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Thread #6924   Message #864670
Posted By: GUEST,gripper
11-Jan-03 - 04:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr & Origins: Bell Bottom Trousers
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bell Bottom Trousers
The Servant of Rosemary Lane was prited at the beginning of the 19th century by printers such as John Pitts and Jennings of London. Later in the century it was printed on broadsides at Belfast and Edinburgh.I have various copies of the wartime sheet music and all of my uncles sang the cruder version during active service in WW2. In fact I've sung it myself as a schoolboy in the 50s.