It was great to see the lyrics to this song .I used to work with an old cockney in about 1970 who used to sing it when it was his turn to get the teas in . He would accompany himself by ferociously whacking himself over the head with the metal tea tray – that was how he remembered it being performed at the music hall .Everybody had to join in the di tiddly i chorus or they'd get a whack too !