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Title
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Dick Turpin and the lawyer
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Singer
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Harvey, Henry [Wassail]
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS / FSUT: 'We have here three songs [Dick Turpin, Turpin and the lawyer, Dick Turpin's ride] dealing with the famous highway man. The first two are versions of one original; the third is independent, and distinct from them. It is also more modern. Just how it is I cannot say; it was sung at Aston, near Bampton, nearly sixty years ago, I am told. First copy obtained of the late Wassail Harvey, Cricklade.'
Note 2
In Verse 3 Line 1 the original text read:
As Turpin was riding at the foot of the hill,
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
