Rotherham Statutes

DESCRIPTION: "Sam Firth to Rotherham Statis [sic.] went wi' Grace through Birley Moor, Wi' Rachel Stones and Yester Dent who ne'er had been before." Vignettes from the Rotherham Hiring Fair, where all sorts of people meet and have adventures
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1891 (articles by Kidson in the Leeds Mercury, according to Palmer)
KEYWORDS: moniker work music dancing
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Palmer-EnglishCountrySongbook, #111, "Rotherham Statutes" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1511
File: PECS111

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