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aad wife- In: The Blaydon Races- sellin cider
Adam's aun neaves - In: Canny
Newcastle - We trodg'd to St. Jame's, for theer the King lives,
Aw's
warn'd ye a good stare we tyeuk on't:
By
my faicks! it's been built up by Adam's aun neaves,
For
it's auld as the hills, by the leuk on't;
Tom Aldercroft - - In: Joey
Jones - Doyle heard Tom Aldercroft say
Aw
dare lay a fiver that
Aldides - In: Newcastle
Beer - Twas Stingo like this made Aldides so bold;
It
brac'd up his nerves and eliven'd his pow'rs;
Apollo- In: Newcastle
Beer - perceiving his talents refine,
Repents
he drank Helicon water so long;
Tommy Armstrong- Song Writer
Barbor- In: The Hedgehog
Pie- With Kingey an' Barbor they aalways made free;
Every
time they went they were hungry an' dry.
bairn (s) - Children oft
playing aboot. When the Boat comes in/Dance to thy Daddy They
get the breed and most everything
the fatha or Daddy brings home...fish etc... In: The Lambton Worm:
An' swally (the worm) little bairns alive
When
they laid doon to sleep.
In: Bobby Shaftoe- Bobby Shaaftoe's getten a bairn
For
to dandle on his airm;
In
his airm an' on his knee,
In: Canny Newcastle- His leuks seem'd to say--"Bairns, be happy;"
In: Up the Raw-Thou bangs thy mother, maw canny bairn. and- Thou's
double japanded, maw canny bairn.
In: Adam Buckham O' -
Adam gat the lass wi' bairn;
That
will never do.
In: Maw Cannuy Hinny -An'where hes te been, maw bonny bairn? and-
A' me sorrow's ower noo aw've fund me bairn; and Lang may aw
shoot,
maw canny bairn.
In: XYZ at Newcastle Races While bairns
an' music filled the stage, and...The bairns lap ower the bed wi' fright,
Fell
smack upon the floor, man;
In: The De'il Stick The Minister
Has a' the barins at his command
He's
a holy man, the Minister.
In: Felton Lonnin- They kye's come hame, but I see not my bairn; and I'd rather loss a' the kye than loss my bairn
In: Newcastle Lullaby- Sleep bonnie bairnie behind the castle
By!
By! By! By!
In: Queer Customs - But efter that the poor barin deed,
An'
cawsed anuther fuddle
Barley Mow In:The
Horrid War i' Sangyet Bob Carr
gat help fre the "Barley Mow;"
Moor
put his Steam Boat cheps i'tow,
An'
a' wes war in Sangyet.
The beer-drawer- In: Maw Canny Hinny - The beer-drawer tell'd me she n'er saw thee in her life.
John Bell- Collector of songs.
Mistress Bell - In: The
Row upon the Stairs Says Mistress Bell te Mistress Todd,
Ye'd
better clean the stairs!
Ben - In: Maw Canny Hinny Then aw met yor Ben an' we were like te fite
Meggy Bensin - In: The
Gallowgate Lad Friend of Jack the Gallogate Lad -
Aw
happin'd te see Meggy Bensin,
An'
sairly the lassie did cry
Says
aw--Canny lass what's the matter?
Says
she, quite dejected. Aw's sad,
Aw's
greetin for Jack, that's me luver,
Maw
bonny bit Gallowgate Lad!
Sister Bet - In: The Lass that leeves Next Door She (Nan) wes walkin oot wi' me sister Bet
Young Oyster Bet-
In:The Horrid War i' Sangyet Young Oyster Bet an' Tatey
Sall
Got
three greet navvies gyen the wal;
Bet
prickt them wiv a cobbler's awl;
Billy Boy - Billy Boy friend of Nancy Grey
Billy - In:Wor Nannys a Mazer Te gan te the toon te buy some claes for wor little Billy and Jane:
The Merry Black- In- Swalwell
Hopping- While the merry black,
Wi
mony a crack,
Set
the tambourine a-rolling, O.
Mistress Black- In: Keep't
Dark-An' Mistress Black 'ill nivor wesh
Her
man a shart for wark,
Black Cuffs-In: Dol-li-a A Military reigment
Blacks - In: Swalwell
Hopping - That day a' Hawks's blacks may rue--
They
got monny a varry sair clanker, O;
Blackleg Miners In: The
Blackleg Miners Oh, early in the evenin', just after dark,
The
blackleg miners creep te wark,
Wi'
their moleskin trousers an' dorty short,
The conkerin' bleyds o' Sangyet.
- In: The Horrid War i' Sangyet Let's proove us Keeside
cheps is doose
The
conkerin' bleyds o' Sangyet.
Blind Willy- In: Canny
Newcastle- Aw knaw that the Cockneys crake rum-gum-shus chimers.
To
maek gam of wor bur, and wor'parel
But
honest Blind Willy shall string this iv rhymes,
And
aw'll sing for the Christmas Carol.
In
Bell: The native minstrel of Newcastle.
Blowor' Blacks
In:The Horrid War i' Sangyet Bill Jonsin's a croo
an' Clark's wis there,
An'
Knight's an Lumley's pack fowt sair;
Jem
Frame's boold fre the Cassel Square,
Wi'
Blowor's Blacks an' mony mair,
Canny Blue Jackets- In: The
London and Newcastle Boat Race - May our canny blue jackets, our pitmen
and lasses,
Blyth - In: The Wedding
O' Blyth The Wedding O' Blyth
Boatman - In: The Water
of Tyne O where is the boatman? my bonny hinny!
O
where is the boatman" bring him to me--
To
ferry me over the Tyne to my honey,
Bob - In: Wor Nannys a Mazer "Bob man Aa feel varry dry".
Buck-Sheen'd Bob- In: Swalwell Hopping -An' buck-sheen'd Bob frae Stella, O.
Bob The Snob - In: The Row upon the Stairs - Last neet ye fuddled wi' Bob the Snob,
Bob and Joan- In: XYZ at
Newcastle Races Next up amang the shows we gat,
Where
folks a' stood i' flocks, man,
To
see a chep play Bob and Joan
Upon
a wooden box, man;
Bonnie Pit Laddie- In: The
Bonnie Pit Laddie - The bonny pit laddie, the canny pit laddie,
The
bonny pit laddie for me, O!
He
sits in his hole as black as a coal,
An'
brings the white siller to me, O! (More description in song)
Bonny Hinny - In: The
Water of Tyne- O where is the boatman? my bonny hinny!. In: Up the
Raw - For shap an' colour, maw bonny hinny,
Bonnid Keel Laddie - In:
The
Bonnie Keel Laddie- My bonny keel laddie, my canny
keel laddie,
My
bonny keel laddie for me, O!
He
sits in his keel as black as the deil,
And
he brings the white money to me,O!
Bonny Bay - What the true love was riding In: Come Ye Not From Newcastle
Bonny Lamb - In: Maw Canny Hinny That's where aw've been maw bonny lamb!
Captain Bover- In: Captain
Bover - But daurna come ashore For Bover and his gang.
Th' braiksmin - ran the cages
in The Row Between the Cages Th' braiksmin browt thim buaith
te bank, th' mischeef for te sattil,
Thae
fit frae five o'clock te six, en th' paitint won th' battle.
It
teuk th' braiksmin half e shift te clag thim up wi plaistors.
Wor
aud caige sent hees noatece in, but just te vex th' maistors.
Jackie Broon -a bellman or
crier. in: The Blaydon Races - Aa saa him takkin' ti some
cheps an them he was persuadin'
To
gan an see Geordy Ridley's show in the Mechanics Hall at Blaydon.
Adam Buckham- In: Adam
Buckham O'- O, Adam Buckham,O,
Wiv
his bow legs.....And Adam gans aboot Gethering in the news (More
in Song)
Mrs Burnett- In: The Trimdon
Grange Explosion- Let's think of Mrs Burnett, once had snos but now
has none-
By
the Trimdon Grange explosion, Joseph, George and James are gone.
Cushie Butterfield - In:
Cushie
Butterfield- Her name's Cushie Butterfield
An
she sells yella clay
An
her cousin's a muckman
An
they call him Tom Gray.
(chorus)
She's
a big lass
She's
a bonny lass
An
she likes her beer
An
I call her Cushie Butterfield
An
I wish she was here. (see song for more description)
Andrew Carr - In: Andrew
Carr - As I went to Newcastle, my journey was not far,
I
met a jolly sailor lad, his name was Andrew Car. (More in song)
Bob Carr In:The Horrid
War i' Sangyet Bob Carr gat help
fre the "Barley Mow;"
Moor
put his Steam Boat cheps i'tow,
An'
a' wes war in Sangyet.
Joan Carr- In:L Swalwell
Hopping "Bald-pyet Joan Carr
Wad
hav a bit spar,
To
help his marrows away wid, O,
Celebrated Working Man- In:
Celebrated
Working Man- I'm a celebrated working man from work I never shirk,
I
can hew more coals than any man from Glasgow down to York.
Cockneys- In: Canny Newcastle
Aw
knaw that the Cockneys crake rum-gum-shus chimers.
In: The Newcastle and London Boat Race- And the Cockneys brave crew
be completely beat hollow.
and...And
the Cockneys confess when for London they start,
That
the sons of Newcastle tho' homely and plain,
Are
the pride of the lasses the stars of the main.
Jen Collin- In: Swalwell Hopping An' Geordy thou'd Jen Collin, O;
Cupid - In: Newcastle
Beer Take a cordial of this, 'twill probatum prevail,
And
drive the cur Cupid away from your breasts;
Candyman - In: Cushie
Butterfield- candyman's trumpet
Canny Hinny - In: Maw Canny Hinny
Canny Man- In: Shews
the way to Wallington O canny man, O shew me the way to
Wallington,
Charlton (Bob) - In: The
Cat Pie -But Coxon an' Charlton went oot for te try
Te
catch an awd cat for te muaik them a pie
Geordie Charlton- In: Byker
Hill Geordie
Charlton he had a pig
He
hit it with a shovel and it danced a jig
All
the way to Walker Shore
To
the tune of Elsie Marley -
Mary Clark - Keep Your
Feet Still Geordie Hinny An' I prest her heavin' breast to mine
when walsin' roond the room
That's
more than I dare ever do before.
