Turns out, my spider-sense wasn't off. Here is an interesting comment from YT by "stephen wallin": As so many query whether the Lyrics were understood in the 1

Turns out, my spider-sense wasn't off. Here is an interesting comment from YT by "stephen wallin": As so many query whether the Lyrics were understood in the 1920's I got a friend to check BBC archive and the record was never broadcast on the radio, indicting deep problems, and a note still exists that it was banned for sexual innuendo. So the double entendre was fully noticed as soon as the disk came out. It however sold well!! There was a market for such disks, many dance bands did them, notably Bill Cotton. Harry Roy was noted as having a wicked sense of fun, he loved playing prank versions of songs. You have to appreciate that the English audiences loved such lyrics and jokes, Max Miller made a whole career on such comic material.