davenport (words) | |
| What a Judge! (w&m) | 1913 | Pub. | |
| Charlie (w&m) | 1914 | Pub. | |
| Little Bit O' London., A (w&m) | 1914 | Pub. | |
| Take Me a Walk Round the Bandstand | 1914 | Arthur Davenport (words) Eric Blore (perf.) |
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| Girls I Have Met (w&m) | 1916 | Clifford F. Grey (perf.) | Pub. |
| When Maud Put Her New Bathing Costume On | 1916 | Harold Montague (perf.) Lee White (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I Should Shay Sho! (w&m) | 1917 | Pub. | |
| ⇑ My Pal Joe | 1917 | John Humphries (words) Alfred Butt (words) Eric Blore (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Smell of the Bloomin' Onions, The | 1918 | Harold Simpson (words) Cicely Courtneidge (perf.) |
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| Bubbles (w&m) | 1920 | |
| Composer | Title | Performer |
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H. Montague | My Beastly Eyeglass (3:24) | T. Clare |