Following on from the previous blog, The Waggoner, a Traditional Tyneside Song, research has now revealed, Heddon-on-the-Wall, a poem/song by James Anderson in his book, Blyth and Tyneside Poems & Songs, published in 1898 by J Fraser, Scribe Office, Blyth.
I must apologise for having tracked down a copy of this rare publication (at Cornell University Library in the USA) but now find there is also a copy a little closer, at the Old Jail in Hexham (Border History Museum). The book cover and several pages of the 126 page book (although not p59 where this poem can be found) are reproduced on FARNE.
It was clearly something we needed on this website and I have transcribed it in full below. Enjoy!
I must apologise for having tracked down a copy of this rare publication (at Cornell University Library in the USA) but now find there is also a copy a little closer, at the Old Jail in Hexham (Border History Museum). The book cover and several pages of the 126 page book (although not p59 where this poem can be found) are reproduced on FARNE.
It was clearly something we needed on this website and I have transcribed it in full below. Enjoy!
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