Barnstaple Fair - a song (part 3)

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[cont...] "...If pigeons' wings are plucked, and peacocks' tails refuse to grow, friend !
In Spring ; you may depend upon't in Autumn they will shew, friend !
If feathers hang about your fowls in drooping style and spare, friend !
Both cocks and hens will get their pens to Barnstaple Fair, friend !

Then, friend, leave off your wig, and Barum's privileges share, too,
Where everything grows once a year, wings, feathers, tails, and hair, too !
If Winter wear and Summer dust call out for paint and putty, Sir !
And Newport coals in open grates make paper-hangings smutty, Sir !
 

And rusty shops and houses' fronts most sadly want repair, Sir !
Both shops and houses will be smart to Barnstaple, Fair, Sir !
And Barum is a handsome town, and everyday improving, Sir !
Then drink to all who study its improvement to keep moving, Sir !..." [cont...]

Hewett 19000