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The Family way. Love. The future Mrs. 'Awkins ; He led me up the garden ; I didn't like to ; I think of you, dear ; I want to take a young man in ; The coster's serenade ; Before you came ; Wishes ; I can't get a man for keeps ; Wot vur do 'ee luv oi? ; What does he call you girls? ; Maiden plus man equals love ; Alice ; Oh Sarah! Oh 'enery! ; Sybil ; Turrible shy wi' the maids ; Oo-er, what a death to die! ; Blue ribbon Jane ; My Juliet ; Our court ball ; Little, Moore, and Farr ; Joe's little love affair ; He, Jay, Hann ; I've brought you some narcissus, cis ; It may be influenza (but I think it's love) ; I've got 'er 'at ; A matrimonial chase. The Family way. Marriage. Asking papa ; Sister Mary's wedding ; Our wedding ; Married v. single ; Married ; It's a marvel ; 'omely ; Put the cheese and butter in the pantry ; Three married martyrs ; You must have a man about the house ; At home I'm my wife's husband but when I'm away I'm me) ; If that ain't life, wot is? ; Does anyone want my wife? ; He's a dear old man ; My Old Dutch. The Family way.Children. Our little nipper ; The old child and the new ; Sez you!! ; A little bird told me! ; An awful little scrub ; Tomboy ; The first cigar ; The nipper's lullaby. The Family way. The family. If you knew muvver ; Edward Henry's mother ; Since mother bobbed her hair ; When father laid the carpet on the stairs ; Wha-a-at! ; We're proud to call him father ; An old bachelor. People. Occupations. The schoolmaster ; The insurance agent ; "Oxo" the wrestler ; The advertising man ; The undertaker ; The employment bureau. People. Jobs. Who'll buy? ; Walter, the waiter ; Any more fares, please? ; The burglar's serenade ; A woman's work ; 'Er upstairs ; 'Ilda ; I packed up me trunk and I went ; Chloe from Clapham. People. Parsons. Hymn number--! ; When the minister comes to tea ; Wait till I've polished my glasses ; The vicar and I will be there ; Dear, dear, dear, dear, dear! ; The Parson of Puddle ; If only the vicar were here ; One must keep abreast of the times ; I did blush--! ; Oh! Dear brethren, Oh! ; Now there will be a collection ; The modest curate ; Let there be joy ; The country curate. People. Toffs. My beastly eyeglass ; Reggie's reasons ; Reggie ; Absolutely wrong ; Algy's absolutely full of tact ; Cuthbert, Clarence and Claude ; Frightfully Freddy. People. Yokels. 'E can't take a roise out of oi! ; Her showed oi the way ; Billy Evergreen ; The artful yokel ; Wurzletop ; The village pump ; Verdant verses (The green grass grew all around) ; Shuttlecomb in the moor (A Devon ditty) ; Oi'm goin' back 'ome to-day ; Soft as oi looks ; Laughin' garge of Zomerzet ; Joe's occupation ; Nature study ; The village constable. People. Cockneys. Wot cher! ; The council schools are good enough for me ; Jerusalem's dead. People. Foreigners. Oh, la! la! ; M'sieur Embonpoint ("Omb-bong-pwong) ; Shy Suzanne ; Voila ; Bon! Tres bon! ; Fineesh-- I go! ; Gustave & Gaston & me ; Red Serge, the Bolshevik ; Abey! Vot a luvly baby ; Sweet Sars'parilla (The Siren of Spain) ; O'Rafferty's hare ; The Ballymoney coversazione ; Fiddler Dooley's farm. People. Military. The army alphabet ; Fearless Freddie from the Foreign Legion (The riffs are getting rougher every day) ; 'E do look nice wiv 'is 'at on ; Spuds ; Major Pott ; The old brigade ; Brownded off ; The admirable admiral ; Drake is going to sea ; Cutts of the cruiser "What-not" ' The army and the navy and the RAF ; Jolly old Bill the sailor ; Jenny the Wren. Goings-on. Holidays. Packing ; The beautiful sea ; Why go abroad? ; The waters of Baden ; Oh! 'ampstead! ; Mafeking night ; On the day we went to the coronation. Goings-on. Food and drink. I had one with him ; Apple dumplings! ; 'Alibut, 'Addick or 'ake ; Soup ; A little cup of tea ; Two dinner-parties. Goings-on. Sports, hobbies and pastimes. The sportsman ; The race-course sharper ; A fishy fishing story. Goings-on. Gardens. That little back garden of mine ; Crazy gardening ; Marrers ; 'Olly'ocks ; The green grass grew all round ; I had a little garden. Goings-on. Musical and theatrical. Singers and talkers ; Tiddle um pom ; The bassoon ; The funny instrument ; The restaurant band ; The old trombone : a legend ; Won't you waltz with me? ; Funny without being vulgar ; Herr Schwollenhedt ; The serial story ; A fallen star ; Exit Muriel ; Queenie the carnival queen. Goings-on. Politics and history. Hif not, why not? ; "oles ; A ballad of socialism ; The labour peer ; Thank God for the middle class ; Where are they? Hurrican history ; When Richard the First sat on the throne ; Nineteen hundred years ago. The human predicament. People. 'Is mind's a puffick blank ; Public conversations ; I would, if I could, but I can't so I won't ; Yer can't 'elp likin' 'im ; It's all Fanny's fault that she's forty ; Girls versus men ; The girl in the big black hat ; We grin and bear it ; Three women haters ; Three old crocks ; Some girl, gee whiz! ; Men ; My idea of a girl ; Looks ; The ladies' penny paper ; It gits me talked abaht. The human predicament. New-fangled things. My little Austin seven ; Since mother went to the talkies ; Movie mad ; Telephone language. The human predicament. Manners and customs. Yours, etc. ; The willows ; The world went very well then ; Abbreviated vocab ; The art of politeness ; A bovine barcarolle ; Breakfast in bed ; A case in point ; Catty conversations ; Disappearances ; Districts ; Fifty years ago ; Genteel, courteous and civil ; No time like the nineties. The human predicament. Trials and tribulations. Wot's the good of hanyfink? Why! Nuffink! ; He followed the directions in the book ; Me, certainly me ; It's nice to be common sometimes ; And besides ; My advice ; Nerves ; Our district visitor ; The nasty way 'e sez it ; Remedies ; Seasons ; We moved away from there ; We've all got our troubles to bear! ; We can't keep cats in flats ; Scrahngin' ; You can't take it with you when you die ; Shopping ; The simple life ; Since I furnished on the hire instalment plan ; Stiff collars ; Suspicions ; To cut a long story short ; All the year round ; The rain came pouring down ; Back answers ; Dear! Dear! Deep depressions ; Beautiful dreams. The human predicament. So let's laugh. Peculiar ; He's a fully little way with him ; Murders ; Impressions ; I'm used to it! ; It's nice to have some handy ; Little novels ; My revolver ; No wonder our coals have been going ; Now do you see what I mean ; Resuscitated rhymes ; Spring! Spring! Glorious spring ; Spring's in the air ; Slowly but surely ; They all went marching in Noah's ark ; Three gaunt grey geese ; Do give over, Clara ; Funny! ; Ask me a riddle ; The funny little man I know ; I tried to keep from laughing ; Sir Humphrey's ghost ; A ghost story ; Hoot, moan and rattle ; Ding dong bell. The human predicament. Little things. |