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Description: | Song lamenting the departure of a popular fiddler.The song forms part of a selection of border songs by shepherd John Byers. The book was published in Paisley, Scotland, by Alexander Gardner. John Byers, or 'Blue-Bell' the 'Bard of Liddesdale' as he is referred to in the introduction to the collection, was born on the 8th June, 1879 at Newcastleton, Roxburghshire. After receiving a seemingly thorough education, Byers took up the occupation of shepherd. Apparently inspired by his mothers 'bewitching stories and border ballads', and later by the poetry of Ramsay, Burns, and Hogg, Byers went on to have a number of offerings published in various periodicals, magazines, and newspapers. After a number of requests, the shepherd finally published this collection of his poetry in 1913.These nineteenth and early twentieth century Border poems and songs reflect a continuance in the tradition of recording the characters, deeds and landscapes of the Border communities. Different in style to the traditional Border ballads, which recorded the deeds and misdeeds of the infamous Border Reivers, these songs were inspired by the revival of the work of poets such as Robert Burns, which although reflected Border life, also concentrated on the beauty of the surrounding landscape. ; A collection of songs and poems by John Byers | Publisher: | Alexander Gardener Paisley ; Renfrewshire | Rights holder: | rights holder : Border History Museum | Subjects: | musicians & entertainment local characters and strange events | Temporal: | start=1901;end=1940; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:H0614201 | Go to resource |
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