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braveheart21 · 61-69, M
MissBarbara · 70-79
@braveheart21 It's Wear, not Weir.
Apparently Roger Whittaker's original intent (to set the song in Newcastle) was abandoned in favour of nearby Durham because Whittaker agreed with his producer that "Durham" sounded better. While focusing the song on Newcastle, Whittaker had set its second verse "on the banks of the river Tyne", and as Whittaker had little to no familiarity with his chosen locale for the song, he retained the verse with its Tyneside setting for the song's finalised version set in Durham. While the Tyne flows eastwards through Newcastle, it is the Wear (20 miles to the south) which flows through Durham.
Apparently Roger Whittaker's original intent (to set the song in Newcastle) was abandoned in favour of nearby Durham because Whittaker agreed with his producer that "Durham" sounded better. While focusing the song on Newcastle, Whittaker had set its second verse "on the banks of the river Tyne", and as Whittaker had little to no familiarity with his chosen locale for the song, he retained the verse with its Tyneside setting for the song's finalised version set in Durham. While the Tyne flows eastwards through Newcastle, it is the Wear (20 miles to the south) which flows through Durham.
