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Thread #36075   Message #500450
Posted By: Nerd
07-Jul-01 - 05:48 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Hiring fair songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hiring fair songs
A couple more:

The salt, an Irish song based at the Ballynaskreen Horse Fair about a fellow who hires with a farmer who turns out to be insane,

and

Seton's Lassie, a Bothy Ballad about a lad who grows up to marry the farmer's daughter. There's a very sad description of his first night as a "slave." But he bounces back fast.