Annotation:Water of Tyne (The)

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WATER OF TYNE, THE. English, Air (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The River Tyne marks the border between County Durham and County Northumberland for much of its course, in the northeast of England.

I cannot get to my love, if I would dee,
The water of Tyne runs between him and me;
And here I must stand with the tear in my e'e,
Both sighing and sickly my sweetheart to see. ... [Bruce & Stokoe]

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; p. 89.

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