Mistress Clark In: Keep't
Dark- AUD Mistress Clark
wes fond'o clash,
She
lik'd te hear her tung.
Clark's In:The
Horrid War i' Sangyet Bill
Jonsin's a croo an' Clark's wis there,
An'
Knight's an Lumley's pack fowt sair;
Jem
Frame's boold fre the Cassel Square,
Wi'
Blowor's Blacks an' mony mair,
Cobbler - In: The
Bonny Gateshead Lass- and her brother he's a cobbler in the high
part of the town.
Coffee Johnny- in: The Blaydon Races- had a white hat on, yelled out "Whe stole the cuddy"
Collingwood - In: The Newcastle and London Boat Race - On the topmast of fame long has Collingwood stood,
Collier - In: The Collier Swell- A collier I was by trade, I have chang'd as you may tell sir,
Blithe Comus- In: Newcastle
Beer was plac'd
To
guide the gay feast,
Coombes- In: The Newcastle
and London Boat Race- Coombes, Newell, and Parish, the pride of the
Thames,
Have in many boat races
exalted their names;
Coo(s) - The Lambton Worm
milked a dozen of them In: The Lambton Worm.
In: The Gallowgate Lad -When
his granfethur bowt him a coo
Coxon- In: The Cat Pie
-But Coxon an' Charlton went oot for te try
Te
catch an awd cat for te muaik them a pie
Crowley's crew - In:Swalwell
Hopping Tuff canna cum up
wi' Crowley's crew,
Nor
thump the tune se roundly, O.
and...Can
they de owse wi' Crowley's crew,
Frev
a needle tiv an anchor, O.
squintin' Dan - In:The
Horrid War i' Sangyet -An' squintin' Dan an' Ted Mac Cowl
Myet
priest an'byeuk an' styeul to rowl
I'
th' muck an' clarts o' Sangyet.
Winalaton Dan- In:Swalwell Hopping - But Winalaton Dan laid him flat wiv a styen,
Dandy- In: Celebrated Working Man- At puttin I'm a dandy, I hope you will agree,
Davy- In:Swalwell Hopping
- So we doon'd byeth him an' Davy, O.
Meg Dawson- In: Jack's Listed i' the Ninety-Ite Oh what's the metter wi' ye, Meg Dawson?
My Dearie - In: My Dearie
Sits Ower Late Up; Or, My Bonnie Bay Mare and I -My dearie sits ower
late up,
My
hinney sits ower late up,
deevil - In: The Collier's
Rant We met wi' the deevil, it was i' th' dark;
Aw
up wi' mi pick, it being i' the neet,
Aw
knock't off his horns, likewise his club-feet.
In: Back in Durham Gaol- The devil was the man that came to
tempt me.
"Cause
in no time, me life was one of crime,
In: The De'il Stick The Minister The De'il Stick The
Minister
Dermitt- In:The
Horrid War i' Sangyet Nell Prood chuckt up her three-legged
An'
lyed it into Dermitt's skull; styeul
An'
Dorty Peg worl'd roond her shyeul,
hopper-hipp'd Dick- In: Swalwell Hopping -An' hopper-hipp'd Dick a' yellow, O;
Dick the Trapper - In: XYZ
at Newcastle Races Set Dick the trapper for some syep,
We'll
suin wesh a wor faces,
Doctor - In: Newcastle
Beer - Here's shelter and ease,
No
craving for fees,
No
danger--no Doctor--no Bailif is near!
Your
spirits this raises,
It
cures your diseases,
There's
freedom and health in our Newcastle Beer.
Nan Dods- In: The
Horrid War i' Sangyet Nan Dodds an' me an' Mettor Jack
Wis
stannin' be the preechor's back;
Says
aw, "Ye thunderin' Irish pack,
Dor
ye start yor gam' i' Sangyet?"
Doefoot- In: Joey Jones - Doefoot got a nasty kick,
Dowter- In: Be Kind te me Dowter
Doyle- In: Joey Jones
- Doyle heard Tom Aldercroft say
Aw
dare lay a fiver that
Dressmaker- In: The Bonny Gateshead Lass - Now she was a dressmaker and we got on so well together,
Molly Dunn - In: Molly
Dunn - Twes at the last October Fair, Aw furst saw Mally Dunn
Her
bright blue eyes and yellow hair me fancy fairly wun;
She
luckt the queen ov a' the queens that seem'd sa happy there.
Billy Dunn - In: throo
Drinkin' Bitter Beer -Says Billy Dunn, " Aw'll ne mair sing
In
praise o' bitter beer,
Dyer-In: The Sandgate
Lass's Lament- I Thought to marry a Dyer
To
dye my apron blue;
Family- In: The Collier Swell - O my family is a vulgar set tho' they have clothes in fashion,
fatha (er) - A.K.A.
Daddy When the Boat comes in/Dance to thy Daddy drunk
- he cannat stand. In: Come You Not from Newcastle:
My
father, once his true friend,
Now
spurns him from the door;
In: Four Pence a Day My father was a miner and lived down in the
town
Twas
hard work and poverty that always kept him down
Fether- In: Ne Wark -Me fether lucks dull, tho he strives te luck glad,
Fiddler(s)- In: The Bonny Gateshead Lass - her mother's, father's, cousin was a fiddler on the shore.
In: Swalwell Hopping - When quite dyun ower the fiddlers went,
Bowld Paddy Finn- In: The Horrid War i' Sangyet Bowld Paddy Finn set up a howl
Johnny Fife- In: Maw Canny Hinny-Then aw went to the Casel Garth and ca'd on Johnny Fife;
Ned Fish - In: The
Horrid War i' Sangyet Ned Fish's heroes myed a push,
An'
blackt the boys i' Sangyet,
Foaks- In: The Gallowgate Lad- But wi' foaks gyen--keep quiet thor faillins,
Foreman- In: Ne Wark- Where Call back agyen is the foreman's remark;
Forriners- In: The Strike -Then the Forriners strenght 'ill be shaken
Jem Frame's- In:The Horrid
War i' Sangyet Bill Jonsin's a croo an' Clark's wis
there,
An'
Knight's an Lumley's pack fowt sair;
Jem
Frame's boold fre the Cassel Square,
Wi'
Blowor's Blacks an' mony mair,
Aud Frank- In: Swalwell
Hopping - Gleed
Will cried "Ma-a, up lap aud Frank,
An'
Robin that marry'd his dowter, O;
Gallowgate Lad - In:
The Gallogate Lad - Friend of Meggy Bensin Aw's greetin for
Jack, that's me luver,
Maw
bonny bit Gallowgate Lad!
.......striker
at Stivvisin's Factry,
Gaylad - In: Joey Jones-
He was beaten by the Jim,
Hadlow,
that belangs Gaylad,
Cristy Gee - In: Maw Canny Hinny Cummin' alang the Brig agyen, aw met wi' Cristy Gee;
gentlemen- In Elsie Marley-
who go so fine
They'll
treat her with a bottle of wine
Geordie -
Who is a Geordie- The definitive
answer to the question of ages.
Source: The New Geordie
Dictionary
ed. Frank Graham (a good
source!)
The origin of the word Geordie has been
a matter of much discussion and controversy. All the explanations
are fanciful and not a single piec of genuine evidence has ever been produced.
For many years I have been trying to ascertain the frist time the word
was used, hoping thereby to find some cule as to its origin. The
first record of its use that I have found was in 1823. The speaker
was the famous local comedian, Billy Purvis, who had set up his booth at
the Newcastle Races on the Town Moor. He had, however, a competitor.
A well known showman had erected his tent nearby and had emplouyed a young
pitman called Tom Johnson to act the part of the calwn. This incensed
Billy purvis who engaded in a personal tirade against his rival.
Hearing that he had sold his furniture and left his wife to become a clown
Billy cried out.
Ah, Man Wee but a feul wad hae sold off
his furniture and left his wife. Noo yor a fair doon reet fuel, not an
artificial feul like Billy Purivs! Thous a real Geordie! gan man an hide
thyself gan an get thy picks agyen. Thou may de for the city but never
for the west end o' wor toon.
From this account we can see clearly that
in 1823 Geordie was a fool. The explanation is obcious. In 1788 George
III who was a very unpopular monarch became insane andalthough he recovered
for a while his son (later George IV ) had to be made Regent in 1811 and
continued to perform that office until the insane monarch died. George
IV was also unpopular. His extravagance, his love of pleasure and his promiscuity
were notorious. When he became king in January 1820 he started proceedings
to divorce his wife Caroline. All those who disliked the Hanoverian
monarchy united to defend her. IN 1820 there was a gigantic demonstration
in Newcastle in support of the Queen.
We can understand therefore tow the word
Geordie was a term of abuse and was linked with idocy. In the 19th
century (and much later) the middle class of Newcastle disliked and feared
the mining community and they probably used the word Geordie as a terem
of abuse when they rreferred to pitmen, and the word became linked to them.
IN England many people try to forget any disagreeable characteristics of
their monarchs as quickly as possible. When the early Hanoverians
passed away Geordie gradually ceased to be an insulting word and eventually
was accepted as a friendly term when applied not only to pitmen but anyone
who lived in this area. so in a little over fifty years a term of
abuse became an accepted name when eht insane George III from whom the
word was derived had been forgotten.
Some other input from the
newsgroup faq-uk.local.geordie
1. What's A Geordie?
Where and what
They're located approximately between the
rivers Tweed and Tyne, plus a hinterland stretching south towards the river
Wear. Tribal
variants include border rievers, Wearsiders,
pityakkas and sheepshaggas, together with the inhabitants of Sunderland
(called Makems),
some of whom feel they're an entirely
different species.
