Brigg Fair, voice and piano - Anna Tam
Filmed on her boat and in the Suffolk and Norfolk countryside
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It was on the fifth of August, the weather fair and fine,
Unto Brigg Fair I did repair; for love I was inclined.

I got up with the lark in the morning, my heart so full of glee,
Expecting there to meet my dear; long time I wished to see.

I looked over my left shoulder to see whom I could see,
And there I spied my own true love come tripping down to me.

I took her by the lily-white hand, oh merry was my heart
And now we're met together I hope we ne'er shall part

For it's meeting is a pleasure, love, and parting is a grief,
But an unconstant lover is worse than any thief.

For the green leaves they shall wither and the branches they will die,
If ever I prove false to her, the girl that loves me.

Sung by Joseph Taylor to Percy Grainger in 1905 with additional verses added later.

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