Wot Cheer! (Knocked 'Em in the Old Kent Road)

DESCRIPTION: "Last week down our alley came a toff, Nice old geezer with a nasty cough." He tells "my missus" that her Uncle Tom has left her his donkey shay. Despite the donkey's problems, they regularly ride in Old Kent Road as the neighbors cry "Wot cheer!"
AUTHOR: Words: Albert Chevalier / Music: Charles Ingle (source: Gammond)
EARLIEST DATE: 1891 (Gammond)
KEYWORDS: death horse travel
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Jolly-Miller-Songster-5thEd, #160, "Wot Cheer! (Knock'd 'Em in the Old Kent Road" (1 text)
LibraryThingCampSongsThread, post 78, "(My Old Man Said Follow the Van)" (1 excerpt, from user John5918, posted September 19, 2021)
ADDITIONAL: Aline Waites & Robin Hunter, _The Illustrated Victorian Songbook_, Michael Joseph Ltd., 1984, pp. 145-148, "Wot Cheer! Knocked 'Em in the Old Kent Road" (1 text, 1 tune, plus a reproduction of an early sheet music cover)
Peter Gammond, _Best Music Hall and Variety Songs_, Wolfe Publications Ltd., 1972, pp. 203-204, "Wot Cher!" (1 text, 1 tune)
ST JoMS160 (Partial)
Roud #25941
NOTES [12 words]: Gammond lists this as having been made popular by Albert Chevalier. - RBW
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File: JoMS160

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