Petticoat Lane (II)

DESCRIPTION: A man from the country comes to town. His friend shows him the sights of Petticoat Lane. He is beaten at every turn and his pockets picked clean. The police charge him with killing a policeman. His policeman brother Darby gets him off. He goes home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1855 (broadside, Bodleian Harding B 11(2996))
KEYWORDS: travel violence homicide theft reprieve brother police crime brother
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland, pp. 18-19, "Petticoat Lane" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #1871, p. 126, "Petticoat Lane" (1 reference)
Roud #V20294
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 11(2996), "Petticoat Lane" ("To London I came from the sweet county Down"), E.M.A. Hodges (London), 1846-1854; also 2806 b.11(167), Firth b.25(393), "Petticoat Lane"
NOTES [58 words]: Charles R. Thatcher wrote a song, "Encore Verses to Petticoat Lane" (Thatcher-ColonialMinstrel-Songsters, pp. 174-175). I assume this is the "Petticoat Lane" he meant.
For brief background on Charles Thatcher's career, see the notes to "Where's Your License?" For an extensive collection of his songs, see Anderson-StoryOfAustralianFolksong. - RBW
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