Toll Bar, The

DESCRIPTION: "Something cam' in" when the cart toll was twopence; at fourpence now it's "growin' vera thin; But I'll pay my rent when it comes to be due, Gin Providence send not something that's new"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1908 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: poverty farming nonballad commerce money
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan3 458, "The Toll Bar" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #5963
File: GrD3458

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