Annotation:Maw Canny Hinny

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MAW CANNY HINNY. English, Air (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

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.

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