“I Went to the Fair at Bonlaghy”

Description

"I went to the fair at Bellaghy, I bought a wee swad of a pig, I got it up in my arms And danced 'The Swaggering Jig." In all contexts, man, pig, poorhouse inmates, passersby, flowers, whistle and/or dance the jig.

Supplemental text

I Went to the Fair at Bonlaghy
  Partial text(s)

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Bellaghy Fair

From Henry, Huntington, Herrmann, Sam Henry's Songs of the People, p. 23.
Henry #758, printed June 4, 1938. Source not listed.

I went to the fair at Bellaghy,
I bought a wee swad of a pig,
I got it up in my arms
And danced 'The Swaggering Jig.'
Then it's hi! for the top o' the heather,
And hi! for the root of the sprig,
And hi! for the bonny wee lassie
That danced 'The Swaggering Jig.'

(2 additional stanzas)

References

1. SHenry H758, p. 23, "Bellaghy Fair" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Eddy 151, "I Went to the Fair at Bonlaghy" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
3. ST E151 (Partial)
4. Roud #5349
5. BI, E151