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[fw]

Hello everyone.

The following are lines sung at the beginning and at the end of a short story called �Chicken Jane� in the US TV program �Between the Lions.�

�Look. Look. See, see. Coming down the lane. Here comes Scot. Here comes Dot. Here comes Chicken Jane��Look. Look. See, see. Going up the lane. There goes Scot. There goes Dot. There goes Chicken Jane.�

I am wondering in what situation you say you go �down the lane� or go �up the lane.� Do I understand you say you are going �down the lane� when you go away from your home along the lane and that you say you are coming �up the lane� when you come back to your home along the lane?

Any comment would be appreciated.

Best regards,
fwkk8769

[dabro]

Hello, FW.

That would be my interpretation. The passage/song seems to be an excerpt from a children's book.
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