Playing the Game in the West

DESCRIPTION: "Since I've been in London, it's easy to see, There's no other johnny looks smarter than me.... I'm playing the game in the west, leading the life's that's thrilling, Out of a two-bob piece, all I've got left is a shilling." He has other costly adventures
AUTHOR: Alec Kendall (and George Formby Sr.?) (source: Fowke; monologues.co.uk)
EARLIEST DATE: 1910 (source: monologues.co.uk)
KEYWORDS: humorous money police clothes drugs drink
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 34, "Playing the Game in the West" (1 fragment, a composite of several of the choruses)
Roud #25485
File: KSUC034A

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