Michael Kilgarriff's monumental index gives Hargreaves as writer (probably William, who wrote 'Burlington Bertie From Bow') and the date as 1919. It was sung by Billy Merson, who also recorded it , but the finest performance I ever heard was by Eddie Reindeer in a BBC broadcast in the late 1950s. This exists as a unique airshot acetate disc recorded by a friend. If I outlive him (just a slim chance) it'll be mine.