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MAW CANNY HINNY. English, Air (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The lyrics (although not music) were printed in A Collection of Songs, Comic and Satirical, Chiefly in the Newcastle Dialect (1819, p. 13), and The Tyne Songster, A Choice Selection of Songs in the Newcastle Dialect (1840, p. 41).

Where hes te been, may canny hinny?
An' where hes to been, maw bonny hinny?
Aw was up an' doon, seekin' for maw hinny;
Aw was throo' the toon seekin' for maw bairn.
Aw went up the Butcher Bank an' doon Grindin' Chare'
Ca'd at the Dun Cow, but aw cuddent find thee there.
Where hes te been, &c. .... (Bruce & Stokoe)

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pp. 132-133. The Tyne Songster p. 41.

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-'''MAW CANNY HINNY.''' English, Air (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.
+'''MAW CANNY HINNY.''' English, Air (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The lyrics (although not music) were printed in '''A Collection of Songs, Comic and Satirical, Chiefly in the Newcastle Dialect''' (1819, p. 13), and '''The Tyne Songster, A Choice Selection of Songs in the Newcastle Dialect''' (1840, p. 41).
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-''Printed sources'': Bruce & Stokoe ('''Northumbrian Minstrelsy'''), 1882; pp. 132-133.
+''Printed sources'': Bruce & Stokoe ('''Northumbrian Minstrelsy'''), 1882; pp. 132-133. '''The Tyne Songster''' p. 41.
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