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|f_annotation='''SWALWELL LASSES'''. English, Hornpipe (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. England, Northumberland. The tune can be found in a notebook of the 19th century Northumbrian collector John Stokoe. Swalwell is a village in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, northeast England. 'Swalwell lasses' are mentioned in a comic song called "Visit to Swalwell" by a local poet, Thomas Marshall, about a procession from Newcastle headed by a band of musicians<ref>The song is contained in Thomas Marshall, '''A Collection of Original Local Songs''', Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1829, p. 17. </ref>. It was directed to be sung to the tune of "[[Betsy Baker]]": | |f_annotation='''SWALWELL LASSES'''. English, Hornpipe (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. England, Northumberland. The tune can be found in a notebook of the 19th century Northumbrian collector John Stokoe. Swalwell is a village in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, northeast England. 'Swalwell lasses' are mentioned in a comic song called "Visit to Swalwell" by a local poet, Thomas Marshall, about a procession from Newcastle headed by a band of musicians<ref>The song is contained in Thomas Marshall, '''A Collection of Original Local Songs''', Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1829, p. 17. </ref>. It was directed to be sung to the tune of "[[Betsy Baker]]": | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
''The Swalwell lasses ran to meet''<br> | ''The Swalwell lasses ran to meet''<br /> | ||
''The music they heard coming;''<br> | ''The music they heard coming;''<br /> | ||
''Young bairns lapt fra their bed asleep,''<br> | ''Young bairns lapt fra their bed asleep,''<br /> | ||
''And to the door cam runnin:''<br> | ''And to the door cam runnin:''<br /> | ||
''Aud men and wives, tee, hobbled out,--''<br> | ''Aud men and wives, tee, hobbled out,--''<br /> | ||
''Ower the bed stock monny fell;''<br> | ''Ower the bed stock monny fell;''<br /> | ||
''They put out their heads where awd hats stuck,''<br> | ''They put out their heads where awd hats stuck,''<br /> | ||
''At the procession gan to Swalwell.''<br> | ''At the procession gan to Swalwell.''<br /> | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
The High Level Ranters note that the tune, at a relaxed tempo, is a good accompaniment for a Canadian Barn Dance. | |||
|f_printed_sources='''Northumbrian Pipers’ Society Third Tune Book,'''1991. | |f_printed_sources='''Northumbrian Pipers’ Society Third Tune Book,'''1991. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=<span>Front Hall FHR‑08, Alistair Anderson ‑ "Traditional Tunes" (1976). Topic Records <span>12TS388,</span>High Level Ranters - "Four in a Bar" (1979).</span> | |f_recorded_sources=<span>Front Hall FHR‑08, Alistair Anderson ‑ "Traditional Tunes" (1976). Topic Records <span>12TS388,</span>High Level Ranters - "Four in a Bar" (1979).</span> | ||
}} | }} | ||
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SWALWELL LASSES. English, Hornpipe (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. England, Northumberland. The tune can be found in a notebook of the 19th century Northumbrian collector John Stokoe. Swalwell is a village in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, northeast England. 'Swalwell lasses' are mentioned in a comic song called "Visit to Swalwell" by a local poet, Thomas Marshall, about a procession from Newcastle headed by a band of musicians[1]. It was directed to be sung to the tune of "Betsy Baker":
The Swalwell lasses ran to meet
The music they heard coming;
Young bairns lapt fra their bed asleep,
And to the door cam runnin:
Aud men and wives, tee, hobbled out,--
Ower the bed stock monny fell;
They put out their heads where awd hats stuck,
At the procession gan to Swalwell.
The High Level Ranters note that the tune, at a relaxed tempo, is a good accompaniment for a Canadian Barn Dance.
- ↑ The song is contained in Thomas Marshall, A Collection of Original Local Songs, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1829, p. 17.