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Thread #59117   Message #939663
Posted By: masato sakurai
24-Apr-03 - 10:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Waters of Tyne
Subject: RE: Waters of Tyne
Info from folktrax:
WATERS OF TYNE, THE -- WATER OF TYNE

WATER OF TYNE, THE - "I cannot get to my love if I would dee" - boatman to ferry me o'er - ROUD#1364 - Universal Songster 1834 3 p416 - BRUCE-STOKOE NM 1882 p89 - STOKOE-REAY SBNE 1899 pp30- 31 from Bell's "Rhymes of Northern Bard" 1812 "air common in Tynedale & Redesdale" - BROADWOOD ECS 1893 (Note says: coll by John Reay from an old man in Hexham) - WHITTAKER NCB 1921 - PALMER EBECS 1979 #81 p143 from Bruce-Stokoe 1882 - Cf DEEP IN LOVE - ROSE OF CASHMERE - SWEET WILLIAM (building of a boat) -- Jack ARMSTRONG & Pat JENNINGS (tune of song performed as a duet on N- pipes): rec by PK, Festival Hall, London: EMI CLP-1910 1966 aft "Chevy Chace"/ 310 A-ROVING 1968 #4 - Liverpool SPINNERS rec by PK, London: EMI SCX-6493 1972 - Vin GARBUTT: TOPIC 12-TS-378 1977 - Kathryn TICKELL (N-pipes) bef "In the Mood"- Sylvia MOORE (with harpsichord & gtr) rec by Bernard Broere, Amsterdam, Holland: 425
The lyrics and music are:

THE WATER OF TYNE (with chords)

Waters of Tyne (lyrics)

Waters of Tyne (tune; pdf.file)