{"id":18663,"date":"2023-01-28T07:57:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T07:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=18663"},"modified":"2023-01-28T15:35:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T15:35:36","slug":"youd-better-come-down-at-once","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/youd-better-come-down-at-once\/","title":{"rendered":"You’d better come down at once"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>Sandy was a Scotchman<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1899<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>AJ Mills and Frank Carter<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN29724<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Frank Coyne<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Adams, Harry; England: Somerset; 1977<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Now Sandy was a Scotchman, and\nOne day, upon my soul\nHe went into a local fair, \nTo climb the greasy pole\nHe wore a lovely tartan kilt\nHis white wash brush as well\nHe'd nearly reached the top, but oh!\nHe heard a policeman yell:\n\nYou'd better come down at once<\/em>, you'd better come down at once;<\/em>\nFor all the people down below\nAre waiting about for the wind to blow\nOh! I say, you are a bit of a dunce\nThere's something thats making the people laugh, you'd better come down at once<\/em>\n[twice]\n\nI never shall forget the day\nWhen our house caught on fire,\nAnd there upon the windowsill\nStood our old Aunt Maria\nShe seemed a bit afraid to venture\nDown the fire escape\nUntil a fireman came and yelled\n\"Now then, you giddy ape:\n\nYou'd better come down at once, you'd better come down at once;\n\nNow don't get standing in the breeze\nWith nothing but flames all round your knees\nOh! I say, you are a bit of a dunce\nYou ought to know better, you saucy cat, you'd better come down at once<\/em>\n[twice]\n\nI've got a little pussy cat,\nShe's gentle, kind and good,\nShe mashes all the gentleman\nAround the neighbourhood;\nTwas in our backyard late last night\nShe sat a-making love\nI heard her miaow to one Tom Cat\nUpon the tiles above:\n\nYou'd better come down at once, you'd better come down at once;\nIf you stick in the chimney pots\nI'm not going to show my beauty spots\nOh! I say, you are a bit of a dunce\nIf you are in the business to chase me Tom, you'd better come down at once<\/em>\n[twice]\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A song from the repertoire of  Frank Coyne<\/a>. It was written by the alarmingly prolific AJ Mills<\/a> with FW Carter <\/a>and was a hit in 1899 in the Halls and pantomimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Era – 06 May 1899<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The song was remembered by at least one traditional singer in the 1970s, when it was collected from the singing of Harry Adams by Bob and Jacqueline Patton. Their recording can be heard at the British Library here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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