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Thread #160772 Message #3814680
Posted By: Tradsinger
14-Oct-16 - 11:51 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Berkshire Tragedy: Who done it?
Subject: RE: Origins: Berkshire Tragedy: Who done it?
I have never recorded Charlie singing it as I assumed he got it from a literary source. His text is pretty much as here. The text is reproduced in full in the book "The Scouring of the White Horse" by Tom Hughes. Does that help?