Annotation:Durham Old Women
Tune properties and standard notation
DURHAM OLD WOMEN. AKA and see "Joyful Days is Coming." English, Air (9/8 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The song begins:
As aw was gannin' to Durham,
Aw met wi' three jolly brisk women;
Aw asked 'What news at Durham?'
They said--"Joyfull news is coming:
"There's three sheeps' heads i' the pot,
A peck o' peasmeal in the pudding;"
They jump'd, laugh'd, and skipp'd at that,
For the joyful days are coming. (Bruce & Stokoe)
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; p. 109.
Recorded sources: