‘DOWN BY THE DARK ARCHES NEAR THE ADELPHI’

A broadside ballad 1854

‘Oh no boldest young man, that never can be

For there’s a rabbit-pie bobby a twigging of me’

(A prostitute policeman is watching me)

‘Adelphi Arches’ Elton Hayes Parlephone 78 1954 - omits 2 of the naughtier verses

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