Here's a song I heard sung in London pubs in the 'fifties. There are more verses but this is all I remember. I'm a Cockney born in Bow An I tell yer what I know I uses slang wiv every other word Instead of saying "Up the stairs" I sez "Up the apples an pears" An what I say is true You can take my dicky bird I've always been contented wiv me 'umble love abode An I knows where I'm going when I cross the frog an toad Chorus- Up the apples an pears Through the rory o' moore back - to - the dear old trouble an strife On the Cane and Able, I - shall - see A pair o' Jack the rippers and a cup o' Rosie Lee What could be fairer than this A little cuddle and kiss Then you wonder why I never roam An when all is done and said I tumbles into Uncle Ned An blows out the old broom 'andle in me 'ome sweet 'ome
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