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Bridgwater Fair
arranged by Timothy Salter
performed by The Ionian Singers

All you who roam, both young and old,
Come listen to my story bold.
For miles around from far and near
They come to see the rigs o’ the fair.

O Master John, do you beware!
And don’t go kissing the girls at Bridgwater Fair.

The lads and lasses they come through
From Stowey, Stogursey and Cannington too.
That farmer from Fiddington, true as my life,
He’s come to the fair to look for a wife.

O Master John, …

The jovial ploughboys all serene,
They dance the maidens on the green.
Says John to Mary: Don’t you know
We won’t go home till morning O?

O Master John, …

There’s carroty Kit, so jolly and fat,
With her girt flippety floppety hat;
A hole in her stocking as big as a crown,
And the hoops of her skirt hanging down to the ground.

O Master John, …

It’s up with the fiddle and off with the dance,
The lads and lasses gaily prance,
And when it’s time to go away
They swear to meet again next day.

O Master John, …

Recorded 19 May 2007 St Silas’s church, Chalk Farm, London