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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
GUEST,Geoff Grainger	Lyr Add: The Newcombe Gauger (5)	The Newcombe Gauger	01 Apr 00
This song has driven me mad since hearing a Ewan McColl version not so long back. I would love to sing it myself but on the principle of only singing that which I understand, this song has been barred to me for some three months. My questions: a) What is a gauger? (profession?, district Scotland, Northumbria?) b) What is the garb of a gauger? (and while we're at it, what's wrong with being a sailor?) c) Where is "the town of the gaugers?" A recent trip to Yorkshire and untold excursions to reference libraries have brought no relief. Please, please somebody, put me out of my misery, Yours eternally grateful, Geoff

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