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SOMERSET FAIR

1. Oh, way down in Somersetshire,
We had some wonderful doings last Saturday.
We had the annual fair.
All of them lads and them lasses were there.
Such fine doings you never did see.
Some of them bullocks were fatter than me.
There were lambs and sheep and rams,
Donkeys and pigs, and with our Bill my brother,
At Somerset Fair, derry-oh-rary,
At Somerset Fair, derry-oh-mare.
There were coconut shying
And young George kept on a-trying
To send them coconuts flying,
But 'e couldn't hit one, I declare.
'E picked up a ball just to aim at Aunt Sally,
But hit his Aunt Betsy in Somerset Fair.

2: Outside one of the shows
Some fellow cried out: "Have 'em on with the n****r,"
And Old Giles went up to fight.
Well, there'll be a stranger in heaven tonight.
Oh, the fat lady's show was a draw.
She was the fattest girl you ever saw.
She were plump, a lovely lump.
Twenty got killed in the rush for .....admission,
In Somerset Fair, derry-oh-lerry,
in Somerset Fair, derry-oh-there.
It were a penny to see her,
And it were twopence to squeeze her,
And it were fourpence to cuddle
And canoodle her, aye aye!
Old Ebenezer sold three of his bullocks,
But he's not come back yet now from Somerset Fair.

3. Oh the merry-go-rounds!
Abey kept treating his wife on the hosses,
And she fell, breaking her jaw,
As Abey was treating his mother-in-law.
Young Betsy Spriggins went up in the swing.
Some people said: "What a forward young thing!"
Up she'd go; the wind did blow.
That's why the parson kept looking at ...heaven,
At Somerset Fair, darry-oh-rarry,
At Somerset Fair, darry-do-there.
While that swing were a-rocking,
Well, she showed plenty of stocking.
The parson murmured: "'Tis shocking
What fancy things women do wear!"
The squire looked up and whispered quite merr'ly:
"There's lots o' things to see down at Somerset Fair."

Source: Arthur Ellaway, Cheltenham. Recorded by Gwilym Davies 5th September 1977
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