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Thread #19113 Message #193248
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
10-Mar-00 - 06:41 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Brimbledon Fair / Young Ramble-Away
Subject: RE: as I was walking to wimbledon ? fair
The Anthony Newley song was a spoof version of "Strawberry Fair" (Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies etc.), and the whole point of "Widdicombe Fair" is that nobody intends to walk! I reckon MMario's link is the one.