15 August 2021

The man that maks the smoke come oot the lum

This song by Harry Gordon is about 100 years old and is in the Scottish music hall tradition. It's short because it was the lead into a stand-up comedy routine in character. The character in this case being a fireman on the footplate of a steam engine.

 

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  1. Great - love it - my dad was GWR man

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    1. Thanks - they don't write them like that anymore!

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