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Title
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Struggle for the breeches
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Singer
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Howse, Alfred
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Notes
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Note 1
Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS / FSUT: 'An old comic duet, that was formerly popular, especially at fair times. A man and a woman, each with but one eye, traversed the whole region of the upper Thames valley and sand ballads at the fairs, at the same time selling the sheets. They used also to sing the following with spirit and emphasis, to the great amusement of the crowd. I have heard it in many villages, especially around Faringdon. The complete copy I obtained of Alfred Howse, Latton, Cricklade.'
Note 2
The manuscript is written in a conventional four line verse pattern but Williams has appended a note for the printer, 'please run the lines consecutively with H and W alternated as marked' and this is how I've set out the piece, as it appears in both WGS and FSUT.
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.
