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Thread #172511   Message #4175808
Posted By: Jack Horntip
29-Jun-23 - 02:57 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Down the Lane / Soldiers half a crown (bawdy)
Subject: Lyr Add: Down the Lane / Soldiers half a crown
Down The Lane

Down the lane
Down the lane
There are lots of dirty women
Gonorrhea is rather dear
And syphilis a shilling
Soldiers half a crown
Sailors half a guinea
Big fat men two pound ten
Many dicks a penny

Spoken: I've a penny.

Transcribed from Medical Students Sing Rugby Songs LP, [1971], [Harry Morgan (compiler)], Sportsdisc Records. Sung by medical students from Bartholomew Medcial College, London.

The tune is a variant of "Ten Men Went to Mow a Meadow".