Regardless of variation, though, many who
have Internet access are involved in uk.local.geordie, and those who aren't,
subscribe to
uk.local.county-durham and some even further
afield to uk.local.teesside, two recently started spinoff newsgroups. Geordie
identity is a
complex phenomenon, and the topic is discussed
most months- this last one being no exception, when we had a go at other
regional
identities too: "What's a Scouser, Cockney
or Panhaggerty?" Maybe, as "KellyNet" suggested, it might even be related
to what we eat.
On the one hand there are Geordie Exiles
all over the world; while on the other, as it says in Todd's Geordie Words
and Phrases, "there
are those born and bred in Newcastle and
the immediate vicinity to whom the term 'Geordie', when applied to them,
is anathema". Who
knows: as internet access grows, perhaps
newsgroup choice will provide the definitive statement: you're a Geordie
if your favourite
newsgroup is uk.local.geordie, and a Wearsider
who feels distinct from a Geordie if ye gan tee uk.local.county-durham?
Chris Rockliffe's
enquiry about why a uk.local.northumberland
newsgroup hasn't emerged yet is interesting in this context.
In the meanwhile, again from Todd: "a Geordie
is one who regards himself as such." Does that make Ellis Windham a Geordie,
when she
writes: "I am an American who had Geordieness
gradually thrust upon me. I've never heard any language or dialect so directly
speak to
my own soul--felt as if I were hearing
my mother tongue, so to speak, which is a neat trick because my Mom's from
New Jersey USA and
Dad was from Brooklyn New York USA?" Probably
not: a period of residence is probably de rigeur; nevertheless, maybe we
should think
of reviving the idea of "Honorary Geordie",
as we discussed last year? Canny lass Ellis.
2. What Of Their History; And Why "Geordie"?
Many newcomers ask about the origin of
the name, and receive varying answers each month. This time, some details
pertaining to two of
the common explanations. The first is
by Chris Rockliffe, and follows immediately below. The second is by Jeff,
who offers the comment
that most of these explanations are apocryphal,
and offers an alternative version which is equally so, in the best tradition
of Scott
Dobson.
Chris:
The origins of the term 'Geordie' as a
nickname for George are Scottish. Likewise, the first common usage of the
term 'geordies' to describe
the citizens of Newcastle - are also of
Scottish origin.
Newcastle was attacked, surrendered and
occupied for 3 years by a Scottish army from 1644-47 and again in 1648-49.
In 1644 they
deliberately paralysed the coal industry,
on which London and the South East relied for cooking, heating and which
the NE relied for its
living etc. More than a thousand collier
brigs were tied up under guard and the river at Tynemouth was guarded by
armed 'Scottish'
vessels. The 1000+ keel boats which ferried
coal from upstream collieries down to Jarrow were also redundant. Charles
I, who finally fled
to Newcastle and was held prisoner there
again by the Scots, was eventually handed over in return for what now would
be many millions
of pounds. Charles was taken to London
and later executed and the Scottish army retreated back to Scotland. But
the citizens of
Newcastle - particularly the keelmen and
the miners on both sides of the river - never forget and never forgave
those Scottish army
Presbyterian zealots and their vicious
antics. That occupation of Newcastle changed - without doubt - the face
of English history.
In circa 1688-1690, the first failed Jacobite
Rebellion (Claverhouse), and the later Glencoe Massacre, fostered a new
generation of
Scottish Jacobites. After the Act of Union
in 1707 which put a political line under the Stuart claims, Jacobite support
mushroomed, and
spread into Northumberland's petty aristocracy
too. Among the Jacobite movement's names for George I were 'Wee Geordie
of Hanover',
'The wee German Lairdie' and 'The Wee
German Geordie'. - these names, among others much more vulgar, were immortalised
in their many
political songs. (Scottish folk music
is full of them) In 1715, 'The Old Pretender' (the Stuart heir) arrived
in Scotland from France to build
up an army to take on George I.
There was support in Northumberland, but
little or none in Newcastle - the first major English city and a prime
target again. Stories of the
atrocities committed by that Scottish
army two generations earlier, had been passed down among Tynesiders. The
keelmen were a
powerful lobby and anti-Scottish to the
hilt - for reasons outlined earlier. They saw to it that no Jacobite support
grew in the town and
there were many beatings of suspected
Jacobite sympathisers on the streets of the town. An extra garrison of
Hanoverian soldiers were
sent to Newcastle and the incredibly strong
city walls were prepared for attack. The Scottish and English Jacobites
started referring to
the citizens of Newcastle as 'George's
men' or 'Wee Geordie's men'. That attack never came, the 2nd Jacobite rebellion
fizzled out, 'The Old
Pretender' went back to France and the
leading Northumbrian contingent were executed or fled.
The Jacobites didn't go away. By 1745,
the 'Old Pretender's son 'The Young Pretender', Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie
Prince Charlie)
also came over from France intending to
do to George II, what his father had failed to achieve with the George
I - Wee Geordie of
Hanover. The third and final Jacobite
rebellion was now underway. From Glenfinnan he marched on Edinburgh, failing
to take the Castle
and setting up at Hollyrood Palace. Newcastle's
walls and city gates were prepared for battle and mounted with cannon in
readiness. The
Pilgrim Gate, Newgate, Sallyport and Pandon
Gates were walled-up, (creating huge inconvenience).
The citizens formed a militia to strengthen
the army numbers, arming themselves with anything they could find. They
were now calling
themselves 'Georges Men' and as a rebuttal
to the Jacobites, they adopted the term 'Geordies'. Charles' 5000-strong
army marched down
through Northumberland until they got
to about Morpeth, grabbing food, livestock and allegedly the odd woman
or two as the fancy
took them. General Wade's Newcastle garrison
tried to chase after them, heading for Hexham, but got their cannon bogged
down in the
mud and had to give up the chase. (That's
why the 'military road' was built by Wade a year later, ironically using
stone from Hadrian's
Wall in the foundations - built to keep
out the Scots 1700 years earlier).
Newcastle was not attacked. Thinking better
of it, Charles ordered his army west and over to Carlisle where they attacked
that town and
then Preston, eventually reaching Manchester
where they hoped to gather support locally as well as from Irish and Welsh
contingencies. No support was forthcoming.
Liverpool was firmly Hanoverian too. Eventually he reached Derby and shagged
out as
they now were, he ordered them back to
Scotland. (Cumberland's forces were just moving out from Lichfield where
they were stationed.)
Charles came back up the west coast with
his army.
A couple of months later Cumberland's forces
crossed the old Tyne bridge (the old one with the houses on it) on his
way up to what
would become the infamous Battle of Culloden.
As he drove with his army through the town to their billet on the Town
Moor and past
the ecstatic waving crowds, he was taken
aback with the response. The keelmen again were out in force to add their
support. Why were
they cheering him so avidly?, he enquired.
"These are the 'Geordies' Sir", he's reputed to have been told. The term
'Geordies' was now
firmly on the NE map.
With King Georges I, II, III, and then
IV, many boys were christened George and nicknamed 'Geordie'. In 1812,
there was a huge gas
explosion at the Felling Pit - killing
93 people. A local vicar, Rev. Hodgson wrote to the local and National
press pleading for someone to
find a solution. Two men took up the challenge.
One was an eminent London scientist, Humphrey (later Sir) Davy, and a local
mining
engineer (later father of the railways)
George (later Sir) Stephenson.
Davy conducted experiments at Hebburn Colliery,
while Stephenson worked not far away at Killingworth Colliery. Both men
came up
with similar safety lamp solutions. However
Stephenson had his in production and in daily use - down the pits themselves
- before Davy.
When Davy got the accolades and Knighthood
for his life saving invention, N.E. miners were quite rightly incensed.
In true geordie
fashion, they boycotted the 'Davy Lamp'
as it was called, and insisted on using the Stephenson lamp, which they
christened the 'Geordie
Lamp'. This furore got national press
coverage and further strengthened the use of 'Geordie' as a generic nickname
for Tynesiders.
We then had in the 20th century King George
V. and VI to further popularise the name George and its associated NE nickname
Geordie -
already very very popular on Tyneside.
There were also other famous Geordies such as Geordie 'Geordie' Ridley
in the 1860's, who wrote
'The Blaydon Races' amongst other famous
NE songs.
Jeff writes from North Shields:
The origin of the Geordie Nation can be
traced back to North Shields 1202, at this time there was a local family
living on the land that
would in hundreds of years time become
known as the Ridges (perhaps better known as the Meadowell which was made
famous some
years back when they decided to have bona
night a bit early). This family had 9 kids and one of them named George
was coming up to
his 18th birthday and told his parents
that he wanted to become a fisherman and as such would build a small boat
and a house down on
the banks of the Tyne... So George (known
to his mates as Geordie) went ahead and built his boat and house, at that
time there was no
other properties on the banks so this
part of Shields quickly became known as Geordies. Over the years and with
prosperity Geordie got
married and had 11 kids of his own and
naturally as time went by they set up home in different parts of North
Tyneside and when they
were ever asked, "who are you", they would
reply "we're Geordies kids" and as dad (Geordie) was well known on Tyneside
this would let
people know who they were. I'm sure you
can then see that this in Geordie translates as "wa Geordies lyke", and
it was not long before
every one from Shields/Tyneside became
known as Geordies.
In:Keep Your Feet Still
Geordie Hinny
In: Verse on Durham Gaol - and Geordy said "'Tis Parliament
with the Geordies gone away"
Geordie- (the King) In:
Canny Newcastle- Ah hinnies! oot cam' the King
while we wor there,
His
leuks seem'd to say--"Bairns, be happy;"
Sae,
doon o'my hunkers aw set up a blare,
For
God to preserve him frae Nappy;
For
Geordie aw'd dee--for my loyalty's trig,
An'
aw own he's a guid luikin' mannie;
Geordie Black- In: Geordie
Black- Ma name is Geordie Black, aa'm gettin' very aad
Aa've
hewed tons of coal in me time.
George- In: The Trimdon
Grange Explosion- Let's think of Mrs Burnett, once had snos but now
has none-
By
the Trimdon Grange explosion, Joseph, George and James are gone.
