Music from Leslie Stuart and Owen Hall's Florodora (1899)
In the shade of the palm
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A circa 1902 Edison Records recording by Frank C. Stanley.
Tell me pretty maiden
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A circa 1908 Edison Records recording by the "Edison Sextette" (Ada Jones, George S. Lenox, Corinne Morgan, Grace Nelson, Bob Roberts and Frank C. Stanley).
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