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Description: | Famous poem disparaging the village of Elsdon in the Northumbrian Borders. There is in existence a reply to this song by a visitor who praises the village.This poem forms part of a selection of poems by Northumbrian farm labourer George Chatt. The book was published at Hexham in 1866 by the Courant Office, although a number of the poems are reprinted from local newspapers, chiefly from the Hexham Courant. The poems are typical of the Northumberland and Border poetry of the day, commenting on the surrounding landscape and traditions. Most of the poems are written in standard English although there are some examples of local dialect. ; A brief study of the Northumbrian dialect with a selection of local songs. | Publisher: | Courant Office Hexham ; Northumberland | Rights holder: | rights holder : Border History Museum | Subjects: | Villages Miscellaneous | Temporal: | start=1861;end=1900; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:H0305302 | Go to resource |
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