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The Fifth Of August

from Escape From Clinch Mountain by The Bara Bara Band

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Melody of traditional tune Brigg Fair

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It was on the fifth of August
The weather fair and mild
Was born a maiden full of life
So wicked and so wild

Come 1941 she was driving
An ambulance in the war
By night she stayed out quite so late
She'd climb in over the barrack wall

A few years on she went to learn to teach
The children abc
There she met a man so fair
Just a bit younger than she

Well soon they were wed and out popped
One sprog and then another
One of who was to become
My very own mother

So Grandma here's a song for you
You jolly jolly girl
You make the best Yorkshire puds
In the whole wide world

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from Escape From Clinch Mountain, released January 14, 2015

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The Bara Bara Band London, UK

Ruth Jacob - banjo, vocals and stuff
Rupert Browne - guitar, vocals, bit of bass
Will Dobson - drums, percussion, noises
Boris Ming - fiddle, dancing

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