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' Daffy Down Dilly '
Welsh songs sung by Esme Lewis with her guitar and the Brynhyfryd
Grammar School Singers,
Ruthin
Conductor, Elwyn S. Jones
See page 21
5.15 For Children of Most Ages
' High and Lowly
Three Victorian fairy-tales
2 — ' The Magic Fishbone ' by Charles Dickens
Arranged as a dialogue story
Produced by David Davis
' There was once a King, and he had a Queen; and he was the manliest of his sex, and she was the loveliest of hers. The King was, in his private profession, Under Government. The Queen's father had been a medical man out of town. They had nineteen children, and were always having more. Seventeen of these children took care of the baby; and Alicia, the eldest, took care of them all.'

Contributors

Sung By:
Esme Lewis
Conductor:
Elwyn S. Jones
Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Produced By:
David Davis
Narrator:
Robert Farquharson
The King:
Deering Wells
Grandmarina:
Marjorie Westbury
Alicia:
Heather Patrick

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