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Songs 1 - 3 of 3 in Social History

Title Performer Year Genre Listen
The Bunny Run

Well it’s Friday night and me shift is done,

Dave Bottomley 2009 Social History Listen
Farewell To The Wheatsheaf

As I was a walking through Barnsley one day,

Roy Hardacre 2009 Social History Listen
Rothwell Debtors' Prison Song

We bid you welcome, brother debtor, to this poor but nary place,

Ruth Price and Sadie Greenwood 2009 Social History Listen
 

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