Annotation:Lang Stay'd Away
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LANG STAY'D AWAY. English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. This Northumbrian tune was probably originally a triple hornpipe (3/2 time). The first strain is reminiscent to "Cam Ye Home Frae France/Come Ye Ower Frae France", and "Bobbin John/Bob and John/Bobbing Joan" may also be a related tune.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; p. 182.
Recorded sources:
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