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Description: | This short love song is one of the author's earliest productions.The song forms part of a selection of songs by James Armstrong, a native of Risdale in Northumberland. The book was published at Hexham in 1879 by the Herald Office and includes various commentaries on aspects of border life. 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 dialect, although there are some examples in standard English. ; Local songs by James Armstrong. | Publisher: | Herald Office Hexham ; Northumberland | Rights holder: | rights holder : Border History Museum | Subjects: | love & courtship marriage and courtship & country life Love | Temporal: | start=1861;end=1900; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:H0402701 | Go to resource |
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