30 January 2026

"The Coster's Mansion" sheet music cover (1899)


The image will enlarge with a click, but the text is still small, so I'll enter the text of the chorus here:
"If yer wants to see me dining-room or step into me parlour,
     Or me orfice where I contracts all my biz;
If yer wants to see me bedroom, or the place we calls the larder,
    Why, you've only got to stop just where you is."
"Coster" is a shortened version of "costermonger."

This was one of the final images posted by Miss Folly, back in 2014.

3 comments:

  1. What happened to "Miss Folly"?

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    1. I don't know. I used to follow lots of Tumblrs, and hers was one of my favorites. I presume she just drifted away, but I'm thankful she left the tumblr up. There are over 900 pages of images there, which I hope to continue harvesting intermittently in the future.

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  2. Thanks for the pointer to her blog -definitely a cool browse!

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