Abdul Abulbul Amir
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"Abdul Abulbul Amir" is the most common name for a music-hall song written in 1877 under the title "Abdulla Bulbul Ameer" by Irish songwriter Percy French, and subsequently altered and popularized by
"Mr Ameer! Now, put up your hands and fight!"
Smoking concert
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Smoking concerts were live performances, usually of music, before an audience of men only, popular during the Victorian era. Smoking concerts emerged in the 1860s as private entertainment organised by
Abdul Abulbul Amir
…warrior—who encounter each other, engage in verbal boasting, and are drawn into a duel in which both perish. Percy French wrote the song in 1877 for a smoking concert while studying at Trinity College Dublin. It was likely a comic opera spoof. "Pot Skivers" were the chambermaids at the college, thus Ivan "Potschjinski…
A ticket to a smoking concert held at the Bell Inn, Lydbrook in the Forest of Dean, UK