Sminky,
I have a full set on microfiche of 'The Glasgow Poet's Box' which is presumably the dated broadsides you refer to. Clifton seems to have been particularly popular in Glasgow. I haven't registered 'The Girls of _____Road' as a Clifton song. Once again I would imagine this is a Joe Geoghegan song, 'The Girls of Glossop Road'. It starts 'I'm just in the vein to sing you a strain'. I haven't got a note of that particular copy, but in looking in my indexes I found another version 'The Girls Up the Road' printed by Such of London. The song is on our website www.yorkshirefolksong.net sung by Ken Hinchliffe.

Aha! just found another version in the Glasgow Poet's Box where it's called 'The Girls of Paisley Road'. Great stuff. If you hadn't posted that I wouldn't have connected all of these 4 versions. All of this needs transferring to the Geoghegan thread.