With 'er 'Ead tucked underneath 'er Arm - Stanley Holloway

[WeddingHorses]

My Dac used to sing this to me when I was a Kid. Awesome Joshua. Thanks for preserving it.

[tsaehtron]

My grandpa used to sing me this song :D gosh! I'm sooooo touched! :D :D I loved it! :)

[robadr1]

My dad sang this as well, in the 1950's, and also did a great recitation of 'Albert and the Lion' which my mother never failed to appreciate (Eee, I yam vexed!). Good times, pre-TV :)

[richiedrr]

My Quaker dad sang it to me near 60 years ago. I am sure he learned it off of Stanley Holloway's record. I always loved it.

[sirstrongbad]

Heard this here in Ontario on AM740 a few hours ago... and knew it straight off thanks to my dad!

[villajen629]

My grandfather Neil used to sing this song to me.

[StickWarrior]

Now, this is the version I was looking for. So much more creepy than the Trio's version. I think I was scared of it at one time, now that I think of it.

[TanzaniteMephiles15]

Ha, certainly a classic! XD

[PattiORorke]

My Dad used to sing this to me, while my mother kept saying, "Stop it Bill, it will give her nightmares," lmao! I loved it and kept begging for him to sing it again.

[bateesh]

This brings back my childhood memories of my grandfather singing this. I think he like the excuse to say "bloody"

[SOULXCHANGE]

This is first record I can recall ! no wonder I'm a trick-cyclists dream...

[cedricthecentaur]

This was on Desmond Carrington's Radio 2 show this week. Apparently in the 30s the BBC didn't want to play this because, you see, in the UK the word "bloody" can be used as a swear-word. However, "The Bloody Tower" was recognised as a name for the tower, so they relented.

[SOULXCHANGE]

Arh'well' would you ever believe it ? This is first record I can recall ! no wonder I'm a trick-cyclists dream...

[falstaffswims]

First ever? Really, mate? What a pleasant blooming first memory that must be!

[Pugophile]

Did Stanley write this and his other monologues? They are so clever and funny. Thank you for this.

[CompVid101]

From my CompVid101 blog on this song: "Composers Weston and Lee, successful in pop music in the 20s and 30s, wrote the song in 1934, apparently for the prince of the British music hall, the then-44 year old Stanley Holloway, still two decades away from his signature role as Eliza Doolittle's father in the London, Broadway, and film productions of My Fair Lady ..."

[SOULXCHANGE]

Thanks for that Info' ~ I used to play it on our farm shed floor -about 1961/3 along with Bill Haley and the Comets ...Tommy Steel Water Water every-where..Purple People eater Chebb Wooley and My mums favorite Bells across the Meadow all on 78's and countless more...today I make my own songs at my channel...