Don't Dilly Dally on the Way

DESCRIPTION: "My old man said follow the van, and don't dilly dally on the way. Off went the van wiv me 'ome packed in it... But I dillied, I dallied, I dallied and I dillied, lost me way and don't know where to roam....."
AUTHOR: Fred W. Leigh and Charles Collins (source: Wikipedia)
EARLIEST DATE: 1919 (sheet music, according to Wikipedia)
KEYWORDS: travel home police
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
LibraryThingCampSongsThread, post 78, "(My Old Man Said Follow the Van)" (1 short text, from user John5918, posted September 19, 2021)
ST LTCSDDDW (Partial)
Roud #32460
RECORDINGS:
Marie Lloyd, "Don't Dilly Dally on the Way" (Regal G7076, 1919?)
File: LTCSDDDW

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