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Description: | Love song in praise of a husband/boyfriend. The tune has the same title as, and is similar to, William Vickers' version. Though the title is local the tune is widespread; it perhaps reached its finest flowering in John Peacock's smallpipe variation set (The Peacock Follows The Hen). The tune also occurs elsewhere in this manuscript.This song/tune forms part of a manuscript compiled by John Bell entitled 'Collection of local tunes as played in Northumberland' which can be seen as the counterpart to his published book of lyrics, 'Rhymes of the Northern Bards' 1812, facsimile reprint 1971 with introduction by David Harker. David Harker's introduction to the facsimile gives very detailed information on Bell, and is highly recommended reading for the curious. ; Songs and tunes collected by John Bell | Rights holder: | rights holder : Society of Antiquaries | Subjects: | marriage and courtship love & slip jig Love | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:R1005801 | Go to resource |
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