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Title
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Wiltshire labourers
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Singer
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Howse, Alfred
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: WGS: 'here we have a song written by a rustic, evidently by a local leader at the time of the agricultural disturbances of the middle of the last century. It is, in reality, little more than a catalogue of place names, connected with an exhortation to the workers to stand out for better wages and conditions. It is, at the same time, of some interest, and I think it abundantly supports me in what I have said concerning the folk songs, i.e. that they could not have emanated from the illiterate population of the countryside. Words obtained from an old ballad sheet given to me by Alfred Howse, Latton.
Note 2
The Ms only contains Verse 1 and the chorus. Verses 2 - 8 are from WGS as is the attribution to Alfred Howse of Latton.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
