Thanks Ed. Nessie is my wife, who vets all my output before anyone else hears it or reads it.

The other day I went shopping and when I got to the till, realising I'd forgotten my wallet, I got all in a tizzy. We do say it in our extended family and I have certainly heard it before. As for the expression being anachronistic, well, it's generational if you like - my generation (I am 57) has been using it and it is this generation I represent; I am not trying to fit into any other era. Expressions like that are often regional, not in their origin but in whether they are favoured or not. I live in the South East, having spent time in the Midlands some 25 years ago.

You're right about "just" on the latch, it is clumsy and I will probably be changing it (I already made some other changes to the lyric mainly for easier scanning). I say "probably" only because it fits the tune/scanning right now; but I'll have a go.

Thanks again. In the next few days, once the tune has bedded in, I'll do a rough recording and post here.