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Welshman

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OK - try this:-

Can you name 2 English ballads/folk-songs which are named after Fairs?
 

Buttsy

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Scarborough for definite (or Scar-bore-row as Simon & Garfunkel will have it)
Bellingham (Northumbria)?
 

Welshman

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Scarborough Fair is definitely one.

ASAIK, Bellingham Fair in Northumberland is a Craft Fair, but does not lend its name to a piece of music.

Can you think of another?
 

Welshman

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Yes - "Scarborough Fair" and "Widdecombe Fair" are both correct.

There's also possibly "Brigg Fair" - a folk tune developed by Delius.

Your turn.
 

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Yes - "Scarborough Fair" and "Widdecombe Fair" are both correct.

There's also possibly "Brigg Fair" - a folk tune developed by Delius.

Your turn.

Bob Dylan sang about the "North country fair" rather than Scarborough fair. It was essentially the same song, but not specific in its geography.


Open floor
 

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Does it involve negotiating a large rock overhang ?

Probably was ovehanging, but not the answer I was after. . A clue is that Don and Joe were from Manchester, and the climb was certainly not a piece of cake! In fact it was, in their description - ! (Think lake).
 
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Welshman

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OK - try this:-

The feast of St Cecilia is also the anniversary of the birth of a British composer [this year, the 100th].

What is the name of the composer?
When is the Feast of St Cecilia, and what is her significance to the composer?
 

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