Bowton's Yard

DESCRIPTION: "At number one i' Bowton's Yard, mi gronni keeps a schoo', She hasno' mony scholars yet...." Each house number has its peculiar tenant, e.g. shopkeeper Ned Grimes at #3, the singer at #5, an empty space at #7, a cobbler at #9
AUTHOR: Samuel Laycock (1826-1893) (source: Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire)
EARLIEST DATE: 1980 (Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire)
KEYWORDS: humorous moniker home
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire, p. 14, "Bowton's Yard" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #5313
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth b.25(574)=Firth c.16(365), "Bowton's Yard," John Macleod (Staleybridge), n.d.; also Harding B 11(425), "Bowton's Yard," unknown, n.d.
File: HHFL014

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