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Me Lad Is Ower Bonny © Richard Ridley
Me lad is ower bonny to go working down the mine I think he’ll be poet and write a fancy line He'll never be a sailor and sail away from me In years gone by the only career for lads in the Tyne Valley was mining. Seven generations of Richard's family worked down the pit. He was the first to avoid that, and became a merchant seaman instead. The song was inspired by Frank Lee's lovely playing of the tune My Lad Is Ower Bonny For The Coal Trade, which was widespread throughout the North East of England in the 18th and 19th centuries. |
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