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'''ROUND ABOUT FERRYHILL.''' English, Jig (12/8 time). England, Northumberland. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Vickers manuscript researcher Matt Seattle notes that the jig is not found elsewhere, and that 'Ferryhill' probably refers to Ferryhill in County Durham. | '''ROUND ABOUT FERRYHILL.''' English, Jig (12/8 time). England, Northumberland. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Vickers manuscript researcher Matt Seattle notes that the jig is not found elsewhere, and that 'Ferryhill' probably refers to Ferryhill in County Durham. '''Lean's Collectanea''' (1891), a volume of proverbs, sayings and folklore collected by Vincent Stuckey Lean, gives the following couplet: | ||
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''Round about Ferryhill, Hey for Hett''<br> | |||
''There's many a bonny lass, but few to get.''<br> | |||
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Ferryhill and Hett are "Two villages at no great distance from Durham" notes an editor. | |||
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ROUND ABOUT FERRYHILL. English, Jig (12/8 time). England, Northumberland. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Vickers manuscript researcher Matt Seattle notes that the jig is not found elsewhere, and that 'Ferryhill' probably refers to Ferryhill in County Durham. Lean's Collectanea (1891), a volume of proverbs, sayings and folklore collected by Vincent Stuckey Lean, gives the following couplet:
Round about Ferryhill, Hey for Hett
There's many a bonny lass, but few to get.
Ferryhill and Hett are "Two villages at no great distance from Durham" notes an editor.