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Thread #172511 Message #4175809
Posted By: Jack Horntip
29-Jun-23 - 02:59 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Down the Lane / Soldiers half a crown (bawdy)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down the Lane / Soldiers half a crown
I'm afraid this song is a little dated now. They've moved them all inside nowadays. Pitty really. Another London old tradition gone to earth.
Down in Drury Lane
Down in Drury Lane There are naughty women Who will do whatever you like If you've got a shilling Soldiers half a crown Sailors half a guinea Big fat men, two pound ten Little boys a penny
Transcribed from Songs for Gay Dogs LP, [1963], by Paddy Roberts.
In the first part of the song, the tune is unknown. The part "Soldiers half a crown" matches the medical student's singing.