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Thread #12154 Message #1014426
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
07-Sep-03 - 02:09 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Ballad of Bethnal Green (P Roberts)
Subject: RE: Still looking for Ballad of Bethnal Green
Slight variation to Andy G's quote of "The Belle of Barking Creek" I remember (from the EP version) the verse: "And all day long she wheels her barrow And behaves like a good girl ought And she'll only stray from the straight and narrow When the fleet is home in port"
as: "And every day she wheels her barrow Selling whelks and winkles by the Court*/Quart* And she only strays from the straight and narrow When the fleet is home in port."
*(unsure, probably quart),and her trade is reminiscent of one Molly Malone!