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Description: | Still played today as a staple of the Northumbrian smallpipe repertoire, this is a tune with a long history (see The Flower Of Yarraw in Henry Atkinson's manuscript for an early local version). This is close to the modern 'standard' version, but has traces of some older versions in strain 2, where the chord underlying the tune does not completely 'move up' from G to A minor. See Joseph Crawhall's manuscript for a more complete version.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 | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:R1006801 | Go to resource |
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