Down at the Old Bull and Bush

Florrie Forde at her singing best... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aa1WnBz4R9g

This is of course the Bull and Bush pub in Hampstead North End. It has been a pub since about 1721 (earliest recorded license) and became a popular day trip location for londoners and accepted travelling parties and visitors.

The pub is listed and has just enjoyed a major refurbishment. Hogarth the artist is amongst those credited with drinking here...

The lyrics in full:

Come, come, come and make eyes at me
down at the Old Bull and Bush,
Come, come, have some port wine with me,
Down at the Old Bull and Bush,

Hear the little German Band,
Just let me hold your hand dear,
Do, do come and have a drink or two
down at the Old Bull and Bush.

Talk about the shade of the sheltering palm

Praise the bamboo tree with it's wide spreading charm,

There's a little nook down near old Hampstead Town,

You know the place it has one great renown,

Often with my sweetheart on a bright Summers day,

To the little pub there my footsteps will stray,

If she hesitates when she looks at the sign,

Promptly I whisper, "Now do not decline.

Come, come, come and make eyes at me

down at the Old Bull and Bush,

Come, come, have some port wine with me,

Down at the Old Bull and Bush,

Hear the little German Band,

Just let me hold your hand dear,

Do, do come and have a drink or two

down at the Old Bull and Bush.