Subject:
               identify/locate music-hall song
         Date:
               21 May 2003 16:41:07 -0700
       From:
               bairngley@yahoo.com (Brian Bingley)
Organization:
               http://groups.google.com/
Newsgroups:
               alt.comedy.vaudeville




A friend wishes to identify a song he heard on Australian radio
in the 1930's about a balloon seller containing the lines:

"See the poor girl in the gutter
Overcome by London's fumes
Crying while the snowflakes flutter
Wont you buy my air balloons"

and with the refrain:

"Rich man rides by in his carriage and pair"

I am hoping that someone with an interest in British Music Hall
or vaudeville will recognise the tune and tell me where I can
find a copy. Any help or guidance will be appreciated.

I am also sending messages via the websites
http://monologues.co.uk/cgi-bin/board/index.html#post
&
http://www.musichallcds.com/

Brian Bingley
Adelaide, South Australia
bairngley@yahoo.com