The rigs of the fair : popular sports and pastimes in the nineteenth century through songs, ballads, and contemporary accounts

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Contents

Fairs and wakes: The humours of Eccles Wakes ; Darlington Fair ; The rigs of the fair ; Tavistock Goosey Fair ; Truro Whitsun Fair ; Newcastle Wakes ; Wibsey Fair
Wife selling: John Hobbs
Bull baiting and bull running: Perry's Croft bull bait ; The bullard's song
Cock fighting: This cock it must have crowed ; The charcoal black and the bonny grey
Prize fighting: Sayers' and Heenan's great fight
Wrestling: The ballad of Trubshaw and Green
Foot racing: The great foot race
Hunting: The noble fox hunting
Boat racing: The boat race
Football: Alnwick football song
Pigeon racing: 'As the pigeon come whum, yet, Joe?

Additional Information

Series	Resources of music series ; 12.
Subjects	Folk songs, English -- England. Folk music -- England. Sports -- England -- Songs and music.
Publisher	Cambridge ; New York :Cambridge University Press,1976
Contributors	Palmer, Roy, 1932-2015. Raven, Jon.
Language	English
Notes	Melodies with chord symbols. "Sources": p. 63-64.
Description	64 pages of music : illustrations ; 31 cm.
Bibliography Notes	Includes bibliography, discography, and index.
ISBN	0521209080
Other	Classic View