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Flash, Bang, Wallop!
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Flash, Bang, Wallop! was released on June 6, 2000 by Masterworks Broadway as a part of the album Half a Sixpence (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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Release DateJune 6, 2000
LabelMasterworks Broadway
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tommy Steele
Tommy Steele
Vocals
Polly James
Polly James
Vocals
James Grout
James Grout
Vocals
Grover Dale
Grover Dale
Vocals
Half a Sixpence Ensemble
Half a Sixpence Ensemble
Vocals
Will Mackenzie
Will Mackenzie
Vocals
Norman Allen
Norman Allen
Vocals
Half a Sixpence Orchestra
Half a Sixpence Orchestra
Performer
Stanley Lebowsky
Stanley Lebowsky
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Heneker
David Heneker
Composer
Jim Tyler
Jim Tyler
Orchestrator
Buster Davis
Buster Davis
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
George R. Marek
George R. Marek
Producer
Andy Wiswell
Andy Wiswell
Producer

Lyrics

One more picture, hold it
All lined up in a wedding group
Here we are for a photograph
We're all dressed up in a morning suit
Oh, try not to laugh
Since the early caveman in his fur
Took a trip to Gretna Green
There's always been a photographer
To recall the happy scene
Hold it, flashbang, what a, what a picture
What a picture, what a photograph
Poor old bloke, blimey, what a joke
Hat blown off in a cloud of smoke
Clap hands, stamp your feet
Bangin' on the big bass drum
What a picture, what a picture
Rum-tiddly-um-pum-pum-pum-pum
Stick it in your family album
One more picture, hold it
The same thing happened long ago
When man was in his prime
And what went on we only know
From the snaps he took of the time
When Adam and Eve in their birthday suit
Decided to get wed
As Adam was about to taste the fruit
The man with the camera said
Hold it, flashbang, what a, what a picture
What a picture, what a photograph
Poor old Eve, there were nothing on
Face all red and a fig leaf gone
Clap hands, stamp your feet
Bangin' on the big bass drum
What a picture, what a picture
Rum-tiddly-um-pum-pum-pum-pum
Stick it in your family album
One more picture, hold it
You've read it in a folio
Or seen it in a Shakespeare play
How Juliet fell for Romeo
In the merry, merry month of May
And as he climbed the orchard wall
To reach his lady fair
As he tumbled, she began to bawl
As he floated through the air
Hold it, flashbang, what a, what a picture
What a picture, what a photograph
Poor young chap, what a night he spent
Tights all torn and his rapier bent
Clap hands, stamp your feet
Bangin' on the big bass drum
What a picture, what a picture
Rum-tiddly-um-pum-pum-pum-pum
Stick it in your family album
One more picture, hold it
King Henry the Eighth had several wives
Including Anne Boleyn
And he kept an album of their lives
With all their photos in
As Anne Boleyn was on her knees
Dressed in her very best frock
King Henry shouted, "Smile, dear, please"
As her head rolled off the block
Hold it, flashbang, what a, what a picture
What a picture, what a photograph
Comes the print in a little while
She lost her head but she kept her smile
Clap hands, stamp your feet
Bangin' on the big bass drum, whee
What a picture, what a picture
Rum-tiddly-um-pum-pum-pum-pum
Stick it in your family album
One more picture, hold it
When Napoleon married Josephine
There was just the same to do
He galloped home from the battle scene
All the way from Waterloo
And as he came from off his horse
To the boudoir where she sat
She said to him, in French, of course
As he took off his big cocked hat
Hold it, flashbang, what a, what a picture
What a picture, what a photograph
There she was with a big huzzah
All caught up in her own little laugh
Clap hands, stamp your feet
Bangin' on the big bass drum
What a picture, what a picture
Rum-tiddly-um-pum-pum-pum-pum
Stick it in your family album
Stick it in your family, stick it in your family
In your family album
Written by: David Heneker
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