Any Old Iron

DESCRIPTION: The singer's Uncle Bill dies, leaving the singer his watch and chain. When he puts it on, children in the street cry out, "Any old iron?. "I wouldn't give you tuppence for your old watch-chain." He marries with his pants backwards and is teased again
AUTHOR: Charles Collins, Fred E. Terry and E.A. Sheppard (source: Wikipedia)
EARLIEST DATE: 1911 (sung by Harry Champion, although he did not record it until l1935)
KEYWORDS: death humorous clothes wedding
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
LibraryThingCampSongsThread, post 78, "(Any Old Iron)" (1 excerpt, from user John5918, posted September 19, 2021)
ST LTCSAnOI (Partial)
Roud #32461
SAME TUNE:
Where's your iron, Where's your iron, Where's your iron ration? (John Mullen, _The Show Must Go On! Popular Song in Britain during the First World War_, French edition 2012; English edition, Ashgate, 2015, p. 207)
NOTES [18 words]: For background on Harry Champion, who popularized this song, see the notes to "I'm Henery the Eighth I Am." - RBW
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