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Barrel of Pork, The

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Performer: Hannis, Gwen
Place Collected: Cranham
Date collected: 1987 (8 Oct)
Collector: Davies, Gwilym

This comic song does not seem to have any great age, but is certainly doing the rounds in oral tradition.  It is probably of Cockney origin.  One source says “US version written fand composed by Morey Amsterdam and Kay Patrick, circa 1944”, but this cannot be verified.

Notes by Gwilym Davies 9 February 2016

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Song/tune as collected (abc file)
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