Creative Quotations from Marie Lloyd (1870-1922)

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Marie Lloyd
(1870-1922) born on Feb 12

English singer. She was a music-hall artiste of the late 19th century, who became well known in the London, or Cockney, low comedy then popular.

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You can't trust the 'specials' like the old time 'coppers' When you can't find your way home.

My old man said, `Follow the van, Don't dilly-dally on the way!'
But I dillied and dallied, dallied and dillied,
Lost the van and don't know where to roam.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Oh, mister porter, what shall I do?
I wanted to go to Birmingham, but they've carried me on to Crewe.

I'm one of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	Song, "Don't Dilly-Dally on the Way, 1919; in "Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations," by Tony Augarde, 1991.
R:	Song, "Don't Dilly-Dally on the Way, 1919; in "Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations," by Tony Augarde, 1991.
A:	Song title
N:	Song, "Oh, Mister Porter," words by George Le Brun.
K:	Song title