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August 30, 2011

If Gilbert & Sullivan Wrote on the Riots…

By Spear's

Friend of Spear’s and opera and cabaret singer extraordinaire Melinda Hughes has penned, produced and performed a witty ditty on the recent riots around Britain and the ensuing race row

Friend of Spear’s and opera and cabaret singer extraordinaire Melinda Hughes has penned, produced and performed a witty ditty on the recent riots around Britain and the ensuing race row. Sung to the tune of ‘I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General’, it takes in David Starkey, Snoop Dogg and plenty of urban slang.

Herewith, the Proms Patois Patter song:



Kiss and Tell Cabaret

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