I've always assumed Holey Ha'penny and as such used to pair it with The
Crookit Bawbee. In the late 1970s/early 80s I would dedicated this
pairing to the West Midlands Regional Crime Squad which at the time was
being investigated for being full of bent coppers.......
Ian
Matt Seattle wrote:
I'm currently putting what I hope are the finishing touches to the new
edition of Bewick's Pipe Tunes. I've reverted to Robert's "Holy
Halfpenny" title , corroborated by another early local source, rather
than the later "Holey", and written "The significance of either
interpretation is unclear". Is it? Does anyone actually KNOW, rather
than have an interesting theory?
Cheers
Matt
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