Annotation:Jemmy Johnson's Wherry

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JEMMY JOHNSON'S WHERRY. English, Air (2/4 time). England, Northumberland. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The song (tune with one stanza) appears in the c. 1812 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician John Bell (1783-1864).

Whe cavers biv the chimeny reek begax 'tis a' a horney,
For through the world aw thought aw'd keek yen day when aw was corney;
So with some very canny chields its on the hop an merry,
Aw thought aw'd make a vayage to Shields in Jemmy Johnson's Wherry.

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