Come You Not from Newcastle

DESCRIPTION: "Came you not from Newcastle, Came you not there away? Met ye not my true love, Riding on a bonny bay? Why should I not love my love?" The ginger has land at (Durham and Newcastle), and will use it to help the "gallant hound sedelee" (sic)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1750 (Percy folio)
KEYWORDS: love travel clothes
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Hales/Furnival-BishopPercysFolioManuscript, volume I, pp. 253-254, "Came you not ffrom" (1 text)
Chappell-PopularMusicOfTheOldenTime, pp. 339-340, "Come You Not from Newcastle" (1 text, 1 tune)
Simpson-TheBritishBroadsideBallad, pp. 82-83, "Cam'st Thou Not from Newcastle?" (1 tune)
MANUSCRIPT: {MSPercyFolio}, The Percy Folio, London, British Library MS. Additional 27879, page 95
Roud #8086
File: PFCYNN

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