12 Apr 05 - 04:54 PM (#1459381) Subject: Lyr Req: weyhill fair From: GUEST,Doxy I remember hearing this on a Kirkpatrick and Harris album when I was a wee lassie, just after I got my first melodion. For some reason the tune has been running round my head fo the last week, but I can't remember anything more than a couple of lines of the chorus. Can anyone help? Cheers, Doxy |
12 Apr 05 - 05:12 PM (#1459392) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: weyhill fair From: pavane I do have the record, SOMEWHERE! If anyone else finds it before me, the feel free. It's on 'The Rose of Britains Isle' Used to drive through Weyhill sometimes. 'Oh I have been to Weyhill fair And Oh the sights I did see there ... I can remember lots of parts of verses, but will leave it until I can find it. |
12 Apr 05 - 05:55 PM (#1459438) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: weyhill fair From: ElwynnMaxon Didn't David Jones record this on the album, Easy and Slow? E.M. |
12 Apr 05 - 10:04 PM (#1459590) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: weyhill fair From: GUEST, NOMADman David Jones recorded this on his "Easy and Slow" album on the U.S. Minstrel label. Probably only on LP. John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris had it on their "Rose of Britain's Isle on the U.K. Topic label. Regards, John |
14 Apr 05 - 03:25 AM (#1460748) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: weyhill fair From: pavane More extracts ( from memory) This is the second half of a verse: They come from East, they come from West, They bring their worst, they bring their best And some they lead and drive the rest Unto the fair at Weyhill This is the second half of another verse They'll gain or lose an inch or two Oh yes and this and more they'll do To find the horse that will suit you All at the fair at Weyhill I will post more if I remember it |
14 Apr 05 - 08:30 AM (#1460925) Subject: Lyr Add: WEYHILL FAIR From: GUEST,Chris A I have been singing this song in an around eastbourne for about 2 years now, i learn't it from JK album. WEYHILL FAIR It's I have been to Weyhill fair And oh what sights I did see there To hear my tale would make you stare And see the horses showing They come from east they come from west They bring their worst they bring their best And some they drive and lead the rest Unto the fair at Weyhill Chorus Sing fal la la la Sing fal la la lay All at the fair at Weyhill There were blacks and bays and duns and greys And sorrel horses aye and mares And piebald too I do declare And more that I do know on There were blind and lame and win galled too Crib biters there were not a few And roarer's there were one or two All at the fair at Weyhill Chorus All ages there as I'm alive From one to two to thirty five And some they scarce could lead or drive Or on the downs could show them There were broken winded too I saw And some for panting scarce could draw And there were clickers one or two All at the fair at Weyhill Chorus Now some were shown upon the road And others found upon soft ground And up the hills their heads were turned And that's the way to show them They can gain or lose an inch or two Oh yes they this and more can do To find the one that will suit you All at the fair at Weyhill Chorus The dealers through the fair do splash And swing around a long whiplash And cry 'my lads come stand a swash' And that's the way to show them They crack their whips and curse and swear And cry my 'my lads be of good cheer For this my lads is Weyhill fair Do you like the fair at Weyhill Chorus |
14 Apr 05 - 09:22 PM (#1461706) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: weyhill fair From: GUEST, NOMADman Thanks for posting the complete lyrics, Chris A. I had been trying to transcribe them form the Kirkpatrick-Harris record, but could not get a few of the words. Here are the liner notes from the Kirpatrick and Jones LPs. I found them quite interesting. ------------------- JK/SH: The fair at Weyhill, near Andover, Hants, has been held continuously for at least eight hundred years. In the eighteenth century it was one of the greatest horse fairs in the country, and Daniel Defoe wrote about it. Only the words of the ballad survived, so Roy Palmer fitted them to the tune of a comparable Yorkshire song, Shelburn Fair. DJ: According to Roy Palmer, who printed Weyhill Fair in hs collection "Room for Company," this fair, near Andover in Hampshire, dates back at least to the eleventh century and is still an annual October event. The song tells of the various strategems used by horse traders to make their merchandise more attractive to prospective buyers. Roy Palmer fitted a tune collected by Frank Kidson to the text. -------------- Note - I think the Roy Palmer book is probably still in print. I don't have a copy, but if it still is in print it would be available from the usual sources. Regards, John |
16 Apr 05 - 01:07 PM (#1463018) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: weyhill fair From: GUEST,Doxy Thanks for the help guy's. Funny seeing the remembered snatches, they were the same bit's Id got left with. Cheers, Doxy |