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008			190314s1904 enk |||| 00| 0 eng d
040			_aUkLoVW _beng
099			_aMPS 50 (31)
245			_aOld songs sung in Bedfordshire
260			_aBedford : _bBeds Times, _c[ca. 1904].
300			_a[1], 23 p. ; _c17 cm.
500			_aWith the object of discovering, if possible, some old folk songs peculiar to or specially characteristic of Bedfordshire, three prizes were offered by the Beds, Times and Independent, in February 1904, for the best examples of old songs known and sung in the county. The following examples were received in response to that offer. Most of them, but not all were published in the Beds. Times and they are reprinted for the purpose of reference. -- note on title page.
505			_aContains the words of 23 songs: A lace-maker's song -- Another lacemaker's tell -- Another tell -- Hodge of the mill and buxom Nell -- The plough and the harrow -- Jolly ploughboys -- The song of the ploughboy -- A farmer's life -- A neat little cottage -- The farmer's daughter -- The garden gate --The young squire of Denes -- Peggy Walker -- The roving blade -- An old story -- The deserted lover -- Over the hill -- [Lace school song] -- A song of the sea -- The good old times -- A Bacahanalian ditty -- Poacher Joe -- The beauties of Bedford.
942			_2VWML _cBK _hMPS 50 (31)