The show was a light-hearted, comic parody of the prominent figures of Northern Irish politics, and occasionally other politicians including Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Bertie Ahern and George W. Bush. The term 'folks on the hill' refers to the Northern Irish parliament and government at Stormont Hill. Borrowed material (text): The sources of all quoted and paraphrased text are cited. Such content is used under the rules of fair use to further the educational objectives of CafeSongbook.com. CafeSongbook.com makes no claims to rights of any kind in this content or the sources from which it comes.

And here is the Ahmad Jamal solo piano version from 1980, live at Bubba's in Chicago. (The original album is now available as an MP3 album in the Jazz Masters series) Frank Griffith, featuring Tom Harrell with Chris Rogers, Joel Weiskopf, James Genus, John Hart, Bi… Other songs written for the movie High, Wide and Handsome currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook: none The Folks on the Hill was a satirical sketch show, which started in January 2001 as a Saturday morning BBC Radio Ulster broadcast. [1] In 2004, it evolved into an animated television show, first aired on 9 January 2004, on BBC One Northern Ireland. [2] In its 10th year, the final, 17th series was broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster from Saturday 8 October [3] until 12 November 2011, the day before writer and voice-over star Sean Crummey died. [4]The Folks Who Live on the Hill" is a 1937 popular song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was introduced by Irene Dunne in the 1937 film High, Wide, and Handsome and was recorded that year by Bing Crosby for Decca (#1462, mx DLA940A, Los Angeles 9/20/37). [1] Guy Lombardo enjoyed chart success with the song in 1937. [2] It has become particularly associated with Peggy Lee, who sang it on her 1957 album The Man I Love. Lee's version was arranged by Nelson Riddle and conducted by Frank Sinatra. There is also a vocal version of 'Folks' by Mel Torme that is worth hearing, and an instrumental version by Ahmad Jamal. None of these 3 versions discussed above are listed by Wikipedia, but all should be.

The novel's protagonist Harry Caldecote, a retired librarian, lives in the fictional Shepherd's Hill area of North London, in fact Primrose Hill. [3] Harry is twice divorced and lives with his sister Clare. The novel describes the interaction of Harry's extended family, son Piers, brother Freddie, sister-in-law Desiree and Fiona and Bunty, who are relatives of his former wives, from the viewpoint of the principal characters. [4] Amis lampoons the attitudes and lifestyles of the North London chattering classes. [5] Reception [ edit ]

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