A Beuk o' Newcassell Sangs
Collected by Joseph Crawhall Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mawson, Swan & Morgan, M.D. CCC.LXXXVIII
Joseph Crawhall
Übersicht
A Beuk o' Newcassell Sangs is a pictorial book giving details of local songs, including the lyrics and in many cases, the music, and all beautifully illustrated with the author's own woodcuts. It was published in 1888. It was reprinted in 1965 by Harold Hill, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Inhalt
Aboot the Bush, Willy ………………………………… 51
Amphitrite, The, by Robert Gilchrist; to the tune, “Gee-ho! Dobbin,” popularly known as “Cappy” ………………… 47
Andrew Carr, or Kerr ………………………………… 33
A. U. Hinny Burd ……………………………………… 120
Aw wish thy Muther wad cum, by Joseph Wilson; to the tune, “The Whusslin’ Thief” ……………………………… 96
Blackett o’ Wylam …………………………………… 23
Bobby Shaftoe ………………………………………… 36
Bonnie Pit Laddie, The ……………………………… 20
Buy Broom Buzzems, by William Purvis ………… 24
Canny Newcassel, by Thomas Thompson ………… 8
Cappy's the Dog, by William Mitford, or Midford; to the tune, “Gee-ho! Dobbin,” locally popularized as “Cappy” ………………………………………………………… 64
Collier’s Rant, The …………………………………… 28
Cuddle me, Cuddy, or, The Peacock followed the Hen …………………………………………………………… 70
Cum, Geordie, haud the Bairn ………………………… 96
Fenwick o’ Bywell ……………………………………… 19
Fiery Clock-fyee, The, by Robert Nunn; to the tune, “The Coal-hole” ……………………………………… 58
Floatin’ Grunstan e, The, by William Armstrong; to the tune, “Derry Down” …………………………………… 71
Holiday Gown, The, by John Cunningham ……… 122
Hydrophobie, by Robert Emery; to the tune, “The Cameronian’s Rant,” or, “X.Y.Z.” ………………………… 74
Jenny Hoolet, The, or, Lizzie Mudie’s Ghost, by W. Armstrong; to the tune, “Gee-ho! Dobbin” ………… 92
Keelman’s reason for attending Church, The; to the tune, “Jimmy Johnson’s Wherry” …………………………… 87
Keel Row, The ………………………………………… 16
Little Pee-dee, The; to the tune, “The Irish Drops o’ Brandy” ……………………………………………………… 108
Lizzie Mudie’s Ghost ………………………………… 92
Lord Size, My, by John Shield; to the tune, “Newcastle in an Uproar” ………………………………………… 52
My Love is Newly listed ……………………………… 47
Newcastle Beer, by John Cunningham; to the tune, “Hunting the Hare” ………………………………………… 2
Peacock followed the Hen, The, or, Cuddle me, Cuddy ………………………………………………………… 70
Pitman’s Courtship, The, by William Mitford; to the tune, “The Night before Larry was stretch’d,” or, “The Irish Drops o’ Brandy” …………………………………… 102
Sailors are a’ at the Bar, The ………………………… 79
Sair fyel’d Hinny ……………………………………… 40
Sandhill Corner ……………………………………… 63
Sandgate Lass’s Lament, The; to the tune, “The Manchester Angel” …………………………………………… 34
Spottie (Sunderland) ………………………………… 116
Tyne Exile’s Lament, The; to the tune, “Banks o’ the Dee” …………………………………………………………… 126
Up the Raw ……………………………………………… 44
Use and abuse, or, The Pitman and the Preachers, by J. P. Robson; to the tune, “Canny Newcastle” ………… 80
Water o’ Tyne ………………………………………… 15
Weshin’-day, The, by Thomas Wilson; to the tune, “There’s nae luck aboot the Hoose” …………………… 110