Two Kinsmen

Album: The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (1985)
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  • "Two Kinsmen" is the third song from The Mystery Of Edwin Drood; after "There You Are" is performed by the company and "A Man Could Go Quite Mad" by John Jasper, it is sung as a duet by Jasper and his nephew, Edwin Drood, who is actually a woman and is introduced by the Master of Ceremonies as the male impersonator Miss Alice Nutting. Like the rest of the songs and the entire musical, "Two Kinsmen" was written by Rupert Holmes. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England

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