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GUEST,jim bainbridge Lyr Req: Champion, He Was a Dandy (19) RE: Lyr Req: Champion, He Was a Dandy 04 Aug 15

Again, very interesting & much thanks to Jim Dixon- the words on the Quickprint site are very close to Jack Elliott's version-so maybe A Corkman heard the song, changed the surnames, went to Birtley & Jack heard it from him?
How's that for a theory as to how it got into UK folk clubs- have little doubt that Nick Fenwick heard it from Bob, or maybe even from Jack (d.1966) as he's a fellow Geordie codger..
Still not a great song for any PC aware situation, it stands as a period piece, as we all hope that dogfighting is a thing of the past?- well we can hope anyway...

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