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shepherdlass | Origins: Billy Boy (88* d) | RE: Origins: Billy Boy | 30 Dec 05 |
The Northumbrian version (according to the Northumbria Anthology CD notes) was apparently collected in a 1921 volume, "The Shanty Book" edited by Walter Runciman. It's such a prevalent song in the NE that I was actually stunned to look through all 4 volumes of the famous Catcheside-Warrington Tyneside songbooks and realize it wasn't included in them. |