"On the Beat" is a British song written by Roger MacDougall and sung by the comedian George Formby.
It is sung by Formby in the 1940 film Spare a Copper.
[1] Formby plays a War Reserve Constable in Liverpool, and sings it at a fundraising concert.
It includes some of the chords of the popular music hall song “Ask a Policeman”.
This 1940s song-related article is a stub.