On Mother Kelly's Doorstep is a music hall song written by George Alex Stevens and first performed by Randolph Sutton. I remember it as one of the songs Danny La Rue would feature in his drag act. It is another of the songs my neighbour has given me to learn for our monthly sing-arounds. Like so many songs of that era, the chorus is particularly memorable, but the verses not so, so I have only recorded the chorus.
On Mother Kelly's Doorstep
George Alex Stevens and performed by Randolph Sutton
Capo at 3rd fret
G C D7 G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep, down Paradise Row.
D7 G
I'd sit alonga Nellie, she'd sit alonga Joe.
C D7 Em Bm
She had a little hole in her frock, hole in her shoe,
C G
Hole in her sock where her toe peeped through,
A7 D7
But Nellie was the smartest down our alley.
C D7 G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep, I'm wondering now
D7 G C G
If little gal Nellie remembers Joe, her beau,
C D7 Em D7 G
And does she love me like she used to
C D7 G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep, down Paradise Row?
