A, U, Hinny Bird

DESCRIPTION: "Its O, but aw ken well -- A, U, hinny burd, The bonny lass o' Benwell, A, U, A." "She's lang-legg's and mother-like... See, she's raking up the dyke." "The Quayside for sailors... The Castle Garth for tailors...." Additional places round out the song
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1812 (Rhymes of Northern Bards)
KEYWORDS: nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Stokoe/Reay-SongsAndBalladsOfNorthernEngland, pp. 160-161, "A, U, Hinny Burd" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: John Bell, junior, editor, _Rhymes of Northern Bards: Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham_, John Bell, M. Angus & Son, 1812 (available on Google Books), "A You A, Hinny Burd" (1 text: 9 verses with refrains)
John Collingwood Bruce and John Stokoe, editors, _Northumbrian Minstrelsy: A Collection of the Ballads, Melodies, and Small-Pipe Tunes of Northumbria_, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1882 (available on Google Books), "A U Hinny Burd" (1 text, 1 tune: 5 verses with refrains)
ST StoR160 (Partial)
Roud #235
File: StoR160

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