Thanks folks
Another fascinating discussion.
I first had this tune as a song from Johnny Handle in the late 60s and
then sang it often to my own bairns. As 'deary' was no longer in
popular use on Tyneside by then ( I never heard it from parents,
grandparents or great grand parents) he changed if for laddy.
Most recordings since then (Northumberland for Ever, Cut & Dry Dolly,
K. T. et al) have used laddy or laddie. I think the song might pre date
the tune variations, it is sung without repeats - A B A B A B A.
Hear are the words as I have them they really bring the tune to life
for me (I've used the vernacular as it scans better):
Cheers
Anthony
Me Laddy Sits Ower Late Up
Refrain:
Me laddy sits ower late up
Me hinny sits ower late up
Me deary sits ower late up
Between the pint pot an' the cup
1. He addles three ha'pence a week
I t's nowt but a farthin a day
He sits with 'is pipe in 'is cheek
An' fuddles 'is money away
2. Me laddy is never the near
Me hinny is never the near
An' when a shout "laddy come yem"
He caals oot agin for more beer
3. Whe Johnny cum yem ti yer bairn
Now Johnny cum yem ti yer bairn
How Johnny cum yem ti yer bairn
With a rye loaf under yer arm
--- On Wed, 10/11/10, Julia Say <julia....@nspipes.co.uk> wrote:
From: Julia Say <julia....@nspipes.co.uk>
Subject: [NSP] Re: 'My Deary sits ower late up'
To: "nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu" <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>, "Gibbons, John"
<j.gibb...@imperial.ac.uk>
Date: Wednesday, 10 November, 2010, 9:58
On 10 Nov 2010, Gibbons, John wrote:
> >the reprint edition has a typo in the
> > penultimate strain, the 1st bar beginning
> >
> > g/f/|egB egB...
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > g/f/|egd egB ...
I agree. This looks like a raw typo, and I am fairly certain it was in
no way an
editorial decision of any sort.
Looking at the abc file from which it was generated at the time gives
no clue as
to which part of this household was responsible, but thanks for finding
it.
Marked in for future reference.
Julia
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