Annotation:Durham Old Women

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 DURHAM OLD WOMAN. AKA and see "Joyful Days Is Coming." English, Air (9/8 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. As aw was gannin' to Durham, Aw met wi' three jolly brisk women; Aw asked 'What news at Durham?' They said--"Joyfull news is coming: "There's three sheeps' heads i' the pot, A peck o' peasmeal in the pudding;" They jump'd, laugh'd, and skipp'd at that, For the joyful days are coming. (Bruce & Stokoe)  Source for notated version:   Printed sources: Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; p. 109.  Recorded sources:

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