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Title
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Old Dorrington
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Singer
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Clargo Family
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Notes
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Note 1
Alfred Williams - 'Obtained of Mrs Mackie, Lechlade, who learned it while a school girl on the banks of the Thames, about 1860. I have also met with it at Hinton Parva, Wiltshire where it was sung by the Clargo family a hundred years ago. I think the version is incorrect, though it is the best I could get. I have an idea there should be another stanza or two.'
Note 2
Hinton Parva, Little Hinton is in the civil parish of Bishopstone.
In Verse 2 Line 2 the original text read:
'I'm willing, to avow,
In Verse 4 Line 2 the original text read:
Or she will go astray
In Verse 7 Lines 1 and 3 the original text read:
He went to serve the brindle sow
He knocked his head against the post
In Verse 1 Line 2 the original text read:
And thus unto him spoke
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2007.
