Tavistock Goosey Fair

DESCRIPTION: "'Tis just a month come Friday next, Bill Champerdown and me, Well us traipsed across old Darty Moor, the goosey fair to see." After various adventures, they head home and crash their cart; the mare runs off, so they have to walk home
AUTHOR: C. John Trythall (source: sheet music mentioned on mudcat)
EARLIEST DATE: 1912 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: humorous food music drink storm horse
FOUND IN:
Roud #10683
RECORDINGS:
Moira Sakren, "Tavistock Goosey Fair" (Piotr-Archive #1026, recorded 12/10/2024)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Tavvystock Goozey Vair (author's original title)
NOTES [83 words]: Tavistock Goose Fair is a real event, allegedly going back to the twelfth century and settled on its current date of the second Wednesday in October when the calendar was changed in 1752. It is thought that the "Goose Fair" was scheduled so that geese could be acquired for holiday meals. As now managed, it is both a fair (in the sense of a place to buy and trade goods) and an entertainment event, with performances in the evening. So it makes sense for a couple of bumpkins to want to go there. - RBW
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File: DPio1026

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