Gew-Gaw- In: The Collier
Swell- I used to go with low-bred chaps, and talk to every gew-gaw,
Dr. Gibbs - Some of the injured went to him in: The Blaydon Races
Girls - In: Till the Tide
Comes In- How the girls did grieve that the tide was in,
But
we promis'd them to meet again
At
a future time when the tide was in.
Green Cuffs- Dol-li-a Military regiment
Dolly Green- In: Keep't
Dark There's Dolly Green that dorly slut
That
leeves alang the yard
Jim Green - from: Keep Your Feet Still Geordie Hinny- I dremt Jim Green had left the toon an' left his luv to me
Greet Tom In: Swalwell Hopping Greet Tom was there, wi' Hepple's and coat,
Nancy Grey - Billy Boy Friend of Billy's
Geordie - "Canny" In: Here's
the Tender Coming.
In: Swalwell Hopping An' Geordy thou'd
Jen Collin, O;
Geordie Hinny- Keep Your
Feet Still Geordie Hinny Wor Geordie and Bob Johnson both lay
in just one bed,
In
a little lodgin' hoose that'sdoon the shore,
Geordy Hall - In: Keep't
Dark - Aw wnunder what myeks Geordy Hall
Se
fond o' beer an' spres?
Tom Gray- In: Cushie Butterfield
cousin of Cushie: A muckman.
Granfethur- In The Gallowgate Lad When his granfethur bowt him a coo
Granmuther- In: The Gallowgate Lad -Me granmuther says it's not reet;
Grocer- In: The Bonny Gateshead Lass - She mentioned confidentially that her uncle was a grocer
Hawkie- In:Ca' Hawkie through the water -Hawkie is a bonny coe,
Hedgehog- In: The Hedgehog Pie- But they at a whole hedgehog, some bacon an' coo.
Hercules - In: Newcastle
Beer - The horrible crew
That
Hercules slew,
Were
Poverty---Cahumny--Trouble-- and Fear;
The Hexhamshire Lass- In:
The Hexhamshire Lass- Her petticoat is silk,
And
plated rondwith siller,
Her
shoes are tied with tape;
She'll
wait till I go till her.
hinny(s) - In: Canny Newcastle:
Ah
hinnies! oot cam' the King while we wor there, and, Aa hinnies! aboot us
the lasses did loup,
In: Captain Bover- Where hes' te' been, maw canny hinny?
In: Felton Loonin - I'd rather loss a' the kye than loss my hinny,
and- Fair faced is my hinny, his blue eyes are bonny,
His
hair in curl'd ringlets hung sweet to the sight;
Jack - In: The Cat Pie - Thae knew thit Jack alwis had plenty i meat
In: Jack's Listed i' the Ninety-Ite - Jack's Listed i' the Ninety-Ite
Jack the Keyside Clerk- In:
Keep't
Dark- Last neet aw catch'd her (Dolly Green) on the stairs
Wi'
Jack the Keyside Clerk;--
Gyetside Jack In:Swalwell
Hopping Then Gyetside Jack,
Wiv's
bloody back,
Wad
dance wi' goggle-eyed Molly, O;
Mettor Jack - In: The
Horrid War i' Sangyet Nan Dodds an' me an' Mettor Jack
Wis
stannin' be the preechor's back;
Says
aw, "Ye thunderin' Irish pack,
Dor
ye start yor gam' i' Sangyet?"
Mistress Jackson- In :Keep't
Dark- Fat Mistress Jackson likes te clash
Lang
Jinnie likes her ways,
little Jacky - When the
Boat comes in/Dance to thy Daddy The one that will get a fishie on
a little dishie when the boat comes in.Me and little Jacky'd
Better
off be dead In: Here's the Tender Coming.
Jenny's Jacky- In: Swalwell
Hopping -The hat was won
By
carrot-pow'd Jenny's Jacky, O.
Jacob In XYZ at
Newcastle Races - An' little Jacob broke his nose
The
brass aw've getten at the race
Will
buy a patch for Jacob's face
Jackson In: Joey Jones - An Jackson almost crazed;
Jade- In: The Collier Swell- And what do you think of the ignorant jade, she would get on a-stride sir.
James- In: The Trimdon
Grange Explosion- Let's think of Mrs Burnett, once had snos but now
has none-
By
the Trimdon Grange explosion, Joseph, George and James are gone.
Jane - In:Wor Nannys a
Mazer Te gan te the toon te buy some claes for wor
little Billy and Jane:
Jemmy- In: XYZ At
Newcastle Races- Smash! Jemmy, let us buss,
We'll
off an' see Newcassel races,
Jew- In: The Row upon
the Stairs- The eer-rings ye gat frae the Jew on tick the tuthor day
The Jim - In: Joey Jones-
He
was beaten by the Jim,
Hadlow,
that belangs Gaylad,
Jimmy - In: XYZ At Newcastle
Races But the noise
seun myed poor Jimmy start
He
thowt ' twas time to gan to wark,
For
pick an' hoggers roar'd oot he,
Lang Jinnie - In :Keep't
Dark- Fat Mistress
Jackson likes te clash
Lang
Jinnie likes her ways,
Draper Jim In- Keep't
Dark They say she's (Mary Smith) thick wi' Draper Jim,--
He's
not up te the mark,--
Joan- In: XYZ at Newcastle
Races
Next up amang the shows we gat,
Where
folks a' stood i' flocks, man,
To
see a chep play Bob and Joan
Upon
a wooden box, man;
Bella Jones - In: Keep't
Dark - There's Bella Jones that leeves next door,
Got
Bessie Thompson's shawl,
Joey Jones- In: Joey Jones-
Its
all aboot young Joey Jones
He
wun the Northumberland Plate,
Joe - In: The Gallowgate
Lad The Narator- Ye'll knaw him, Joe issn't he hansum?
As
clivor a lad as ye'll see,
Buckle -Mouithed Jock- In:
Swalwell
Hopping - What
a fyece, begock!
Had
buckle-mouthed Jock,
When
he twin'd his jaws for the baccy, O.
Sir John - "bowld" executioner of the Lambton worm In: The Lambton Worm
Johnnie- sae leish,
sae blighe, sae bonny (The Keel Row) He wears a blue bonnet and is a keelboat
"lad"
he has a dimple on his chin and is foremost 'mang the mony keel lads.In:
The
Collier's Rant- Follow the horses, Johnny my laddie,
Follow them throo, my canny
lad, oh!
In: My Dearie Sits Ower Late Up; Or, My Bonnie Bay Mare and I -Hey!
Johnnie, come hame to your mairn,
Hey!
Johnnie, come hame to your bairn,
Hey!
Johnnie, come hame to your bairn,
In: Narvis Johnny Wor Johnny's se narvis se narvis wi drink,
Coffee Johnny- Coffee Johnny
was the nickname of John Oliver who lived in Winlaton.
He was a very tall man (6
foot) who always wore a white top hat and had the
reputation of attending
every funeral held in Winlaton. He was a member of the
Winlaton Brass band.
He was also a prize fighter
and appeared very often at Hedley (spelling ?)
where he was very popular
and won many fights with his big hands.
No one seems to know why
"Coffee" -- but every one had a nick name in
those days. He is
said to have hands the size of a leg of mutton. Johnny once saved
the life of Lord
Ravensworths Daughter (she
had been thrown by her horse into a bog
whilst hunting with the
hounds). As a result Lord Ravensworth awarded
Johnny a sovereign each
time he saw him in recognition. It is said
that Johnny's trade was
that of a Black Smith but it appears that he
did anything but that trade.
Indeed , Johnny appears to have been a
Black Smith during the week
and a Toff at weekends. Johnny died in
Blyth and is buried in St
Paul's Churchyard in Winlaton. -source= uk.local.geordie
John- In: The
De'il Stick The Minister He taks the gudewife by the hand,
Says,
"John, man, sit: what maks ye stand?"
Has
a' the barins at his command
He's
a holy man, the Minister.
Bill Jonsin In:The
Horrid War i' Sangyet Bill Jonsin's a croo an' Clark's
wis there,
An'
Knight's an Lumley's pack fowt sair;
Jem
Frame's boold fre the Cassel Square,
Wi'
Blowor's Blacks an' mony mair,
Bob Johnson- Keep
Your Feet Still Geordie Hinny Wor Geordie and Bob Johnson both
lay in just one bed,
In
a little lodgin' hoose that'sdoon the shore,
Mistress Johnson- In: Keep't
Dark- There's Mistress Johnson pawns her claes,
As
sure as Monday cums;
Joiner- In: The Sandgate
Lass's Lament I thought to marry a Joiner
To
make me chair and stool;
Joseph- In: The Trimdon
Grange Explosion- Let's think
of Mrs Burnett, once had snos but now has none-
By
the Trimdon Grange explosion, Joseph, George and James are gone.
The keel bullies a', Byeth-
In:Swalwell Hopping The
keel bullies a',
Byeth
greet an' sma',
Myed
a beggarly tide o' the hoppen, O.
Keel lads(ies)- Keel
boat sailors o' coaly Tyne In: The Keel Row) In: Elsie Marley
pitmen
and the keelmen trim
They
drink Bumbo made of gin
(Bumbo:
Ingredients:2 oz Dark rum
1
oz Lemon juice
1/2
tsp Grenadine
1/4
tsp Nutmeg , grated In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes,
combine
all of the ingredients. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass. )
In:The Horrid War i' Sangyet The brave keel-laddies tyeuk their
turn
Keel Man- In: The Sangate
Lass's Lament- But last I married a keel man,
And
my good days are done.
He's
an ugly body, a bubbly body,
An
ill-faur'd ugly loon,
Keesyde Cheps- In:
The Horrid War i' Sangyet Let's proove us Keeside cheps is doose
The
conkerin' bleyds o' Sangyet.
King -
In: Canny Newcastlle- Ah hinnies! oot cam' the King while we wor
there,
His
leuks seem'd to say--"Bairns, be happy;"
Sae,
doon o'my hunkers aw set up a blare,
For
God to preserve him frae Nappy;
Kingey- In: The Hedgehog
Pie- With Kingey an' Barbor they aalways made free;
Every
time they went they were hungry an' dry.
