Horn Fair (A New Summons)

The theme for #TradSongTues this week was #Cuckolds.

I found this pair of two ballads, both related to 'Horn Fair' and having the closing line in most verses being "Cuckolds All-A-Row":
http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/edition/4994

The song appears to relate to a Fair in Charlton, commencing around the time of Henry III (this book from the mid 1800s):
https://archive.org/details/oldnewlondonnarr0006thor

Cuckoldry was clearly a hot topic in the 1800s:
https://archive.org/details/roxburgheballads07chapuoft/page/194

Cuckolds-A-Row is also a dance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50q_4Ufx5gw

It isn't 100% clear to me whether this song is celebrating cuckoldry or not?

Some details and pictures relating to Horn Fair:
https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/10/18/today-in-londons-festive-history-traditional-rowdy-popular-procession-shindig/

#HornFair

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