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Item Summary

Formatsong text
TitleThe Dowie Dens o Yarrow
ContributorMrs Jesse Campbell
Index NameCampbell, Mrs Jesse
PlaceUpper Hassie Wells, by Rothienorman
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS pp. 04686- 04687

Scope and Content Notes

Genre song - Child ballad
First lineThere lived a lady in the North

12 stanzas
Type NumberChild 214, The Braes o Yarrow

Contextual Notes

Learned from mother and grandmother, 50 years ago. 'Never saw Gavin Greig, Folk-Songs of the North-East. Never heard of Buchan's Ballads'.

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Song TextThe Dowie Dens o Yarrow [song text] Mrs Jesse Campbell (contributor), Upper Hassie Wells, by Rothienorman, Scotland


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