I first heard
The Birmingham Jack of All Trades on Wally Whyton's Folk Music programme sometime in July, 1983. I was very much taken with the song and transcribed it for possible use in the
Idle Fellows. There I learned from
Brian Kelly that there is a similar song but set in Dublin.
It's a fine, jolly song of streets and trades, at least two per line, that can be found in Birmingham where the singer had at one time worked or found employment. The song should be done at a fair old pace which makes it difficult due to the tongue-twisting, brief syllables and alliteration.