Knights, Troop of- Joined by Lambton which then went to Palestine Where queer things him befel, In: The Lambton Worm
Knights
In:The Horrid War i' Sangyet Bill Jonsin's a croo
an' Clark's wis there,
An'
Knight's an Lumley's pack fowt sair;
Jem
Frame's boold fre the Cassel Square,
Wi'
Blowor's Blacks an' mony mair,
Kye- In: Felton Lonnin' The kye's come hame, but I see not my hinny,
Laddie- In: Wedding O'
Blyth They
always come in the night,
And
steal the laddie away.
Laddie - In: My Dearie
Sits Ower Late Up; Or, My Bonnie Bay Mare and I- My laddy sits ower
late up,
Betwixt
the pint pot and the cup. and - My laddy is never the near,
Lads O' Tyne Side- In: Canny
Newcastle - Lads o' Tyne side
Are
the Jacks 'at maek famish wor Navy.
Lambton lads - In: Elsie Marley they : mun pay for that ( her velvet cap)
Young Lambton- In: The
Lambton Worm: One
Sunday morn young Lambton
Went
a-fishin' in the Wear;
An'
catched a fish upon his huek,
Landlord- In: Till the
Tide Comes In - When we ask'd the landlord what to pay?
"You've
drank," says he, "nine pints of gin,"
So
we paid him the shot, for the tide was in,
In: Wor Nannys a Mazer She smashed fower chairs, an'
the Landlord com in an'
he
sez "What the deuce is the matter".
In: Sally Gee - And then next morn the landlord appeared and he hoyed us through the door.
In: Celebrated Working Man- The landlord here would sooner pull
beer than go to all the bother
To
put up the ventilators in the bar room.
Landlady's Sister- In: The
Hedgehog Pie - The landlady's sister made up a pie-crust,
With
the best of beef-fat an some dumplin dust;
lass (es)(ie) - girls, they
sing while hinnys generally work
In:
Dol-li-a The lassies lost there crinolines
and veils that hide their faces -
In
The Blaydon Races. A Tune for a piper In: Byker Hill- The
Bonny lass of Byker Hill.
In:
Canny Newcastle- Aa hinnies! aboot us the lasses did loup,
In:
Shew's The Way to Wallington I have a lassie, beside,
that winna give o'er her walloping, and I've a lass,
forbye,that
I
canna keep frae walloping,and...Now my dear lassie i'll see, for I'm
on my way to
Wallington.
In:
Sally Gee - 'm fond of the lass that none can pass, the lass
down on the quay.
In:Swalwell Hopping The kilted lases fell tid pel-mell,
Wi'--Talli-i-o
the Grinder, O;--
In:
The Newcastle and London Boat Match- And the Cockneys confess
when for London they start,
That
the sons of Newcastle tho' homely and plain,
Are
the pride of the lasses the stars of the main.
Bonny Gateshead Lass - In:
Bonny
Gateshead Lass I'll warrant you, you've never seen me lass, her
name I cannot mention,
for
fear you'll gan and tell her how I like her so I dee! (more in song)
The Little Priest of Felton
- In: The Little Priest of Felton -He kill'd a mouse within his
house,
and
ne'er a one to help him;
Lord:
In: The De'il Stick The Minister
Gin the Lord tak' the Minister?
Left
to oursels, we ken fu'weel
In: The Collier Swell - If I give a dinner to my Lord, and bid her make a good un,
the Maiden- In: The Miller's
Wife of Blaydon- Sair she bang'd her ain gudeman
For
kissing o' the maiden.
Maisters- In: The Strike
-An' the time 'ill yit cum when greet Maisters and Wi' Maisters
that care nowt for them;
An'
if Maisters is meant to me Maisters, (other references in song)
maw winsome man- In: Captain Bover- Where hes ti' been, maw winsome man?
th' maistor(s)- The managers
or owners of the pit. In: The Row Between the Cages
In: Geordie Black- The maister hes ne pitty on aad bones.
Mare- In: Shews
the way to Wallington I've got a mare to ride, and she's
a trick o' galloping,
Elsie Marley - Alice
Marley the wife of the innkeeper at Picktree. (South of the Washington
village of Rickleton, close to the edge of the motorway near Chester le
Street) She was very popular with her customers !. In old age she
was confined to bed with a
terrible illness, and became
completely delirious. She escaped unnoticed from her sick bed
one night. `Elsie' ran across a field nearby. She fell
into a disused coalpit and drowned. The inn where Elsie worked is no longer
standing. In: Elsie Marley among other things she does she
wears a velvet cap where once she had a straw hat.
marra - In: The Collier's Rant - As me an' my marra was gannin' to wark, and As me an' my marra was puttin' the tram,
In: The Durham Lock-Out -The miner and his marra too, each morning
have to roam,
To
seek for bread to feed the hungry little ones at home;
marrows- In: Swalwell
Hopping Ho'way, marrows, an' aw'll tell ye, O.
Mars - In: Newcastle
Beer- Glad Mars sent to Mercury orders express,
To
summon the Deities all to a treat;
Mary - In: Be Kind te me Dowter- The daughter's name.
Drunkin Mary- In:
Keep't Dark - An' drunkin Mary locks the door,
For
fear she'll get the bums,
Masters- In: The Durham
Lock-Out- The masters have behaved unkind, as everyone will know;
Because
we won't lie down and let them treat us as they like,
Knock- Kneed Mat - In: Swalwell Hopping -There was knock-kneed Mat, wiv's purple suit,
Sir. Mattha- In: Canny
Newcastle - But if wor Sir Mattha ye'd buss iv his wig,
Be
gocks! he would just luik as canny.
Mary - Jim Green's Girl In:
Keep
Your Feet Still Geordie Hinny. An' I dremt I just had left the
church wi' Mary by my side
When
your clumsy feet completely spoilt the rest.
In:
The press gang came to Willie- I'd rather die for Mary's sake
Than
I'd put out to sea."
Ted Mac Cowl - In:The
Horrid War i' Sangyet -An' squintin' Dan an' Ted Mac Cowl
Myet
priest an'byeuk an' styeul to rowl
I'
th' muck an' clarts o' Sangyet.
wor Mayor - In: Canny
Newcastle- Aw say see, without ony malice;
Aw
own that wor Mayor rayther wants a new hoose,
But
then--wor Informary's a palace.
Mechanic- IN: The Strike- Ill find oot a Mechanic's ne slave!
Men- In: The Strike -Let them find thor's Men meant to be Men!
Men O' War - What the tender is full of In: Here's the Tender Coming
Mercury - See Mars above
the Miller - In:
The Miller's Wife of Blaydon Yet aye the miller sings and swears,
Though
kissing he'd had plenty,
For
one kiss o' that bonny mouth
He'd
freely give up twenty
The Miller's Wife of Blaydon-
In: The Miller's Wife of Blaydon - Sair she bang'd her ain gudeman
For
kissing o' the maiden.
Millsha - In: The Gallowgate
Lad -When he went an' join'd the Millsha,
Minister- In: The De'il
Stick The Minister The De'il Stick The Minister and...His
wife and bairns on us depend,
Tho'
our ainsels can hardly fend- (more in song)
fightin' Molinox- In: XYZ
at Newcastle Races We saw a Blackie, puffin', swettin',
Suckin'
in fresh air, man;
They
said that he could fell an ox
His
name was fightin' Molinox;
Goggle-Eyed Molly, O'- In:Swalwell
Hopping Then Gyetside Jack,
Wiv's
bloody back,
Wad
dance wi' goggle-eyed Molly, O;
Moor In:The
Horrid War i' Sangyet
Bob Carr gat help fre the "Barley Mow;"
Moor
put his Steam Boat cheps i'tow,
An'
a' wes war in Sangyet.
Thy Mother/A.K.A. Mammy -She
smokes Baccy/likes cracky..In: When the Boat comes in/Dance to
thy Daddy Here's thy mother humming,
like
a canny woman;
In:
Up the Raw- Thou bangs thy mother, maw canny bairn.
In:
Felton Lonnin- And bring to his mammy her only delight.
In:
The Bonny Gateshead Lass- She says her mother keeps a shop and
sells hot pies and
candy,
mother's, father's, cousin- In: The Bonny Gateshead Lass - her mother's, father's, cousin was a fiddler on the shore.
The Miner- In: The Durham
Lock- Out- The miner and his marra too, each morning have to roam,
To
seek for bread to feed the hungry little ones at home;
Muther - In: Be Kind to
Me Dowter- An' gox! she's like her muther, an
Her
muther is a rum un?
In: Dinnet Clash the DoorCan ye not let yor muther hev a rest?
In: Ne Wark - Me
muther smiles kindly, tho sad like the rest,
Nan (Nanny) - In: The Girl that Leeves Next Door - They call her Nan! (the Girl)
Nanny (Nan) - In:
Adam Biuckham O' Nanny carries water
In: Wor Nannys a Mazer And ay wor Nanny's a mazer an' a mazer
she remains
An'
as lang as Aa leeve Aa winnet forget the day we lost the trains.
buck-tyuthed Nan- In: Swalwell
Hopping- Aw'd buck-tyuthed Nan,
Nappy- In: Canny Newcastle-
Ah
hinnies! oot cam' the King while we wor there,
His
leuks seem'd to say--"Bairns, be happy;"
Sae,
doon o'my hunkers aw set up a blare,
For
God to preserve him frae Nappy;
slaverin Nell- In:Swalwell
Hopping -The smock was gi'en to slaverin Nell--
Ye'd
dropp'd had ye been behind her, O.
Nelson- In: The Wedding
of Blyth They pressed him far away foreign,
Wi'
Nelson ayout the salt sea.
Newell - In: The
Newcastle and London Boat Race- Coombes, Newell, and Parish, the pride
of the Thames,
Have
in many boat races exalted their names;
Nick- In:Swalwell Hopping
- But up cam Nick,
An'
gav' him a kick.
Ninety-Ite In: Jack's Listed i' the Ninety-Ite-
Number Eleven - In: Joey Jones - Number eleven was puttin up.
