Home from the Fair

DESCRIPTION: "Come Nanny, come Polly, come Danny, come Bobby, keep house like good bairns while I go to the fair." The children may be rewarded if they avoid trouble. They have an accident with granny's tea. Mother gives them gifts anyway
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1971 (Palmer)
KEYWORDS: mother children gift home
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Palmer-EnglishCountrySongbook, #114, "Home from the Fair" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1513
File: PECS114

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