Waters of Tyne, is a folk song I ‘collected’ from Hexham Library – recorded at the Sage Gateshead below – I found a wonderful leather-bound book called ‘Songs and Ballads of Northern England. This is an original, old and widely owned song describes the separation of two lovers by the Tyne. Border ballads are often about physical separation. This Tyne as emotional division and barrier has many various versions – Kate Rusby’s Bring me a boat – is the same theme but rendered differently.
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