I live quite near Husbands Bosworth in Leics - I understand that John Tams collected a song called "I Wish I was Single Again" from a pub session there - certainly it got recorded for an Albion Band album. Unfortunately, it's not pukka "Trad" (whatever that means) -it was originally recorded by a gent called Highway Patrolman Frank Quinn who had emigrated to the States! Good song though - my wife and I used to sing the refrain quite regualarly in the early years of our marriage. Maybe there are more songs lurking in the Empty Quarter of Leics - you never know, some old greybeard may consent to sing into your Edison cylinder recorder. "Do 'ee know that there Fat Bottomed Guurls zurr? That be a good 'un!"
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