Oh, Mr. Porter

DESCRIPTION: "Lately I just spent a week with my old Aunt Brown, Came up to see the sights of famous London town." When it is time to go home, she finds herself on the wrong train. She calls to the porter for help. A man consoles her, then marries her
AUTHOR: George Le Brun (source: Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar)
EARLIEST DATE: 1893 (sung by Marie Lloyd, according to: Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar)
KEYWORDS: travel railroading home courting marriage train
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar, pp. 217-218, "Oh, Mr. Porter" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Aline Waites & Robin Hunter, _The Illustrated Victorian Songbook_, Michael Joseph Ltd., 1984, pp. 111-115, "Oh, Mr. Porter" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #V4659
File: PSoS217

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