"Oh! Mr Porter" Music Hall Song GAVIOLI FAIRGROUND ORGAN ex Days Gallopers

89-key G4 Gavioli & Cie Fairground Organ plays "Oh! Mr Porter", a British music hall song written in 1892, the same year the Gavioli company patented the system for automatically playing an organ using holes punched into cardboard. Do please sing along...
Oh! Mr Porter, what shall I do?
I want to go to Birmingham
And they're taking me on to Crewe,
Take me back to London, as quickly as you can,
Oh! Mr Porter, what a silly girl I am.
This Gavioli organ, Seriel No. 9085, plays today exactly as it would have done in 1905, using perforated cardboard read by an pneumatic action controlling air to the 400 pipes. There is also automatic percussion, and a 17 note glockenspiel. The music in this video was arranged by the late great Steve Clarke.
This magnificent instrument was installed in James Day's 3-abreast Gallopers in 1920, and was in showmans use with the ride until 1984. Previously owned by Chris Dobbs, I aquired the organ in April 2021, and look forward to touring steam fairs and special events across England and Wales in due course (please contact me if you are interested in hiring it for your event - [e-mail])
If you're enjoying the music and wish to tip me towards the organ's maintenance and help fund new music for future videos, you can do so at: www.paypal.com/paypalme/jollity

[@oliverharris8016]

This is one of my favorite tunes. And on a very nice organ indeed

[@scottgray6276]

I like how the xylophone hammers sit down, when they’re not playing.

[@boombox4037]

These would bring joy to millions with their music and still do even today

[@ArthurWilliamSwales]

I love these fairground organs I would always dance to these when I was a child Bravo!!!

[@ivanthevaluable2559]

"Oh Doctor Beeching, what have you done? There once were many trains to catch, but now, there are none." -Train of Thought

[@mrferret3356]

I love hearing it from my house!

[@mrferret3356]

Simply Phenomenal

[@SansXut]

Oh Dr Beeching what a naughty man you are.

[@DarlingtonWorks1863]

Good one

[@PeterMackett]

Arranged by Steve Clarke.

[@fairorgan]

Indeed!

[@fairgroundorganman9188]

Yeah, I got the track on A&R Grand Organ on one of my playlists in my collection. Even though it is a Steve Clarke arrangement, it is even on one of the MERRY-GO-ROUND MUSIC playlist I got.