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Verse

I never really fell in love till I went up to Fakenham fair

And chanced for to meet with a carnival girl a selling the fortunes there

Try for a lamp or a Spanish shawl or a golden filigree

But all the time her eyes were saying 'come take a chance on me'

Chorus

So swing around the merry-go-round

Give the wheel of fortune a whirl

The finest prize at Fakenham fair

Is the pretty carnival girl

Verse

Her hair was brown and her eyes were blue and her lips they were soft and red

I’d never seen such a shape as hers and my eyes nearly popped from my head

For I was young and innocent oh but still even I could see

the way she smiled and winked my way said ‘come take a chance on me’

Verse

My friends they said well she’s not for you oh what will the old people think

But I took my chance and I won that girl just as quick as an eye could wink

And the finest day in all my life whatever may come to pass

Was the day i went up to Fakenham Fair and won me the carnival lass