Ogle- Songwriter, Schoolmaster, Gateshead, author of: Lines on John Thompson, and The Pitman. (Bell)
Osborne- In: Joey Jones
- Little Osborne luiked for his Wildman,
Oyster Molly- In Till
the Tide Comes In:
My
friend hawl'd Oyster Molly in,
And
we jigg'd them about till the tide came in,
Sam, O zoons- In Swalwell
Hopping
There was Sam, O zoons,
Wiv
his pantaloons,
An'
gravat up ower his gobby, O;
'Paddy Fagan' - Song sung at Paradise in: The Blaydon Races
Papists: In:The De'il
Stick The Minister The Papists are a wicked
sect,
They
no belang the Lord's elect;
Gin
Parliament their claims accept,
Parish - In: The Newcastle
and London Boat Race- Coombes, Newell, and Parish, the pride of the
Thames,
Have
in many boat races exalted their names;
Parson - In: The Sandgate
Lass's Lament- I thought to marry a Parson
To
hear me say my paryers--
Joe Peel- In: The Cat
Pie- So in cums Joe Peel, Joe Witfield, an Bob
Like
other times thae wor ment for th' gob
Peelers- In: Jack's Listed i' the Ninety-Ite An' the Peelers mark'd him on thor beat.
Dorty Peg- In:The Horrid
War i' Sangyet Nell Prood chuckt up her three-legged
An'
lyed it into Dermitt's skull; styeul
An'
Dorty Peg worl'd roond her shyeul,
Peg- In: Queer Customs
- When wor Peg's audest bairn wes born,
they
sent for me, se merry,
pitmen - Miners. In
Elsie
Marley - pitmen and the keelmen trim
They
drink Bumbo made of gin
In: The Pitmen are not Bonny Lads- The Pitmen are not Bonny
Lads and ...If they're ever sae clean, yet they're black about the
een,
And I like the the worst o' ony, O.
In:
The Newcastle and London Boat Race- In: The Newcastle and
London Boat Race- Though our pitmen and seamen
work
harder than slaves;
papor man - In: Wor Nannys
a Mazer The papor man said he wad give hor a lift,
se we
hoisted
hor inti the trap:
Peedee, or P.D., the boy on board a keel. The crew of a keel consisted of the skipper, two bullies, and the pee-dee, who was generally a boy from twelve to fourteen years old ; hence applied occasionally to anything diminutive in size, as a peedee marble, the smallest sized boys' playing marble.
"Pedee, an ordinary foot boy, a drudge: as, 'What, must I be your pedee upon all occasions?'"—New World of Words, 1706.
" He started life a keel P.D.
Spent fifty years upon the quay ;
And now, may bliss the portion be O'Faddy."
-Thomas Wilson, A Keelman's Tribute to a Friend, 1843.
" Three o' the bullies lap oot.
And left nyen in but little Pee Dee ;
Who ran about stamping and crying—
' How l smash, Skipper, what miin a' dee ? "=The Little Pee
Dee.
Source- Richard Oliver Heslop, :Northumberland words: a glossary of words used in the county of Northumberland and on the Tyneside, 1884.
Pollis- In: The Horrid
War i' Sangyet - The pollis wad gyen doon, aw feer,
Ef
cheps like us had not been neer;
Man,
Keeyside blud's se full o' beer,
Peter Pratt - In: Maw Canny Hinny - Cummin' up the Kee aw met wi' Peter Pratt
Pawnshop Lucking Queen- In: The Row Upon the Stairs- Ye pawnshop-lucking queen!
Pony - In: Felton Lonnin O mount the old pony, seek after my hinny,
Poor Fellows- In: The Strike- Te the monny poor fellows on strike
Pope- In: The Horrid War i' Sangyet An' gie'in the Pope a canny share
Porters- The Horrid War
i' Sangyet When on the Kee-side
porters dasht;
Then
tongs went up bed powls gat smasht
An'
heeds was crackt, an' windors crasht
Potters - In: The Horrid
War i' Sangyet Wiv smiths an' potters fre the Burn;
They
cut the whiteboys doon like corn,
An'
lyed them law i' Sangyet.
Puddler - In: The Bonny
Gateshead Lass -she mentioned that her father
was
a puddler down at Hawks', oh me bonny Gateshead lass.
Prisoners- In: Durham
Gaol- Te see the prisoners in the yard,
When
they're on exercise
Proggley- In: The Hedgehog
Pie -Detarmined te take away Proggley's life,(proggle= prickle)
Nell Prood In:The Horrid
War i' Sangyet Nell Prood chuckt up her three-legged
An'
lyed it into Dermitt's skull; styeul
Rantor Dick In:The Horrid
War i' Sangyet - As Rantor Dick preech'd fev a chair,
While
singin' oot wi' cuddy blair,
An'
gie'in the Pope a canny share
Suzie Ratcliff'e In: Keep't Dark - (Bella Jones)An borrow'd Suzie Ratcliffe's goon,
Geordy Ridley- In: The Blaydon Races- To gan an see Geordy Ridley's show in the Mechanics Hall at Blaydon.
Mary Riley- In:
Keep't Dark - An' Mary Riley starves her barins,
Te
get sic dandy claes;
Red Marines - What the tender is full of In: Here's the tender coming.
Robin- In: Footy Against the Wall - An Robin's tall and sma;
Skipper Robbin- In: Swalwell Hopping -We had wi'skipper Robbin, O;
Robin - In: Swalwell Hopping
- Gleed Will cried
"Ma-a, up lap aud Frank,
An'
Robin that marry'd his dowter, O;
Pettycoat Robin - In: Swalwell
Hopping- Then Petticoat Robin jumpped up agyen,
Wiv's
gully to marcykree huz, O;
Willy Rigg -In: Maw Canny Hinny Then cummin'oot o' Pipergate aw met wi' Willy Rigg,
Henry Robson- Songwriter.
Author of : The Tyne (1807) and Collier's Pay Week and
The
Spring. Born at Benwell near Newcastle later
moved
to Newcastle. (Bell)
James Robson- Songwriter.
Wrote: Hobby Elliott and a Satyr on Women. Stonemason, Thropton,
near Rothbury. He was leader of the
band
of the pretender's army and wrote while prisoner at Preston, Lancs.
Peggie Robson- In: Keep't
Dark -Young Peggie Robson's got her bed,
Throo
sum seducin spark;--
sailor(s)- In: Elsie Marley-
they
do call for flip In: Sandgate Lass's Lament I thought
to marry a sailor
To
bring be sugar an' tea;
In: The Wedding of Blyth But I'll have a sailor laddie,
And
dye my apron blue.
Sally Gee - In: Sally
Gee Sally- Gee I'll tell you of a nice young lass and her name is Sally
Gee...She's got a hump and she walks with stick and
she's
always good to me. ...
How
long it is since she washed herself well I'm sure I
divvent
knaa.
'Cos
she's got a face like an old spice cake, as black as
any
craa.
Sandy - In: Shews the Way to Wallington Sandy, keep on the road, that's the way to Wallington,
Tatey Sall- In:The
Horrid War i' Sangyet
Young Oyster Bet an' Tatey Sall
Got
three greet navvies gyen the wal;
Bet
prickt them wiv a cobbler's awl;
St. Agnes Crew - In: The
Newcastle and London Boat Race- Invincible long, may St. Agnes crew
reign,
Sandgate Lass- In: The
Sandgate Lass's Lament I was a young maiden truly,
And
liv'd in SandgateStreet,
I
thought to marry a good man,
To
keep me warm at neet;
Saxon haythens- In:
The
Horrid War i' Sangyet The
Paddies screem'd till a' wis bloo
"Let's
slay the Saxon haythens, noo!
Seamen- In: The
Newcastle and London Boat Race- In: The Newcastle and London Boat
Race- Though our pitmen and seamen
work
harder than slaves;
Bobby Shaftoe - In:
Bobby Shaftoe: Bobby Shaftoe's bright and fair,
Kaimin'
doon his yellow hair; (More description in song)
Bobby Shafto was a County
Durham M.P, elected in 1761, The song was used as an election jingle.
A girlfriend of Bobby Shafto, who is said to have composed the balled
is believed to have lived at Brancepeth Castle near the outskirts of Durham
City. It is said that she died of a broken heart !.
Sharpe -In: Joey Jones- An'Sharpe for Volatile
Sair Fyel'd Hinny - In: Sair
Fyel'd Hinny - Sair fyel'd hinny,
Sair
fyel'd noo,
Sair
fyel'd hinny
Sin'
I kenn'd thou.
Slaves- In: Four Pence
a Day And the little slaves come to the door to knock,
knock, knock
In: The Newcastle and London Boat Race- Though our pitmen and seamen
work harder than slaves;
Meg Smith - In: The Row upon the Stairs - Let's heh the sixpence that aw lent te treat Meg Smith wi' gin!
Smiths- In: The Horrid
War i' Sangyet Wiv smiths an' potters fre the Burn;
They
cut the whiteboys doon like corn,
An'
lyed them law i' Sangyet.
shipmate- In: Till the
Tide Comes In-
A shipmate there I chanc'd to meet;
Shoemaker In: The Shoemaker Shoemakker, leather cracker, With all his stinking, dirty water (more in song)
Mary Smith- In: Keep't
Dark- There's Mary Smith, upon the stairs,
A
wild an' rakish lass,
Sons of the Tyne - In:Newcastle and London Boat Match - sons of the Tyne
Sons of Newcastle- In: The
Newcastle and London Boat Match- And the Cockneys confess when for
London they start,
That
the sons of Newcastle tho' homely and plain,
Are
the pride of the lasses the stars of the main.
sowljor's- In: The Gallowgate Lad - Oh, his best suit o' claes is his sowljor's
Squire - In Come you Not
From Newcastle: The Squire, his boyhood's playmate,
Would fain his rival be,
Squintin Meg- In: Till
the Tide Comes In- I took in tow young sqauinting Meg,
Who
well in the dance could shake her leg;
Steam Boat Cheps-
In:The Horrid War i' Sangyet
Bob Carr gat help fre the "Barley Mow;"
Moor
put his Steam Boat cheps i'tow,
Stott- In: The Hedgehog Pie- He thowt tive hissel he wad take it to Stott.
