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Description: | The subject of this song 'Cuillie Jock' was an old weaver who lived at a place called Blink-bonny, in the parish of Weardale.The song forms part of a selection of songs from 'Musings by the burns and braes of Liddesdale' by Newcastleton author, David Anderson. Liddesdale lies a few miles north of the Border with England and was the stamping ground of the formidable Armstrong and Elliot reiving families. The author's home, Newcastleton (formerly Copshawholm), was built in 1793 as a 'model' weaving community, the original Castleton being a few miles further up the Liddel Water. With neatly aligned streets and squares, Newcastleton has changed little since Anderson wrote his famous Border ballad 'Copshawholm Fair'.These nineteenth century Border 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 David Anderson and others | Publisher: | C. Thurnam and Sons English Street ; Carlisle | Rights holder: | rights holder : Border History Museum | Subjects: | Weaving country life & industry and occupation | Temporal: | start=1861;end=1900; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:H0801002 | Go to resource |
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