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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Marie Lloyd
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(stage name of Matilda Wood, 1879–1922)
Perhaps the greatest of all *music-hall stars. Her speciality was warm-hearted songs about everyday life, made saucy with the help of her famous wink (or sometimes even without it – She'd never had her ticket punched before was one of her early numbers). The favourites in her repertoire were A little of what you fancy does you good, Oh, Mr Porter, in her last years One of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit – and, above all, Don't dilly-dally on the way.
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