Annotation:Swalwell Lasses

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{{TuneAnnotation |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 song called "Visit to Swalwell" by a local poet, Thomas Marshall, directed to be sung to the tune of "[[Betsey Baker]": |f_printed_sources=Northumbrian Pipers’ Society Third Tune Book,1991. |f_recorded_sources=Front Hall FHR‑08, Alistair Anderson ‑ "Traditional Tunes" (1976). Topic Records 12TS388,High Level Ranters - "Four in a Bar" (1979). }}