contenong

Updated: May 25, 2025

While the conductor of the orchestra poised his baton and cast an apprehensive look at her, she began: "I'm one of the swells Whose accent tells That we've done the Contenong." When she had sung only to this point, people in the audience were exchanging significant smiles. There was no doubt of it; Louise Moran's voice had lost its beauty. The years and joys of life abroad had done their work.

Robert Neilson Stephens - Tales from Bohemia