Looking for lyrics and tune for:
Slap Bang, Here We Are Again

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Slap Bang, Here We Are Again by Alfred Vance
Alfred Vance (real name Alfred Peck Stevens, 1839±88)

from the book allusions in Ulysses-p396
…a music hall song entitled slap bang here we are again by Sheridan….
"Chorus: Slap bang! here we are again
Here we are again here we are a gain
slap bang here we are again
what jolly dogs are we
(cited in Christopehr Pulling in They were singing briefly mentioned)

another annotated notes on Ulysses:

1866 by Sheridan

First verse and chorus-

Long live our British gentlemen
Who like a bit of sport,
Who smoke their weed and swig their stout
And Won't have Gladstone's port

Chorus
For they always go a-rolling home
They always go a -rolling home,
A Jolly lot are they!
Tra, la, la, Tra, la la
Slap bang, here we are again
Slap bang, here we are again,
A jolly lot are we!

yet another citation similar book

is from another rousing song which the rakes of the turn of the century sang in their robust manliness one stanza of the twenty-four in the song will demonstrate the primitive qualities the lyrics espouse:

When you feel blue and worried too
And things are not just right,
Throw out your chest and try your best
To sing with all your might:

Chorus:
Slap Bang Here we are again!
Here we are again, boys, here we are again!
Slap!Bang! Here we are again,
A jolly bunch (gang) are we!

in the book maidenhood p 311
The three jolly dogs was the name of the tune "slap Bang here we are again was the refrain…. By Sara Anna MarshPublished 1867

referred to by priestly as the Great Vance (author)
By J. B. Priestley
Published 2006


English Humour Originally published in 1929



This song was used at the front of the bonfire processions in lewes sussex in 1878....

Many thanks in advance for your kind assistance.

Conrad Bladey
cbladey@bcpl.net