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| Song title | BARKSHIRE TRAGEDY, THE | |
| Tune |   | |
| First line | Varmer he lived in the West Countree, A |   |
| Type | Book |   |
| Source | Broadwood, English County Songs (1893) pp.118-119 |   |
| Bibliography ref(s) | X4947 |   |
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| Performer |   | |
| Place collected | England : Berkshire |   |
| Date |   | |
| Collector | Fortescue, G.K. |   |
| Contents | Text / Music |   |
| Date added | 920617 |   |
| Roud number | 8 | | Roud number search |
| Other number | Child 10 |   |
| Subjects | Farmer : West country : I'll be true to my love : Sisters : Eldest pushes youngest in river : Miller |   |
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| Notes | Tune from G.K. Fortescue; text from Hughes The Scouring of the White Horse |   |
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| Roud id number | S137174 |   |
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