I must be a sad bugger or have too much time on my hands (or both!).

a couple of further thoughts on 'The Railway Porter' -

The humour of the chorus is that it lists both the place names and adverts that you would see from the train as it goes through the stations.

I used to sing the first line of the chorus thus -

'Ye change fir Auchtermuchter, Killie or Tuchter, Crieff or Cullercoats, Fife or John-O-Groats, Beecham Pills or Quaker Oats - -'

A search in the forum shows a lyric add with variations on the above. I'd dearly like to get some background on the song - any info out there?

Jack Beck