At the Music Hall: It's Part of a Policeman's Duty, c. 1907

“It’s Part of a Policeman’s Duty” was made famous in 1907 by the celebrated British Music Hall Performer Vesta Tilley.  The song was composed by E.W. Rogers.

Matilda Alice Powles (May 13, 1864 – September 16, 1952), was an English male impersonator who performed under the stage name Vesta Tilley, starting when she was eleven years old.  She went on to become the most famous and well paid music hall male impersonator of the period and starred both in England and the US for over thirty years.