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Thread #170618   Message #4128104
Posted By: Levana Taylor
05-Dec-21 - 12:57 PM
Thread Name: Any December Songs?
Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
THE BLECKELL MURRYNEET

Or, "Blackwell Merry Night" in more standard dialect -- a "merry night" in the borders, especially Cumbria, being a big party at a public house. This one, in a song written by Robert Anderson (1770-1833), took place on "the last of December" 1802 or 1803.

"Blackwell Merry Night" on
Mainly Norfolk
Mudcat thread and DT
Instrumental version ("loosely based") by a harp and guitar duo is the only online recording I found: YouTube