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1. Who used to wear 'cor-blimey trousers' and lived in a council flat?
2. This gem was known as a four-line ditty for years, and then suddenly three verses appeared, telling the tale of each of the characters and how they came to be in the predicament which befell them. Each of the 'Three Old Ladies Who Were Locked In A Lavatory' from 'Monday to Saturday' were given identical first names. What was it?
3. Obadiah Binks sent his bride a note while she was 'waiting at the church' to give the reason why he was unable to make it that day. What was the reason he gave for leaving her at the altar?
4. This one is the one I remember the best - I think it was Nanny's favourite.
My old man said, "Follow the van, and don't dilly-dally on the way!"
Off went the van with me 'ome packed in it,
I followed on with my old cock linnet.
I dillied and dallied, dallied and I dillied,
Lost the way and don't know where to roam,
Oh, you can't trust a special like an old time copper when you can't find your way 'ome.
But what is a 'special'?
5. The song 'Daisy, Daisy' is well-known, but only by the chorus. It speaks of marriage, and how Daisy and her love will go off after the ceremony on a 'bicycle made for two'. Two of the three verses have references to bicycles in them, but do you know how many references there are?
6. Which old-time song admits that it is a rotten song in the chorus - not once, but four times, and then calls the singer of the song a rotten singer?
7. Which British sitcom took its theme tune from the old song which started with the words:
On the farm, every Friday,
on the farm, it's rabbit pie day.
So, every Friday that ever comes along,
I get up early and sing this little song . . .
?
8. It was inevitable that I would hear my Cockney grandmother singing about her own home town as I grew up. Which song would that have been?
9. Where was 'Mother Kelly's Doorstep'?
10. 'Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye' was always sung by my grandmother when we left her home at the end of a holiday, and when she left us to go home. Which war is usually associated with this song?
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ArleneRimmer
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