re Johnson's 'calling on song'- I only have it verbally but it was a bit like-
'I will sing of champions of champions in their day
Who used to be not long ago but they are passed away
But there are some, and still they come on championship parade
But there was none like Dan Leno when he was on the stage..

Oh where is Dan Leno now, where is good old Dan
He used to be on the music hall, he played before the band
At dancin' he was the champion, but now his days are gone,
For men like Ward and Tom Robson for the championship have come

But just to keep memory of those champions passed away,
I'll dance for you a step or two that were done in the day
So if you'll pay attention, and LISTEN to he beat
I'll do me best to please you with the clogs upon my feet...

and straight into the dance....

Johnson won many a competition in the four Northern Counties (Durham. Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland)- he said that Lancashire and Yorkshire 'didn't matter'- but he never had (from my memory in the late 1960s) any of his many championship belts- as he said to me- 'Why no man, they got pawned alang the Scotswood Road-----   hard times they were...