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Oh Nicholas, don’t be so ridiculous verse/song fragment

A short chant that Mum would come out with once in a while

Origin

It’s the start of the song Oh Nicholas, don’t be so ridiculous (Jimmy Kennedy & Harry Castling 1939) that seems to have been popularised in UK by band leader Billy Cotton and/or by comedian Tommy Trinder

Collector

Mum – 1960s
Pauline Iliff (Dixon) – mother of Mark, JM, G & Bel

Notes

I never heard Mum sing it after she became a grandmother!
—Mark

Submitted: 11/01/2025 by Mark ● Last updated: 11/01/2025 23:47 by Mark

any thoughts?

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