Florrie Forde

b. Florence Flanagan, 14 August 1876, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, d. 18 April 1940, Aberdeen, Scotland. One of the greatest of all music hall artists, often described as a "fine buxom woman", Forde, brandishing a chorus stick, was renowned for urging audiences to join in on enduring numbers such as "Daisy Bell", "Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy", "Oh, Oh, Antonio", "Nellie Dean", "A Bird In A Gilded Cage", and the song most associated with her, "Down At The Old Bull And Bush". Ironically, before she moved to England, Forde was billed as "The Australian Marie Lloyd", althou...