I have just found this forum and thread, and must confess that Dave Bryant was wrong and Herga Kitty was right, I didn't sing 'no one loves a fairy ...'. I do still sing the occasional folk and music hall song though. I have a music hall show called 'An Amusening' featuring songs from the music hall and variety eras, and maintaining my philosophy from my singing tobyjug days that a song sung together with the audience is three times as much fun.

However, I would love to get the "folking song" verses from Herga Kitty, as my memory of them is somewhat hazy. I am trying to pass the song on to a enthusiastic Morris musician, who also does a fine rendition of 'The village pump".

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Greetings to all on this very useful site.