There's a broadside in a collection in Carlisle called 'A New Song on the Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestlers'. It starts: Come all you Cumbrians and listen to my song, Likewise you men of Westmorland, I'll not detain you long. It's about Carlisle Wrestling, the truth I will unfold Took place on the Race Course for a handsome purse of gold. Chorus: So we'll drink success to _________, and cheer him three times three, And not forgetting _______ ________, long happy may they be. Seven verses in all, and it's on a sheet with a song about Carlisle Races. No printer or publisher's name is marked. Sue
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