The man teaching the song to the pub-goers is Father Basil Jellicoe, a prominent housing reformer and Church of England priest. He sadly died five years later, aged only 35. [ Ссылка ]

The pub was The Anchor pub in Somers Town (now Charlton Street, St Pancras). It was taken over by Jellicoe and Edith Neville, becoming a ‘reformed pub’ where drinkers could also get food and mitigate the evils of drink. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Prince of Wales were the first customers.

Most of the audio is difficult to decipher. Here are some fragments:
0:44 'I reckon we'd had a ???? when we got out of here'
0:48 '... but I don't know about anything else'
0:59 'You wanna see him when we've got him round here on his own'

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