WIDDICOMBE FAIR


Meaning of WIDDICOMBE FAIR in English

a popular old English song about a group of people who borrow a horse to go to a horse fair in Widdicombe, a village in Devon . Each verse of the song ends with the names of the people in the group: Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan’l (Daniel) Whiddon, Harry Hawk and old Uncle Tom Cobbleigh .

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