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Thread #172511   Message #4175945
Posted By: Jack Horntip
01-Jul-23 - 08:20 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Down the Lane / Soldiers half a crown (bawdy)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down the Lane / Soldiers half a crown
Down in Mabbot Lane,
Lives a big fat lady,
If you want to know her name,
You have to pay a shilling,
Soldiers two and six,
Sailors two a penny,
Big fat men two pound ten,
Little kids a penny

— Traditional children’s skipping rhyme
The beginning of an article "The full Monto: A red-light district’s rise and demise" by Tony O'Reilly, posted 10 Jun 2022.

See here: https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/the-full-monto-a-red-light-districts-rise-and-demise/41737798.html