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B:Folk Songs Of Lancashire
N:Mike Harding
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Sledburn Fair

I'd oft heard tell o' this Sledbum Fair
And fain would I gan thither,
'Twere in the prime of summertime
In fine and pleasant weather;
Me mam and dad did both agree
That Nell and I should goo,
See for to view this Sledburn Fair
And ride on Dobbin oh.

So Nell gat on and I gat on
And off we rode together,
And of everybody we did meet,
Enquired how far 'twas thither.
Until we came to t'other field end,
It was about steeple high,
"See yonder, Nell, see yonder Nell
There's Sledburn town," cried I.

And when we reached this famous town
We enquired for an alehouse,
Then we looked up and saw a sign
As high as any gallows,
We called for Harry the ostler
To give our horse some hay,
For we had come to Sledburn Fair
And meant to stop all day.

And then t'owd landlord he come out
And led us to an entry
He took us to the finest room
As if we'd been quite gentry,
And puddings and sauce did smell so neat
Pies and roast beef so rare,
"By gum", said Nell, "we acted well
In comin' to Sledburn Fair."