Rawtenstall Annual Fair

DESCRIPTION: "Down behind the gasworks, down in Rawtenstall... Last Saturday night, me and the lads, Ee by gum we 'ad some reet good cheer." They see a fat girl, the house of mystery, a mermaid, a tattooed lady -- "till someone shouted, 'Don't go down in the mine"
AUTHOR: R. P. Weston (1878-1936) and Bert Lee (1880-1946) (source: various web sites)
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1932 (composed)
KEYWORDS: home drink
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (2 citations):
LibraryThingCampSongsThread, post 6, "Rawtenstall Annual Fair" (1 mention, from user John5918, posted August 28, 2021, after which he supplied the text in the SuppTrad)
DT, RAWTEN*
ST LTCSRaAF (Full)
Roud #23927
NOTES [82 words]: Of the songs in the Index, authors R. P. Weston and Bert Lee were also responsible for "Anne Boleyn (With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm)," "Goodbye-ee," "Send Him a Cheerful Letter," "Lloyd George's Beer," and "The Gypsy Warned Me," and Weston also co-wrote "I'm Henery the Eighth I Am," "Where Are the Lads of the Village Tonight?" and "Private Michael Cassidy." Weston was also co-author of the fairly well-known "I've Got Rings on My Fingers" with Maurice Scott and Fred Barnes. - RBW
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