Four Horses

DESCRIPTION: "There was a young fellow who first drove a team" of four horses, which he kept well. He drove them to a fair, paid his bills. He and his team had a good reputation. He drove them home and left them to rest, thinking "Straight way is the best"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (recording, Hockey Feltwell)
KEYWORDS: work virtue horse
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
Roud #12929
RECORDINGS:
Hockey Feltwell, "Four Horses" (on Voice05)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Vilikens and his Dinah (William and Dinah)" [Laws M31A/B] (tune) and references there
File: Rc4Horse

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