Greyeyes; pretty close - "And she'd beat the retreat on me trousers, If I were to beat the retreat on me drum" that's from Sam, Sam, Beat the Retreat ( by R.P.Weston and Bert Lee, 1931) Stanley Holloway wrote the first Sam Small monologue; Old Sam,in 1929, then 'Alt Who Goes There, in 1930, and One Each Apiece All Round in 1931. Sam small was a Yorkshireman

Grab; Sam Oglethwaite was a different fella, came from Bury 3 Ha'pence a Foot Reissued on Music For Pleasure 1114(33 1/3), 1975