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Description: | The 'awa' has been edited out of Robert Bewick's title. The tune occurs in only a small number of sources, with slight differences between versions, and apart from the high As in the last strain it is in the same style as many tunes in William Dixon's collection. There are a few obvious mistakes in Bewick's version which have been copied faithfully here and in the Northumbrian Minstrelsy, where only 2 strains are given.The tune forms part of The 'Melodies Committee' manuscript, which appears to be a gathering together of tunes from which much of the contents of the Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882) were selected, though its compilation continued after the date of the Minstrelsy's publication. It contains contributions in a number of hands from a number of sources, most of which are named. Items which directly reproduce other sources included on the FARNE site, such as Atkinson, Bell, Peacock and Mackintosh, have not been included, though alternative versions of tunes have been. ; Collection of local tunes compiled by the Society of Antiquaries | Publisher: | compilers : Society of Antiquaries | Rights holder: | rights holder : Society of Antiquaries | Temporal: | start=1861;end=1900; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:R1106501 | Go to resource |
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