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Title
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As I was going to Romford
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Singer
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Haydon, Shadrach [Shepherd]
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Notes
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Note 1
The title given on the typescript is Speculation and this is how the song is described in the Roud Index with the number 1706. However, having used the published text I have linked this piece to the song usually called the Derby Ram, Roud 126. Roud does not appear to have used Round About the Upper Thames as a source.
Note 2
The published text links the song to Haydon, '... says Shadrach, while the shepherd tickled with the notion of the fine ram and ewes and the wonderful fleece thick enough to conceal a crow's nest, laughs immoderately and thumps the table with his fist to summon the landlord with a full cup...'.
Note 3
In Verse 2, Lines 2 and 3 the original text read:
Sometimes they bring me wool sir, and sometimes they bring feathers,
And I swear by good St Oswald, come changing of the moon.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2011.
