When was any old iron written

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For other uses, see Iron disambiguation. Pub song — In English popular culture, the traditional pub songs typified by the Cockney knees up mostly come from the classics of the music hall, along with numbers from film, the stage and other forms of popular music. Any, any, any old iron? You look neat. Talk about a treat!

You look so dapper from your napper to your feet. Dressed in style, brand-new tile, And your father's old green tie on. But I wouldn't give you tuppence for your old watch and chain, Old iron, old iron. So I went around the road to see my Auntie Jane. She said, "your Uncle Bill has left you a watch and chain. The sun was shining on it and it made me look a swell. I went out, strolling round about. Hope loved her setting, and since he was based in Delhi he suggested that he and Woodforde-Finden should meet.

After a brief intense affair they bowed under the pressure of propriety and returned to their families. The tale ended in tragedy when Nicolson committed suicide two years later.

Then there is the story about an embarrassed Bing Crosby trying to buy up all the copies of a song he recorded with the Rhythm Boys early in his career, with the irresistible title Ain't No Sweet Man Worth the Salt of My Tears. Apparently, band-singers didn't concern themselves with the gender of their lyrics until the more uptight s - a fact that has produced some rather homoerotic vinyl, including silvery voiced Sam Browne singing I Must Have That Man.

Where did Bradshaw get his leads for these hidden histories? I then wrote to the secretary of the British Music Hall Society, and after telling me that my theory was complete rubbish, he suggested I look at a couple of songs called Hildebrandt Montrose from and Fishing For Truth in a Well from about The first is all about a very effeminate pansy, and the second contains a reference to Henry Labouchere, the man who made gay sex punishable by two years' hard labour - they're both in the show.

Surely Joseph Tabrar's "pretty little song for pretty little children" doesn't hide steamy gay passions? Create a new account. Log In. Powered by CITE. Missing lyrics by Peter Sellers? Know any other songs by Peter Sellers? Don't keep it to yourself! Add it Here. Watch the song video Any Old Iron. A Hard Day's Night.