{"id":17825,"date":"2022-11-17T15:22:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T15:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=17825"},"modified":"2022-11-17T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T15:28:08","slug":"up-the-little-gravel-path","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/up-the-little-gravel-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Up the little gravel path"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>Up the little garden path sailing
Up the little garden path winding<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1918<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Harry Castling<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN32808<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Charles Whittle<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Hirst, George; England: Dorset; 1987<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mister Green, the next door neighbour of mine,\nHe lives at number eight, I live at number nine.\nFrom my bedroom window I can see\nAll that Mister Green does without him seeing me\nFrom his little villa every night\nUp the west heel Gailey Rome\nWhen they close the pubs,\nAll the caf\u00e9's and the clubs\nLike a good boy he comes home\n\nUp the little gravel path sailing,\nClinging to the garden railing\nSame old knocker, same old door\nSame old Missus and the same old jaw\nTwo steps forward and three steps back,\nThen you'll hear him  whisper low\n\"There's no place like home\nWhen there's nowhere else to go\"<\/em>\n\nDown the Square he comes, defiant and gay,\nSinging Rule Britannia all the way\nBackward, forward, on towards goal,\nNodding to the milkman, who swears he's up the pole\nAll the patriotic ditties he sings\nAnd the birds join in the song\nHis wife up above,\nWaiting for her turtle dove,\nSees the night bird stroll along...\n\nGreen will give his door a gentle rat tat\nSoon after that he stretched out on the mat\nMissis Greens out flanked him with the broom\nWrapt up in the blankets next morning in his room\n\"No more ginger ales and stopping out late\"\nTo his wife I hear him roar\nHis doctor puts him right; \nHome he comes the following night\non the same old stunt once more\u2026\n\n\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A song written and composed by  Harry Castling<\/a> , performed on the Music Hall stage by Charles R Whittle<\/a>. The chorus was collected by Nick and Mally Dow from traditional singer and accordion player George Hirst in 1987, his version can be heard at the British library Sound Archive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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