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AKA<\/strong><\/td>Some egg and some ham and some onion<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1925<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Higgins and Shuff \/ St Juste<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN25936<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Ernie Mayne<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Spicer, George; England : Sussex; 1972<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Some people like bacon for breakfast\nNow that is the usual dish.\nWhile others like porridge, bananas and tripe\nAnd some folk would rather 'ave fish.\nBut I've got a dish of my own\nThe finest that I've ever known.\n\nAn n'egg and some n'ham and an n'onion\nAn n'egg and some n'ham and an n'onion\nOh, what a sight to see,\nSpread on a plate with a nice cup o' tea.\nAn n'egg and some n'mam and an n'onion\nTo some folk it's rather a funny 'n\nAll the world over, it's praise should be sung\nA lovely creation for making you young\nNow what did Charles Peace eat the morn 'e was 'ung?\nWhy, an n'egg and some n'ham and an n'onion.<\/em>\n\n'Twas Christmas day inside the work'ouse,\n'Twas Christmas in our 'ouse as well.\nThe inmates were 'aving a party, and so,\nA foreman jumped up with a yell.\nKeep your Christmas pudding' said 'e,\nThere's only one thing pleases me.\n\nAn n'egg and some n'ham and an n'onion\nAn n'egg and some n'ham and some n'onion\nOh, what a sight to see,\nSpread on a plate with a nice cup o' tea.\nAn n'egg and some n'mam and an n'onion\nTo some folk it's rather a funny 'n.\nWithout any doubt, it's the best of the bunch.\nYou can eat it for breakfast or dinner or lunch.\nFor what gave Joe Peck that sledge-'ammer punch\nIt's an n'egg and some n'ham and an n'onion<\/em>\n\nAn n'egg and some n'ham and an n'onion\nAn n'egg and some n'ham and an n'onion\nOh, what a sight to see,\nSpread on a plate with a nice cup o' tea.\nAn n'egg and some n'mam and an n'onion\nTo some folk it's rather a funny 'n\nAll the world over, it's praise should be sung\nIt's such a creation for making you young\nNow what did Charles Peace eat the morn 'e was 'ung?\nWhy, an n'egg and some n'ham and an n'onion.<\/em>\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A comic song from the 1920s, made famous in the Halls by  Ernie Mayne<\/a>, who often sang comic songs about food or which drew comedy from his size \u2013 he was a big man. The words of this song were by Higgins and Shuff, the music by St Juste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fifty years later, the song was still being sung in the pubs of Sussex, where it was collected by Mike Yates from the signing of George Spicer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Ernie Mayne sings it: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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