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The song was ascribed to Northumberland by the editors, although their footnotes to it state " Words and tune from Mrs T H Farrer, who learnt the song in Canada from Mr Richard Turner. A Scotch version is also in existence."
The song was ascribed to Northumberland by the editors, although their footnotes to it state " Words and tune from Mrs T H Farrer, who learnt the song in Canada from Mr Richard Turner. A Scotch version is also in existence."
--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 01:19, 11 October 2007 (BST)

Latest revision as of 03:18, 19 November 2007

Robbie Tamson's Smiddie

Roud 936 [[1]]

This song can be found at pages 4 and 5 of English County Songs, 1893. edited by Lucy Broadwood and J A Fuller Maitland.

Copies of the tune and text can be found at www.folkinfo.org [[2]] together with a discussion on the piece.

The song was ascribed to Northumberland by the editors, although their footnotes to it state " Words and tune from Mrs T H Farrer, who learnt the song in Canada from Mr Richard Turner. A Scotch version is also in existence."