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Thread #51799   Message #792084
Posted By: toadfrog
26-Sep-02 - 08:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Willie Lee: 'I am a railway porter....'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sung by Jean Redpath, song
O.k. Scabby Doug. It seems to be a "Scottishized" version of THE MUDDLE PUDDLE PORTER, vintage (apparently) 1823, in which one changes for "London, Chatham, Peckham, Brighton, Margate, Bow.
Levy has it:

title: The Muddle-Puddle Porter.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Written & Composed by George Grossmith Junr.; The last three verses written by James McCraw Junr., Esqr.
James McCraw Junr. Publication: London: Hopwood & Crew, 42 New Bond Street, W., n.d..
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: There was a railway porter on the North South Eastern Line
First Line of Chorus: Change here for London, Chatham, Peckham, Brighton, Margate, Bow [varies with each verse]
Performer: Sung With the Greatest Success By Lionel Brough
Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: Stannard & Son
Advertisement: ads on back cover for Hopwood & Crew stock
Plate Number: 1823
Subject: Caricatures
Subject: Waiters
Subject: Steamboats
Call No.: Box: 048 Item: 007

I must be getting old, for I can't read much of the text.