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Tetbury Mop

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Performer: Iles, Joseph
Place Collected: Poulton
Date collected: Between 1913 and 1916
Collector: Williams, Alfred
Roud Number: 21205

Very little can be said about this song as it is the only known version.  Songs about fairs were not uncommon on broadsides, with a blank space in the words to insert your own local fair.  Alternately, it could be a local composition.

 

Notes by Gwilym Davies 12 April 2016