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Description: | Song telling the common tale of a mother who tries to marry her daughter off to an old (and presumably wealthy) old man. Needless to say the daughter is not overjoyed by the prospect. Berwick is a Border town in Northumberland.This song forms part of a selection of songs taken from the Local Historian's table book. The book was published in several volumes in the 1840s and was divided into a 'Legendary division' and a 'Historical division'. The songs in this collection are taken from volumes 1-3 of the Legendary division. Similar to the Monthly chronicles of lore and legend, these volumes contain a mixture of fact, fiction and legend, although both publications are equally fascinating. The Legendary division consists largely of local songs and ballads with accompanying information about the possible origins of the songs, characters, places and events within. ; Local chronicles compiled by M.A. Richardson | Publisher: | M.A. Richardson Grey Street ; Newcastle upon Tyne | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | marriage and courtship Marriage Love | Temporal: | start=1841;end=1860; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N4433001 | Go to resource |
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