Down Hampshire Way

DESCRIPTION: "I'm Hampshire bred and Hampshire born, And proud of it am I, No softer, purer air I know, Beneath God's boundless sky." Hampshire is beautiful, and welcomes visitors. No matter where you travel, you will not find better cities than Southampton, etc.
AUTHOR: Words: Hugh Scott / Music: Seathcote Statham (source: Browne-FolkSongsOfOldHampshire)
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Hampshire Advertiser and Southampton Times, according to Browne-FolkSongsOfOldHampshire)
KEYWORDS: patriotic home nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-FolkSongsOfOldHampshire, pp. 40-42, "Down Hampshire Way" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [32 words]: Pretty definitely not a folk song -- and probably not true, even in 1927; all the coal-burning ships traveling in and out of Portsmouth and Southampton would hardly have produced pure air! - RBW
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File: BrHa040

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