My friend, Tony from Darwin, an occasional poster to Mudcat, has just purchased the sheet music for the Cunliffe version attributed to Weston & Barnes. It is the same as Bailey's recording except that Bailey reverses the order of stanzas 2 and 3. Thanks, Tone. From the sheet music, a couple of corrections to my transcription above: 'cod seller' should read 'coster' and 'And I ask your mum would you look nice' should read 'I ask you, ma'am, would you look nice'. The question still remains as to whether or not Weston and Barnes nicked stanzas from a Norworth original. Can anyone supply the lyrics for the Norworth recording? --Stewie.
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