COPSHAWHOLME FAIR

Created on 20/01/2023
Latest update on 17/11/2023

Artist: Robert Forrester
Author: David Anderson
Label: Reynard
Year: 1953

Field recording from Cumberland, out on album Pass The Jug Around ('82) and in the Voice of the People series Vol 5. The tune is Northumbrian (The Wild Hills Of Wannie), lyrics were first published in 1868 and the fair was held until 1912. Roud #9139.

Covers:

1969:

Tim Hart & Maddy Prior

1970:

Steeleye Span [on debut album Hark! The Village Wait]

2006:

Bellowhead

2011:

Jon Boden

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