Mr Porter" is an old British music hall song about a girl who has got on the wrong train.
[1][2][3] It was written in 1892 by George Le Brunn and his brother Thomas, and taken on an extended provincial tour that same year by Marie Lloyd.
The fastest route on the West Coast Main Line to Crewe and stations further north does not use the loop via Birmingham.
English comedian Alexei Sayle claimed that the young woman's failure to reach her intended destination was a reference to premature ejaculation and lack of sexual satisfaction[6] The song is alluded to in the 1922 novel Ulysses by James Joyce.
It consists essentially of the chorus repeated several times, but with Liverpool and Manchester as desired destinations rather than Birmingham.