“Tom Pearce (Widdicombe Fair I)”

Description

The singer asks Tom Pearce to lend his old mare to go to the fair. Tom wants the horse back soon, but it is slow in returning, for it has taken sick and died. (Now the horse's ghost can be seen haunting the moors at night)

Cross references

• cf. "Widdicombe Fair (II)" (lyrics)

Recordings

• Tom Brown, "Widdlecombe Fair" (on Voice07)
• George Maynard, "Lansdown Fair" (on FSB10)
• Bill Westaway, "Widdicombe Fair" (on FSB10, FieldTrip1)

References

1. Kennedy 308, "Tom Pearce" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. OBB 171, "Widdicombe Fair" (1 text)
3. Silber-FSWB, p. 398, "Tam Pierce" (1 text)
4. DT, WIDDECOM* TAMPRCE*
5. ADDITIONAL: Walter de la Mare, _Come Hither_, revised edition, 1928; #80, "Widicombe Fair" (1 text)
6. Roud #137
7. BI, K308