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Description: | Song describing a romance between a local man and a young maid at Darlington Fair.The fair described in the song would be typical of those held throughout the region and the rest of Britain in the nineteenth century. Traditionally April and May were a time for fairs and games in celebration of Easter and Spring. This particular fair was held on Easter Monday. Songs like this would have been performed at the fair as well as being sold in broadsheet form. Standard versions of fair songs were often used by local printers who would simply change place names and other minor details.This song is part of the John Bell Collection. ; A collection of broadsheets on various subjects, with accompanying press cuttings and manuscript notes in the hand of John Bell. | Publisher: | unknown | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | entertainment and sport & entertainment Leisure fairs & love & courtship | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N0109301 | Go to resource |
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