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Thread #110318   Message #2870831
Posted By: GUEST, topsie
24-Mar-10 - 12:18 PM
Thread Name: Origins: I've Been to Haarlem, I've Been to Dover
Subject: RE: Origins: I've Been to Haarlem, I've Been to Dover
We sang this as children, usually when we were going somewhere in the car. It was SussexCarole's version with the addition of 'over, three times over' in the first vwerse, and 'or you'll lose your girl' in the second.
I suspect we may have learnt it from BBC's 'Singing Together'.