Originally prepared for textual analysis during his PhD research on the 'Origins and Development of English Folk Plays' by Peter Millington (2002).
Original spelling and typography is retained, except that superscripts, long s and ligatured forms are not encoded.
Line identifiers are those used for line types in the Folk Play Scripts Explorer.
"This fragment and the accompanying notes which were sent to me by Lord Hampton were collected by Mr. Wilfred Mahood, of Lathom Park, Ormskirk, as being of possible value to the E.F.D.S.:"
Peter Millington's Notes:Kennedy's notes quote an undated article on the Cheshire hobby horse Old Hob, entitled "Cheshire Antiquities", from the "Altrincham Guardian".
It is not stated whether or not this song formed part of a play, but such verses are associated with plays at other locations.
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