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Traditional Northumbrian song from the Northumbrian Minstrelsy, 1882, with variations by Dick Hensold © 2016 (BMI).

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The Hexhamshire Lass

Hey for the buff and the blue,
Hey for the cap and the feather;
Hey for the bonnie lass true,
That lives in Hexhamshire.

Chorus:
Through by the Saiby Syke,
Over the moss and the mire,
I’ll go to see my lass,
That lives in Hexhamshire.

Her father loves her well,
Her mother loves her better;
I love the lass mysel’,
But the devil I can’t get at her.

O, this love, this love,
of this love I’m weary;
Sleep I cannot get
for thinking of my dearie

My heart is like to break,
My bosom it’s on fire,
So well I love this lass
That lives in Hexhamshire.

Her petticoat’s of silk,
And all wrapped round with siller,
Her shoes are tied with tape;
She’ll wait till I get to her.

Were I where I would be,
I would be beside her,
But here awhile I will stay,
No matter what betide her.

Hey for the thick and the thin,
Hey for the muck and the mire,
Hey for the bonnie lass true,
That lives in Hexhamshire.

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from The Welcome Companion, released April 16, 2022

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“What I love about Dick and Patsy’s duo is that their music deeply satisfies both the die-hard lover of traditional music, and those with little experience of this kind of music. Virtuosity, wit, and great stage chemistry will do that.” — Kevin Carr

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