"Not actually a traditional song, it was written by C M Leumaine in the 1860s"
1867 for a Pantomime at the newly opened Tyne Theatre & Opera House.
It has been traditional in Pantos to have an audience singalong whilst the stage crew furiously assemble the grand staircase for the Finale' walkdown, but I don't know how far back that tradition goes.
I wonder if at the Tyne they lowered the words and divided the audience in half? ;-)
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