Phil Dayson wrote in 000820 MMDigest, "I am trying to find the name of
a Victorian or perhaps 1920's song."  Have you checked whether it is here?

Bunty Pritchard Jones
 <http://www.antiques9.fsbusiness.co.uk>
 <bpritchardjones@antiques9.fsbusiness.co.uk>

Jack Hylton
 <http://www.val.dnx.co.uk/jackhylton.htm> 78's in RealAudio

Richard A. Reublin
 <http://www.parlorsongs.com>  Musical Reminiscences
 <rreublin@bellsouth.net>

"Webster Smogpule" Dr. James Pitt-Payne, London/UK
 <Pittpayne@btinternet.com>

Duke University Rare Book
 <http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic>  searchable database

All of them are specialiced in 'old' music, maybe they can lend you
a helping hand.

Claus Kucher

 [ I searched for "gutter" at the Lester S. Levy collection,
 [ http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/advancedsearch.html
 [
 [ The verse of "Just in Time", from the musical "Bells Are Ringing",
 [ by Styne, Comden & Green, 1956, begins: "I was resting comforatably
 [ face down in the gutter."
 [
 [ -- Robbie