Template:Did you know nominations/Let's All Go Down the Strand

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:27, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Let's All Go Down the Strand

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1909 sheet music

... that the music hall song "Let's All Go Down the Strand", with its line "stay away from Germany, what's the good of going down the Rhine?" was popular with British soldiers during the First World War? Source: "The chorus was particularly popular and on one occasion was heard being sung lustily by a London battalion when up to their knees in wet mud in the line near Ypres in 1917" from: Pegler, Martin (20 August 2014). Soldiers’ Songs and Slang of the Great War. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-4728-0929-2. and "
- ALT1: ... that a refrain in the music hall song "Let's All Go Down the Strand" led to the use of "Gertie" as rhyming slang for banana? Source: "Gertie Gitana; Gertie, noun, a banana, UK, Rhyming slang based on the name of music hall entertainer Gertie Gitana 1888-1957; originating in the first decade of the C20 with her name replacing the refrain "have a banaa" in the song "Let's All Go Down the Strand". Still in use. "I'll have a Gertie" Antiquarian Book Review p.18 June 2002. From: Partridge, Eric (2006). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I. Taylor & Francis. p. 856. ISBN 978-0-415-25937-8.
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Converted from a redirect by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:23, 22 December 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Thank you for a fun article about a song which used to be well-known in the UK, but is probably largely forgotten. I'm a bit puzzled that the article says that the words "have a banana" and "have a gitana" came before the little 5-note musical phrase - surely the tune came before either? If you can resolve that question, that would be great. Meanwhile, I don't think it affects DYK, because there is nothing in the article which is clearly incorrect. Good to go for either ALT. Storye book (talk) 17:23, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the review Storye book, I'm struggling to find the problematic part of the article. Could you give me a pointer? Cheers - Dumelow (talk) 19:05, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

There is no problem with the article. I should not have worried you about it, my apologies. Your nom has passed DYK! Storye book (talk) 20:32, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

ALT0 to T:DYK/P3 without image