I'll Be Up Her Way Next Week

DESCRIPTION: "I picked up the morning paper and it gave me quite a start"; a pretty widow with an income "is looking for a gent," so "I'll be up her way next week." His cat also goes courting. His landlady has a "smoky flue"; he will come next week to sweep it
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1992 (Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk)
KEYWORDS: courting sex wordplay
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #66, "I'll Be Up Her Way Next Week" (1 text)
Roud #10694
File: Hows066

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