{"id":16186,"date":"2022-05-10T11:16:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=16186"},"modified":"2025-06-05T09:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T09:18:22","slug":"castling-harry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/castling-harry\/","title":{"rendered":"Castling, Harry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In progress….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry Castling (1865-1933) wrote the words to huge number of songs, both comic and sentimental, including Just like the Ivy,<\/em> Don’t have any more<\/em> Mrs Moore<\/em> and Look what Percy picked up in the park<\/em>. He was the son of a street musician but could not write notated music himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the songs which he wrote\/co-wrote which have been collected from traditional singers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Are we to part like this Bill?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Boers have got my daddy, The<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Bombay<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Bumpity Bump<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Cooking the Cock of the North<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. It\u2019s the only bit of English that we\u2019ve got<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Just like the ivy<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. More trouble in our native land<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Oh! Let me have another one, Georgie<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Our threepenny hop<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Put a bit of powder on it, Father<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Serving em all alike<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. She told me to meet her at the gate<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. She\u2019s good enough for my wife<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. The Singer was Irish<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Strolling round the town; or The Rickety Rackety Crew<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. The Tramp<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Turned up<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Up the little gravel path<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. We all go the same way home<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. What are you going to do about Mary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. When there isn\u2019t a girl about<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. When they ask you what your name is<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. When you wake up in the morning<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. Why don\u2019t you marry the girl?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    See also these songs not (I think) ever collected from traditional singers, but well-known anyway..<\/p>\n\n\n\n