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Description: | This song refers to the story of Ralph Rumney, of Clitheroe, Harwood-in-Teesdale, who was lost in a snowstorm while going from Ashgillhead to his home, less than half a mile away around the year 1862. The song was composed by Robert Allinson in 1920.This song is taken from a book entitled 'Those boys of Bondgate ... [etc.]'.'Those boys o' Bondgate' is in fact the title of one of several lectures on the history of the Darlington area and the Tees Valley to the west, that make up this collection. The addresses were given by Charles Percy Nicholson to the Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists' Field Club in the early 20th century and were republished in this collection at the request of Nicholson's son. One of these addresses is entitled 'Teesdale; in ballad and song', and includes a number of songs and poems from the area. Most of the offerings are not written in dialect, but nevertheless do reflect many aspects of life in rural Teesside during the nineteenth century, and form one of only a small number of surviving song collections from this area. ; Songs and poems taken from a lecture given to the Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists' Field Club, by Charles Percy Nicholson. | Publisher: | T. Buncle and Co. Market Place ; Arbroath ; Teeside | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | mishaps and disasters & country life Accidents snowstorms & tragedies & accidents & death | Temporal: | start=1841;end=1860; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N3117002 | Go to resource |
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