Les, Jack Hargreaves sent details of the words & tune Fanny Frail to Vaughan Williams in a letter dated Sept 1941 asking for that it be known as The Evesham Morris Dance ~ words & music by George Collins ~ collected by Jack Hargreaves. (May 1940). He also said that both he & Mr Collins agreed that the dance was previously unknown. The Evesham Handkerchief Dance (Bonnets So Blue) was also mentioned as collected at the same time.
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