My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)
song performed by Lonnie Donegan
My Old Man is a music hall song. It was written in 1919[1] by Fred W. Leigh and Charles Collins. Marie Lloyd made the song popular.
Chorus
changeThe chorus is known the most:
- My old man[2] said "Foller[3] the van,
- And don't dilly dally[4] on the way".
- Off went the van wiv me 'ome packed in it,
- I followed on wiv me old cock linnet.
- But I dillied and dallied, dallied and I dillied
- Lost me way and don't know where to roam.
- Well you can't trust a special like the old time coppers
- When you can't find your way 'ome.[5]
References and notes
change- ↑ "The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations" by Elizabeth M. Knowle, 1999
- ↑ The singer's father or husband
- ↑ follow
- ↑ To dilly dally means to linger
- ↑ My Old Man lyrics, accessed 21 Jan 2007
