Roamin' in the Gloamin' (Hardcover)

1928. With 28 illustrations. Sir Harry Lauder was the most successful star of the English music halls in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Scotland's image in the world today owes much to the caricature presented by Harry Lauder's stage performances. His extravagant highland dress, glengarry at a jaunty angle, humor, ultra-thrifty attitudes and sentimental songs endeared him to many audiences. Lauder recalls his glory days in this volume of memoirs named after the song Roamin' in the Gloamin, which was inspired by love for his wife. Contents: Wee Harry; Boyhood's Years Slip Awa'; This Wean's Going to be a Singer; In the Coal-Pits; I Love a Lassie; Five Shillings to a Pound; The Lure of the Road; Coal-Face or Footlights; I Become My Own Impresario; A Sovereign for Publicity Only; Pantomime; Great Artiste Captivates America; 'Arry Laudah's 'Oss; Will Morris Comes for Me; I Play for Royalty; The First Years of the War; Carry On; The War Years in America; My Friends the Presidents; Glen Branter; Knight of the British Empire; Bad Tips and Others; South Africa; The Orient; Some Fish Stories; and The End of the Road.