Widdicombe Fair - Uncle Tom Cobley - Owen Brannigan - 78 rpm

[@alexodonnell6191]

Absolutely wonderful,, bless you for the upload... how often in great mess company do I remember belting out this... great times, great fun, great friends, great joy...

[@michaelburton5988]

Lovely old song a childhood favoudite. Moral is Dont lend your horses out

[@BLOLite]

Wonderful! Great comic emphasis, between the singers,and drawing out the 'Arry 'Awk line is a new one on me,as it's often done with a high voice as if he's just a boy hanging on the end.Amusing to hear it in that NE accent too, but fits as it's a suitably broad regional one. ( The Devon brogue,think Jon Pertwee, makes the T sound like a soft 'Th', as in "Thom Pearce",which adds ro the comic effect. It still gets sung down here in the West Country and I like to do my bit in introducing youngsters to it. There's also The Old Sow Song.. .

[@tracywilson5532]

True geordie legend owen brannagan.traditional geordie folk singer.