Peggy Taft - In: Joey Jones - Sum shooted oot for Peggy Taft,
Talli-i-o the Grinder- In:Swalwell
Hopping The kilted lases fell tid pel-mell,
Wi'--Talli-i-o
the Grinder, O;--
Bessie Thompson - In: Keep't
Dark - There's Bella Jones that leeves next door,
Got
Bessie Thompson's shawl,
Jack Thomsin- In: Be Kind
to Me Dowter One neet Jack Thomsin sat beside
His
canny sweetheart's fethur,
Mistress Todd - In: The
Row upon the Stairs - Says Mistress Bell te Mistress Todd,
Ye'd
better clean the stairs!
Tom the Butcher- In: The Hedgehog Pie- Tom the butcher te suit them, soon found out a plan,
Tommy: In: When
the Boat comes in/Dance to thy Daddy Our Tommy's always
fuddling,
he's
so fond of ale,
but
he's kind to me,
I
hope he'll never fail.
In: Adam Buckham O'- Tommy Cobbles shoes,
Tommy Wear - In: Maw Canny
Hinny Meetin' Peter Pratt, we met wi' Tommy Wear,
tradesman-
In Elsie Marley - tradesman up and down
Does
call and spend his half-a-crown.
Train - In: Wor Nannys
a Mazer - Wor Nanny an' me myed up wor minds te gan an' catch the train,
Gruffy Looking Turk
In: Four Pence a Day And never a pleasant look from a gruffy looking
Turk
His
conscience it may fall and his heart it may give way
Then
he'll raise our wages to nine pence a day
Tynesiders- In: The Strike- Cum me canny Tynesiders an lissen
Underhand - In: Joey Jones-
And
some for Underhand;
Union- In: The Blackleg
Miners - Se join the union while ye may.
Don't
wait till your dyin' day,
Voltare - In: Joey Jones-
An'Sharpe for Volatile
Vulgar Folks - In: The
Collier Swell -But i'm so plagued with vulgar folks,
Walker of Durham - Broadsheet writer,publisher (See- The Collier Swell )
Washer Lad - In: Four
Pence a Day - Come me little washer lad come let's awa
We're
bound down to slavery for four pence a day
Watson- In: Joey Jones
- Then Watson fetched him here,
Mary White In: Jack's Listed i' the Ninety-Ite- Heh ye heard the news frae Mary White?
Whiteboys - In: The Horrid
War i' Sangyet Wiv smiths an' potters fre the Burn;
They
cut the whiteboys doon like corn,
An'
lyed them law i' Sangyet.
Widows- In: The Trimdon Grange Explosion- Weeping widows, helpless children may be found in many a cot.
wife(y) - In: XYZ at Newcastle
Races
But to gaur the wifey haud her tongue,
Showed
her the kelter aw had won;
She
wiv a cinder brunt her toes,
In: Wor Nannys a Mazer
He sez te me "Is this yor wife, an where de ye belang?"
In: The De'il Stick The Minister Our
wife she keeps baith beef and yell
And
tea to treat the Minister;
me little wife at hyem! In :Me little wife at hyem-The hunnmeun 'ill heh ne end wi' me little wife at hyem!
In: The Collier Swell- My wife she is the worst of all when we give
genteel dinners,
Wildman- In: Joey Jones - Little Osborne luiked for his Wildman,
Will(ie) - In: Come You
not from Newcastle And Willie madly rides away
To
sail the stormy sea.
But
spite of blame and danger,
With
Willie I will roam,
His
arm my safe defender,
His
breast my happy home.
In: The press gang came to Willie- The press gang came
to Willie,
While
he was all alone;
In: Swalwell Hopping
An' Willie, thou
Wi'
the jacket blue,
Thou
was the very bobby, O.
Joe Wilson- Songwriter
Joe Witfield- In: The
Cat Pie- So in cums Joe Peel, Joe Witfield, an Bob
Like
other times thae wor ment for th' gob
Worm, the - caught by Lambton in the Wear, was mighty queer In: The Lambton Worm.
yeoman -
In: Come You Not From Newcastle There's not a stouter
yeoman
That
treads the heath'ry moor;
Young Cuddy - In: Footy Against the Wall- Young Cuddy is a bonny lad,
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Agnes- In: The Newcastle
and London Boat Race- May the Agnes fly over the waves like a swallow,
Annick - In: The Gallowgate Lad But te Annick he's gyen wi' the sowljors
Armstrong's factory- On the way to the Blaydon Races in: The Blaydon Races
old ruined abbey -In: Cliffs of Old Tynemouth -And the old ruined abbey it ne'er shall depart:
Bakers Entry- In: Adam
Buckham O' -All in Baker's Entry,
Adam
Buckham Knows
Balmbra's - Famous Newcastle Music/Song Hall. Departure point for the Bus to the Blaydon Races from: The Blaydon Races
Bark - In: Blow the Wind Southerly. - The bark that is bearing my lover to me.
Bar room- In: Celebrated
Working Man- In the bar room, in the bar room, that's where we congregate,
To
drill the holes and fill the coals and shovel back the slate.
Bavington (Syke) In: Shews
the way to Wallington. Thro' by Bavington Hh', and in ye go to Wallington,
and O'er by Bavington Syke, the mare could'nt
trot
for galloping,
Benton Bank- In: Footy
Against the Wall - Fra Benton Bank, to Benton town,
There's
not a Pitman's raw;
Benton town- see Benton Bank above
Betty- In: Geordie Black An' aa've warked baith in the Gyuss an the Betty
Bingfield Kame- In: Shews the Way to Wallington O'er by Bingfield Kame and the banks o' Hallington,
Blaydon Toon - Across the Chine Bridge and site of the famous races in: The Blaydon Races
Blaydon Races - Famous Newcastle race. In particular the one on the 9th of June 1862 on a summer's afternoon... in: The Blaydon Races
Bridge End In: The
Bonny Gateshead Lass - Well I didn't see her for a week then one night
at the Bridge End,
I
stamped upon her gown, and the gathers they come away,
The Brig-In: Maw Canny
Hinny - Frae theree aw went alang the Brig, and- Whe tell'd
me that he saw thee standin' p____n on the Brig.
Brockwil - Coal Mine (pit) Row Between the Cages
Burn - In: The Horrid
War i' Sangyet Wiv smiths an' potters fre the
Burn;
They
cut the whiteboys doon like corn,
An'
lyed them law i' Sangyet.
Butcher Bank- In: Maw Canny Hinny - Aw went up the Butcher Bank
Byker Hill - Location of a mine. In: Byker Hill.
canny calf yaird- In:
Canny Newcastle Aw've learn'd to prefer my own canny calf yaird;
If
ye catch me mair fra't, ye'll be cunnun.
Carliol Square- In: Sally Gee- So I asked where abouts she lived and she said down Carliol Square.
Casel Garth- In: Maw Canny Hinny- Then aw went to the Casel Garth and ca'd on Johnny Fife;
Cassel Square In:The Horrid
War i' Sangyet Bill Jonsin's a croo an' Clark's wis
there,
An'
Knight's an Lumley's pack fowt sair;
Jem
Frame's boold fre the Cassel Square,
Wi'
Blowor's Blacks an' mony mair,
cheps on the Keel- In: Cushie
Butterfield- cheps
on the Keel sez
Aa's
nowt but a fyeul
Church- In: The Collier Swell - The lads when e'er they go to church, tho' we've got lots of riches,
Chevy Chase - In: Chevy
Chase God prosper long our noble king,
Our
lives and safeties all!
A
woeful hunting once there did
In
Chevy Chase befall.
Chine Bridge - on the way to the Blaydon Races- it is flown across in: The Blaydon Races
Cliffs of Old Tynemouth -
In: Cliffs of Old Tynemouth -Oh! the cliffs of old Tynemouth they're
wild and they're sweet,
And
dear are the waters that roll at their feet,
the Close- In: Adam
Buckham O'- And strite alang the Close, In: Maw Canny Hinny-
An' a' the way alang the Close as far as Mr. Mayor's.
The coaly Tyne - Main River of Newcastle a central landmark of song.
In:
Joey Jones- He was bred at Gyetshead,
He's
the pride of Coaly Tyne.
A Cockney chep - In: Canny
Newcastle - A Cockney chep show'd me the Thames druvy fyece,
Whilk,
he said, was the pride o' the nation,
collieries- In: The Durham Lock-Out - Thirteen and a half per cent, or let the collieries stand.
Collingwood Street - Street on the way to the Blaydon Races in: The Blaydon Races.
Cross Keyes- In: Maw Canny Hinny -Then back agyen te the Cross Keyes, but cuddent find thee there.
Crowley's O. - In: Swalwell
Hopping - And hear 'boot mony a funnny prank
Played
by the lads at Crowley's O.
Deckham Hall: In: Joey
Jones- He was bred at Deckham Hall,
Just
up throo the gate
delaval -
In: The Blackleg Miners- Oh, Delaval is a terrible place.
They
rub wet clay in a blackleg's face,
An'
roond the pit-heaps they run a foot
Wi'
the dorty blackleg miners.
dispensary - Some of the injured went there in: The Blaydon Races.
Dolly's O- In:Swalwell Hopping Let's a lie doon at Dolly's O,
Druid's Bay - Geordie was to hide himself till the Tender made its way there In: Here's the Tender Coming
Dun Cow- In: Maw Canny Hinny - Ca'd at the Dun Cow, but aw cuddent find thee there.
Durham- In: Durham Old
Women- As aw' was gannin' to Durham,
Aw'
met wi' three jolly brisk women;
Aw'
asked "what news at Durham?"
Durham County- In: The
Durham Lock-Out- In our Durham County I am sorry for to say,
That
hunger and starvation is increassing every day;
Durham Gaol - In: Durham
Gaol O there's ne good luck in Durham Gaol,
There's
ne good luck at aal;
In:
Back in Durham Gaol-You’ll not find me back in Durham gaol.
