Copshawholme Fair-Spiers/John Spiers/Jon Boden

[ti:Copshawholme Fair] [ar:Spiers/John Spiers/Jon Boden] [al:Bellow] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Copshawholme Fair - Spiers/John Spiers/Jon Boden [00:08.27]On a friday it fell [00:10.42] [00:11.30]In the month of April [00:13.76]O'er the hill came the sun [00:15.53] [00:16.08]With a blithe sunny smile [00:18.21]And the folks were a thronging [00:20.28] [00:20.78]The roads everywhere [00:24.01]Making haste to be in at Copshawholme fair [00:28.55] [00:32.16]I've seen them coming in [00:34.21] [00:34.84]Over mountain and glen [00:37.10]Both rosy faced lasses [00:39.53]And strapping young men [00:41.12]With a joy in their hearts [00:43.61]And unburdened of care [00:47.26]They'll be meeting old friends [00:49.73]At Copshawholme fair [00:51.82] [00:59.57]There's lads for the lasses [01:02.37]There's toys for the bairns [01:04.31]There are fiddlers and tumblers [01:06.77]And folks with no arms [01:08.71]There's a balancer here [01:10.17] [01:10.76]And a fiddler there [01:14.55]And a nut man and spice man [01:16.84]At Copshawhome fair [01:19.23] [01:26.91]Oh but now about the hiring [01:28.92] [01:29.42]If you want to hear tell [01:31.57]You should ken it as far [01:33.05] [01:33.90]As I've seen it myself [01:36.25]What wages they addle [01:38.44]It's ill to declare [01:41.49] [01:42.00]The muckle they vary at Copshawholme fair [01:46.55] [01:49.93]Justielle I have seen [01:52.43]She's a strapping young queen [01:55.00]And he asked what her age was [01:57.02]And where she had been [01:59.13]What work she'd been doing [02:01.40]How long she'd been there [02:04.70]What wages she wanted at Copshawholme fair [02:09.35] [02:12.71]Just then the big lass [02:14.83]Stood a wee while in gloom [02:17.38]Then she turned and she scraped [02:19.64]With her feet on the ground [02:21.67]Then she plucked up her heart [02:23.96]And did stoutly declare [02:27.14]I'll have five pound and ten [02:29.53]At Copshawholme fair [02:31.82] [02:35.48]He says but my lass [02:36.88] [02:37.77]That's a very big wage [02:39.95]Then he turned him about [02:41.62] [02:42.26]Like he'd been in a rage [02:44.48]Said I'll give you five pound [02:46.91]But I'll give you nae mair [02:50.16]But I think you will take it [02:52.70]At Copshawholme fair [02:54.94] [02:58.18]He put his hand in his pocket [03:00.51]Took a hold of bit wench [03:03.06]In case it might enter [03:05.26]Her hand for to flinch [03:07.22]But she grabbed at it muttering [03:09.72]I should have had mair [03:12.34] [03:12.89]But I think I will take it [03:15.18]At Copshawholme fair [03:17.59] [03:25.15]Now the hiring is over [03:26.96] [03:27.67]And off they all gang [03:29.62] [03:30.16]Into the ballroom [03:31.85]For to join in the thrang [03:34.10]And I never shall lie [03:36.32]With my mammy nae mair [03:39.68]For the fiddlers play briskly at Copshawholme fair