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Humours of Glasgow Fair

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Humours of Glasgow Fair

"Humours of Glasgow Fair", a song which has been preserved in a scrapbook entitled Old Glasgow Street Songs etc, 1850 held at the Mitchell Library.

These verses describe two friends' eventful visit to the Fair and its "Rowly-powly, wild beasts, wheels of fortune/ Sweety stan's, Mr Punch and Black Jock." What a hully-baloo, indeed!

Reference: GC 398.5 GLA

Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning

Keywords:
dancing, drinking, folk songs, Glasgow Fair, Glasgow Green, Humours of Glasgow Fair, lyrics, Old Glasgow Street Songs etc, 1850, parks, poetry, pubs, street songs



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