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Description: | Song on a local beauty from South Shields.The 'handsomest girl in the town', Bonny Bella, declares her love for journeyman Nichol. Having married a local carpenter for whom she has little regard Bella laments her marriage. Failing to consummate the marriage the carpenter leaves for sea and Bella returns to Nichol, their love becoming the talk of the town.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: | Pollock North Shields ; Tyne and Wear | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | marriage and courtship Love love & courtship & adultery & beauty | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N0124401 | Go to resource |
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