Knock at the Door, Lift up the Latch

DESCRIPTION: "Fellas in love, fellas in love, it's my advice to you," "Don't be bashful, don't be shy like a timid mouse." "Knock at the door, lift up the latch, wipe your feet and walk in, Give the girl a kiss...." Everything will be fine -- until they are married
AUTHOR: Wal Clifford (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: courting humorous
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #34, "Fellas in Love" (1 text)
Roud #10706
NOTES [79 words]: The sheet music of this gives the title as "Knock at the door, Lift up the latch, Wipe your feet and Walk In." It has an illustration showing all of these. The song was "Featured with great success by Ernie Mayne." Author Wal Clifford is described as "the writer of 'I Want a Pie with a Plum In.'" Another sheet music version has the same title and illustration and writer credit but says it was "Featured with Great Success by Reggie Dingle in Alvin Sawyer's Cadets." - RBW
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