Songs from the Age of Steam UK4 - Underground Railways

Bargery Number	566
Music Notation	The words have been fitted to the music by means of inserting hyphens into the text rather than by amending the source notation with ties and slurs.
Music (Given or Suggested)	The poem text takes its inspiration from Kipling’s poem the Absent-Minded Beggar written to help raise funds to support soldiers going to the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902) and their dependants. The poem was first published in the Daily Mail in November 1899 it was an immediate success and was recited in music halls to great acclaim. It was soon set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and was first performed as a song in November 1899. [Ref : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Absent-Minded_Beggar]
Printer or Publisher	Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
Author	Anonymous
Earliest Date	1899
Evidence for Earliest Date	Publication of the Absent Minded Beggar by Kipling
Latest Date	1900
Evidence for Latest Date	Publication date
Source of Text	Railway Review, 13th April 1900 p14
Roud	Not in the Roud Index
Parsed Title	Absent Minded Ganger
First Line	When you've finished counting victims, when you've shouted like the rest
Source Title	Absent Minded Ganger

Underground Railways

: 456; Railways; Underground Railways; 01 September 2017; 16 February 2017; 16 August 2018; Hits: 3832

Hero and fiancée take ride on the new underground and are robbed.

Overview of the Songs and Poems in this Category:

This category is dominated by Music_Hall¹ pieces.

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Main Themes and Motifs

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Chronology

1860-69 456
1870-79
1880-89
1890-99 365
1900-09

Historical Background

The first underground railway was the Metropolitan Railway in London - opened in 1863

: 365; Railways; Underground Railways; 25 May 2018; 16 February 2017; 06 November 2020; Hits: 3682

Young lady's sexual encounter on district line with the implication that she is a pick-pocket.