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Waiting at the Church was a popular music hall song written by Fred Leigh (words) and Henry Pether (music) for Vesta Victoria. During a party thrown by Frank Barlow the regulars of the Rovers Return Inn were engaged in a sing-song version of it, accompanied on the piano by Ena Sharples, when Jerry Booth noticed that Martha Longhurst had slumped over the table in the snug. Further investigation revealed that she had passed away.

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  • Waiting at the Church
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  • Waiting at the Church was a popular music hall song written by Fred Leigh (words) and Henry Pether (music) for Vesta Victoria. During a party thrown by Frank Barlow the regulars of the Rovers Return Inn were engaged in a sing-song version of it, accompanied on the piano by Ena Sharples, when Jerry Booth noticed that Martha Longhurst had slumped over the table in the snug. Further investigation revealed that she had passed away.
  • "Waiting at the Church" was the U.K. Spot for episode 223 of The Muppet Show. It was sung by Miss Piggy in a wedding dress (stuffed with a pillow so that she looks pregnant) and accompanied by Kermit the Frog. The song follows a bride who has been stood up on her wedding day. The reason, as Kermit states: "Can't get away to marry you today, my wife won't let me."
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Lyricist
  • Fred W. Leigh
Date
  • 1906(xsd:integer)
Composer
  • Henry E. Pether
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  • Waiting at the Church was a popular music hall song written by Fred Leigh (words) and Henry Pether (music) for Vesta Victoria. During a party thrown by Frank Barlow the regulars of the Rovers Return Inn were engaged in a sing-song version of it, accompanied on the piano by Ena Sharples, when Jerry Booth noticed that Martha Longhurst had slumped over the table in the snug. Further investigation revealed that she had passed away.
  • "Waiting at the Church" was the U.K. Spot for episode 223 of The Muppet Show. It was sung by Miss Piggy in a wedding dress (stuffed with a pillow so that she looks pregnant) and accompanied by Kermit the Frog. The song follows a bride who has been stood up on her wedding day. The reason, as Kermit states: "Can't get away to marry you today, my wife won't let me."
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