"Boiled Beef and Carrots" is a comedic music hall song published in 1909. It was composed by Charles Collins and Fred Murray. The song was made famous by Harry Champion who sang it as part of his act and later recorded it. The song extols the virtues of a typical English, and particularly Cockney, dish.

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Boiled Beef and Carrots

"Derby Kell" is old Cockney rhyming slang for belly ("Derby Kelly"). "Blow out your kite" means "fill your stomach". It uses the word kite (also kyte), a dialect word, originally derived from an Old English word for the womb which, by extension, came to mean the belly.

Boiled Beef and Carrots

See also

Boiled beef

References

British pop songs

Comedy songs

1909 songs

Music hall songs

Songs with music by Charles Collins (songwriter)

Boiled Beef and Carrots