Sussex Traditions

As a soldier was a-walking all on the highway

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As a soldier was a-walking all on the highway

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As a soldier was a-walking all on the highway

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Roud number1085
PerformerVerrall, Peter / Verrall, Mrs. Harriet
Place Monk's Gate, West Sussex, England
Date1905 (8 Nov)
Source Ralph Vaughan Williams MSS Collection (British Library 54191) Vol.3, MS bk 7, p.297; RVW2/3/143
FormatManuscript

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Roud number1085
PerformerVerrall, Peter / Verrall, Mrs. Harriet
Place Monk's Gate, West Sussex, England
Date1907 (2 May)
Source Ralph Vaughan Williams MSS Collection (British Library 54191) Vol.3, MS bk 10, p.422; RVW2/3/214
FormatManuscript

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As a soldier was a-walking all on the highway

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Roud number1085
PerformerNorris, Jack
Place Cuckfield, West Sussex, England
Date1957 (22 Jun)
Source Mervyn Plunkett Collection: British Library National Sound Archive C903/198
Broad CategorySong
FormatSound recording

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