what is the 10 letter English city mentioned in The Wooden Legged
Fiddler which, I believe, is a poem/work by Alfred Noyes? (The Song of
the Wooden Legged Fiddler).

Hi janiebelle-ga,

Thanks for your question.

Portsmouth is the 10-letter-English city mentioned in the poem by
Alfred Noyes. As the poem is under copyright (Noyes died in 1958), I
can't reproduce it in its entirety for you here, but Portsmouth is
written both under the title and later in the poem itself:

"On a night of delight in the following spring,
With a pair of stout shoon
And a seafaring tune
And a bundle and stick in the light of the moon, 
Down the long road
To Portsmouth I strode,
To fight like a sailor for country and king."

"Song of the Wooden-Legged Fiddler," _Collected Poems of Alfred Noyes_
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1913, vol. I, pp. 66-67.

Search strategy:
Searched the web without success--there is a great deal about Noyes,
but not it appears this particular poem save for the links that
hummer-ga included below.

I found a library near me that had a number of Noyes' books and found
the poem in the volume cited above.

I hope this answers your question. If you need any more information,
please ask for clarification before rating my answer.

Regards,
luciaphile-ga

Luciaphile  -  you are wonderful!!! Many thanks for your research  - 
I can now stop tearing my hair out.

Hi janiebelle,

Sorry, I haven't had much luck in answering your question directly,
but
The Manuscripts Department Library of the University of North Carolina
at
Chapel Hill holds a copy of "The Song of the Wooden Legged Fiddler".
Perhaps the librarian wouldn't mind looking up the city for you - here
are several UNC links that may be helpful.

Folder 181.02: Noyes, Alfred    Song of Wooden Legged Fiddler
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/a/A.P.Watt_and_Company/f181_200.htm

Manuscripts Department Library of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
GENERAL AND LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS #11036 A. P. WATT AND COMPANY RECORDS
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/a/A.P.Watt_and_Company/index.htm

Please send comments and questions to: mss@email.unc.edu
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/a/index.html

Manuscripts Dept, UNC-Chapel Hill:
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

On-line Inquiry Form:
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/mailref.html


If that doesn't pan out, you could try contacting someone at "The
Poet's Corner":
http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/poems/index.html

I hope this helps,
hummer