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Prop of the Land, The

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Performer: Godwin, Robert
Place Collected: Southrop
Date collected: About 1920
Collector: Williams, Alfred
Roud Number: 1254

A rare song dealing with the lot of the working man.  It has only been collected twice, once in Canada in 1964 as The Rich and the Poor, with a tune and this Gloucestershire version.

 

Notes by Gwilym Davies 9 April 2016