 The Strand is the subject of a famous music hall song " Let 's All Go Down the Strand " , composed by Harry <unk> and C. W. Murphy . The song opens with a group of tourists , staying the night at Trafalgar Square about to embark for Rhineland . The chorus of " Let 's all go down the Strand – have a banana " is now recognised as a stereotypical part of Cockney music hall and parodied by English comedian Bill Bailey . English composer Percy <unk> used the name for his 1911 piano trio Handel in the Strand . 
