Greenside Wakes Song, The

DESCRIPTION: "'Tis Greenside wakes, we've come to the town, To show you some sport of great renown." The singer calls for a spinning contest: "Tread the wheel (x2), dan don dell O." The singer boasts, and hopes to entertain again next year
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1877 (Bell-Combined-EarlyBallads-CustomsBalladsSongsPeasantryEngland)
KEYWORDS: work contest
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bell-Combined-EarlyBallads-CustomsBalladsSongsPeasantryEngland, pp. 407-408, "The Greenside Wakes Song" (1 text)
ST BeCo407 (Partial)
Roud #4585
File: BeCo407

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