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Description: | Classic This song details the story of a group of lead miners found poaching on the Bishop of Durham's land. A 'battle' ensues between the miners and the men sent by the Bishop to arrest them. The miners manage to fight off the Bishop's men, becoming local heroes in the process. Several press cutting detailing the event reveal that the men eventually surrendered themselves to the authorities and received a lenient trial. The miners claimed that poaching had only become so rife in Weardale because of the high number of men made unemployed from a local mine.The tune to which this song was written is a popular Northumbrian tune and can be found in Henry Robson's list of Northumbrian song and dance tunes, published 1800. This song is part of the John Bell Collection. ; A collection of broadsheets on various subjects, with accompanying press cuttings and manuscript notes in the hand of John Bell. | Publisher: | Summers Sunderland ; Tyne and Wear | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | poaching & criminals Law and Order | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N0113401 | Go to resource |
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