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Title
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Ram
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Singer
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Smith, Alfred [Alf] [Shepherd]
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS: 'The following piece was popular in the higher Vale, in north Wiltshire and Berkshire and does not appear to have been very generally known in Gloucestershire, though I may be mistaken. Obtained in its present form of Shepherd Smith, Watchfield, Berkshire.'
Williams, Alfred: FSUT: 'The following piece was popular in the higher Vale, in north Wiltshire and Berkshire and does not appear to have been very generally known in Gloucestershire. Obtained of Shepherd Smith, Watchfield, Berkshire.'
Note 2
In WGS the text for Verse 5 is:
Now the wool upon his belly sir, was ten inches and an ell,
And that was took to Derby, sir, to toll the old market bell.
Chorus
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.