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Thread #74995   Message #1312014
Posted By: masato sakurai
31-Oct-04 - 03:51 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Chillbridge Fair / Chilbridge Fair
Subject: RE: Origins: Chillbridge Fair
"CHILBRIDGE FAIR" (if this is the song) is a variant of "STRAWBERRY FAIR." The following info is from folktrax.
STRAWBERRY FAIR - "As I was going to SF (singing, singing buttercups and daisies)" - ROUD#173 - RIMBAULT 1851 "Kitt hath lost her key" - BARING GOULD SOW 1898 #68 (incl Rev Ed) "We have been forced to rewrite the words which are very indelicate" 5v/m (a) J Masters HFS Bradstone 1891 - Cf tune of HUNTSMAN'S CHORUS - FOLK mag 1960 "Buttercups and Oojahs" (Adapted words by Nolly Clapton) - REEVES EC 1960 #125 pp249-250 BG: James Masters, Bradstone, Devon 1891 5v (w/o) - PURSLOW CL 1972 p14 Hammond Dorset 1906 4v/m "Chilbridge Fair" (3rd v comp by Purslow) - PALMER EBECS 1979 #113 p189-200 BG: James Masters (orig words restored) 5v/m -- Frank PURSLOW with John PEARSE: DOBELL 77/ 219 (coll Hammond) "Chilbridge Fair" - Cyril TAWNEY (voc/gtr): LEADER LER-2095 1976 (Baring Gould original)