{"id":3592,"date":"2020-07-09T13:16:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=3592"},"modified":"2021-08-04T06:12:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T06:12:24","slug":"wheel-your-perambulator-john","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/wheel-your-perambulator-john\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheel your perambulator, John"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>Wheel yer p’rambulator
Wheel the perambulator<\/td><\/tr>
First published<\/td>???<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Lyrics<\/strong><\/td>???<\/td>Music<\/strong><\/td>??? <\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>1496<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td> Unknown<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Source Singers<\/strong>
Charlie Bate, 1950 \u2013 69 Cornwall England
Arthur King, 1960s, Suffolk England
Percy Webb, 1968 Suffolk England 
Ruby Ling, 1975 \u2013 80, Suffolk England
Tom Brown, 1979, Norfolk England
Bill Smith, 1982 Shropshire England
Walter Pardon, 1980 Norfolk England<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Well, now we've got a baby. What a babe she is!\nHer eyes are green. What a queen! We call her pretty Liz.\nAnd every night when I get home, my wife does say to me,\n\"Get the perambulator, John, and don't go far away.\"\n\nSo wheel the perambulator, John. Wheel it nice and slow.\nDon't get riled. Mind the child. Be careful as you go.\nWhen you turn the corner, John, when you cross the road,\nJust raise your front wheels up a bit or over goes your load.\n<\/em>\nLast time I took the baby out, it was in the pram.\nI turned the bloomin' thing upside down and I don't know where I am.\nI cracked the baby's head and I think I broke her nose,\nAnd now I darn't go home tonight for my fear of my wife Rose.  \n\nThe other night when we went out, we left the baby behind.\nI turned and said to my moth, I think you're very kind.\nBut as we were walking we met Missus Grey,\nShe had a perambulator and she was going out of way. \n\nWell, now we've got a baby. What a baby she is!\nHer eyes are green. What a queen! We call her pretty Liz.\nAnd every night when I get home, my wife does say to me,\n\"Get the perambulator, John, and don't go far away.\"\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
This song seems to be widely sung in both England and Ireland and has been collected from a range of source singers. It is widely assumed to be a Music Hall song. At the moment I cannot confirm this, I have  spent too long trying to find out who wrote it and\/or performed it originally! I can confirm the following songs that it is not:<\/p>\n\n\n\n