Brigg Fair

by Kirsty Hannah

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Percy Grainger collected Brigg Fair from Lincolnshire singer Joseph Taylor, in Brigg on 11th April 1905.

The song has travelled around the world, but being a Lincolnshire lass, I decided to record this version in celebration of my wedding day, which happened to be 5th August 2022...in Brigg!

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It was on the fifth of August, the weather hot and fair,
Unto Brigg Fair I did repair, for love I was inclined.

I got up with the lark in the morning, with my heart so full of glee,
Expecting there to meet my dear, long time I wished to see.

I looked over my left shoulder, to see who I could see,
And there I spied my own true love, come tripping down to me.

For it's meeting is a pleasure, and parting is a grief,
But an inconstant lover is, worse than any thief.

Oh the green leaves they shall wither, and the branches they shall die,
If ever I prove false to thee, to the boy that so loves me.

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released August 5, 2022
Vocals: Kirsty Hannah, live and unaccompanied.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Darryl Ebbatson at Small Cog Music, Scunthorpe - www.smallcogmusic.com
Photo: My own, taken along the River Ancholme near Brigg, Lincolnshire.

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Kirsty Hannah Grimsby, UK

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Kirsty Hannah is a singer from Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Singing traditional and contemporary folk songs from her native county and beyond.

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