Dashing Young Lad from Buckingham, A

DESCRIPTION: The Buckingham lad bets he could go through London singing but not speaking. Though thrown in jail he does not speak. The Lord Mayor's daughter begs her father to release him. He does on condition he pays the officers' wage. He wins the bet.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1893 (Broadwood/Maitland-EnglishCountySongs)
KEYWORDS: wager prison gambling
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Broadwood/Maitland-EnglishCountySongs, pp. 114-115, "A Dashing Young Lad from Buckingham" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1382
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Jock Hamilton" (plot)
NOTES [15 words]: As closely as this song's plot agrees with "Jock Hamilton" the two songs share no text. - BS
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File: BrMa114

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