This song is sung in Act I by Charlie Fields, a white song-and-dance man who came up in the Vaudeville circuit in Florenz Ziegfeld’s shows. Rehearsing alone one night in 1896, Charlie reflects on his journey to Ziegfeld, a surrogate father after his own family disowned him when he went into show business. (Can’t see the video? Click here.)
This song is sung in Act I by Charlie Fields, a white song-and-dance man who came up in the Vaudeville circuit in Florenz Ziegfeld’s shows. Rehearsing alone one night in 1896, Charlie reflects on his journey to Ziegfeld, a surrogate father after his own family disowned him when he went into show business. (Can’t see the video? Click here.)
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