In: Sally Gee- And I spent six months in Durham Gaol with me clothes put into store.
F(P)elton Lonnin In: Felton
Lonnin- The Swine came jumping down Pelton Lonnin',
The
swine came jumping down Pelton Loonin',
The
swine came jumping down Pelton Lonnin',
Fethur- In: Newcassil-It's
there where me fethur lies sleepin,
Fords- IIn: The Horrid
War i' Sangyet They
cam fre Quinn's an' Simson's tee
Fra
Ford's an' hooses'lang the Kee,
Fre
Piporgyet an' Mill Entree
Foreign - Where Geordie would be pressed In: Here's the Tender Coming.
France- In: The Collier
Swell - And when I've been to London town I mean to go to France sir
To
practice two or three times a week to learn to hop and dance sir;
Gateshead - In: Cushie
Butterfield Her home.
Glasgow- In: Celebrated
Working Man- I'm a celebrated working man from work I never shirk,
I
can hew more coals than any man from Glasgow down to York.
Glaspers- In: The Newcastle and London Boat Race- May the oars of the Glaspers be pull'd well together,
Grundin Chare,-In: Maw Canny Hinny- Aw went up the Butcher Bank an' doon Grundin Chare
Gyuss- In: Geordie Black An' aa've warked baith in the Gyuss an the Betty
Gyetshead- In: Joey Jones-
He was bred at Gyetshead,
He's
the pride of Coaly Tyne.
Banks o' Hallington - In:Shews the way to Wallington O'er by Bingfield Kame and the banks o' Hallington
Hawks' - In: The
Bonny Gateshead Lass -she mentioned that her father
was
a puddler down at Hawks', oh me bonny Gateshead lass.
In: Swalwell Hopping - That day a' Hawks's blacks may
rue--
They
got monny a varry sair clanker, O;
heaven- In: Canny Newcastle
Wey,
hinny, says aw, we've a Shot toor se heer,
That
biv'it ye might scraffel to heaven;
high part of the town- In: The Bonny Gateshead Lass- and her brother he's a cobbler in the high part of the town.
High Street - In: The Bonny Gateshead Lass- her blue eyes met mine in passing, up the High Street in the morning,
Holy Stone- In: Footy
Against the Wall The Holy Stone's a holy place,
The
trees are thick and la';
Hooper's Ball - In: Keep't
Dark - Te gan te Hopper's ball,
Hume's Enry - In: Maw Canny Hinny - He tell'd me that he saw thee gannin' doon Hume's Entry.
hyem -In: XYZ at Newcastle
Races- When landed, straight off hyem aw gans
An'
thunners at the door man;
informary - You go
there to have ribs mended in: The Blaydon Races, Aw own that
wor Mayor rayther wants a new hoose,
But
then--wor Informary's a palace. In: Canny Newcastle.
Jackson's Chair- In: Maw Canny Hinny - an' up te Jackson's Chare
The Kee - In: Maw Canny Hinny Cummin' up the Kee aw met wi' Peter Pratt;
The Kitty- In: Adam Buckham
O'- If he dinna marry her
The
kitty gars him rue.
Lang Stairs- In: Adam Buckham O' It's doon the Lang Stairs, In: Maw Canny Hinny - an' doon the Lang Stairs,
Leazes- In: The Gallowgate Lad -Aw can mind hoo he wander'd the Leazes,
Lighthouse- In: Blow the Wind Southerly- I stood by the lighthouse the last time we parted,
Loosy Dens- In: The Horrid
War i' Sangyet
they
cam fre loosy dens wi' howls,
Like
harrin'-man! they they cam' i' showls,
London - In: The Collier Swell - And O I'm going up to London town to learn some genteel manners.
Lunnun - In:Canny Newcastle:
'Bout Lunnun aw'd heerd sec wonderful spokes,
That
the streets were a' cover'd wi' guineas:
The
hooses sae fine, and sec grandees the folks,
To
them huz i' th' North were but ninnies.
But
aw fand ma esel bloknk'd when to Lunnun aw gat,
The
folk they a' luik'd wishy-washy;
For
goold ye may howk till ye're blind as a bat,
An'
their streets are like wors--brave and blashy. (More desciption
in song)
and...
Dang Lunnun! wor Play-house aw like just as weel,
Manors - In: The Horrid
War i' Sangyet Wor Jack an' me to Manors tyeuk,
Mistor Mayor's- In:
Maw
Canny Hinny- An' a' the way alang the Close as far as Mr. Mayor's.
Mechanics Hall at Blaydon - In: Blaydon Races- To gan an see Geordy Ridley's show in the Mechanics Hall at Blaydon.
Mill Entree - IIn: The
Horrid War i' Sangyet They
cam fre Quinn's an' Simson's tee
Fra
Ford's an' hooses'lang the Kee,
Fre
Piporgyet an' Mill Entree
monkey shows - Part of the scene in: The Blaydon Races.
Monniment: In:
Canny Newcastle
An' then we'd a keek at the Monniment te,
Whilk
maw friend ca'd the pearl o' the City.
Wey,
hinny, says aw, we've a Shot toor se heer,
Morpeth turn - In: Joey Jones - Cumin roond he Morpeth turn,
Moor Yate- In: Footy Against
the Wall So when ye get to the Moor Yate,
Play
footy again the wa'.
Moor Lonnin- In: Footy
Against the Wall -The wife went doon the Moor Lonnin,
And
let her basket fa';
Northumberland- In: The Newcastle and London Boat Match- For the pride of our navy, Northumberland's sons
Newcastle: In:Canny Newcastle: Canny
Newcassil- In: Newcassil
-Thor's a fine little toon i' the North, lads,
That's
been a grand hyemsteed te me;
Northumberland- In: The
Durham Lock-Out- The miners of Northumberland we shall for ever praise,
For
being so kind in helping us those tyrannisisng days;
the norrard- In: Captain
Bover- Aw've been ti' the norrard, Crusing back and forrard,
Aw've
been ti' the norrard, Crusing sair and lang;
Aw've
been ti' the norrard, Crusing back and forrard,
October Fair - In: Molly
Dunn- Twes at the last October Fair, Aw furst saw Mally Dunn
Paradise - Destination in: The Blaydon Races
St. Paul's an' Westminster-
In: Canny Newcastle- We went big St. Paul's an' Westminster to see,
An'
aw warn'd ye aw thowt they luik't pretty;
Pensher Hill- Penshaw Hill In: The Lambton Worm the worm wrapped itself around the hill 7 times.
Percy Main- In: XYZ at
Newcastle Races There'll ne'er a lad
in Percy Main
Be
bet this day for five or ten;
Piper Gate- In: Maw Canny
Hinny- Then cummin'oot o' Pipergate aw met wi' Willy Rigg,
and
In : The Horrid War i' Sangyet They
cam fre Quinn's an' Simson's tee
Fra
Ford's an' hooses'lang the Kee,
Fre
Piporgyet an' Mill Entree
Play-house- In: Canny
Newcastle A shillin aw thought at the Play-house aw'd ware,
But
aw jump'd there wiv heuk-finger'd people;
wor Play-house- In: Canny Newcastle- Dang Lunnun! wor Play-house aw like just as weel,
Pub - In: Sally Gee - met her in the pub one night, it was down on the quay.
pubbilick hoose- In: Wor
Nannys a Mazer So doon we went te the pubbilick hoose,
an when we got te the door
She
sez "We'll gan inti the parlor end for Aa've niver
been
heor afore".
In: Narvis Johnny The next public hoose he cannet weel pass,
Quay - In: Sally Gee -
'm fond of the lass that none can pass, the lass down on the quay.
the Raw - In: Up
the Raw- Up the Raw, maw bonny hinny,
Up
the Raw, lass, ivvery day;
Raw's hoose- In: Sawalwell Hopping- An' shuck Raw's hoose se soundly, O;
Richmond- In: Joey Jones.
So
they sent him off ti' Richmond,
Twas
known he wasn't right,
'Robin Adair' - On the Way to the Blaydon Races in: The Blaydon Races
roondy-boot- In: Molly Dunn Or i' the roondy-boot, ne doot ye'll fettle at the Fair.
Rowland's Gill - In: Wor Nannys a Mazer But when we got to Rowland's Gill the mornin' train wes gyen,
Swalwell- In: Sawalwell Hopping- The sport we had at Swalwell, O;
Saiby Syke- In: The Hexhamshire
Lass - Through by the Saiby Syke,
And
over the moss and the mire,
Sandgate- The Keel Row
(and many many others- perhaps the most often cited place name along
with Sandgate Street- Do-lli-a. In: Cushie Butterfield Ye'll
oft see her doon at Sandgate
When
the fresh herring comes in
In: Maw Canny Hinny An' when we cam' to Sandgate it was pick
nite;
In: Till the Tide Comes In- While strolling down by Sandgate Street,
A
shipmate there I chanc'd to meet;
Scotswood Road- Road on the way to the Blaydon Races in: The Blaydon Races
Seghill - In: The Blackleg
Miners Now, don't go near the Seghill mine.
Across
the way they stretch a line,
Te
catch the throat an' break the spine
Sheel Raw - In:The Cat Pie- Thore's been a grand dinnor not far frae Sheel Raw
Shields Bar - where the Tender
was off of In: Here's the Tender Coming.
Shot toor: In: Canny Newcastle
-An' then we'd a keek at the Monniment te,
Whilk
maw friend ca'd the pearl o' the City.
Wey,
hinny, says aw, we've a Shot toor se heer,
That
biv'it ye might scraffel to heaven;
St. Jame's - In: Canny
Newcastle We trodg'd to St. Jame's, for theer the King lives,
Aw's
warn'd ye a good stare we tyeuk on't:
By
my faicks! it's been built up by Adam's aun neaves,
For
it's auld as the hills, by the leuk on't;
Saint Nicolas -
In: Canny Newcastle An' if on Saint Nicolas ye
yence cus an e'e,
Ye'd
crack on't as lang as ye're levin'. and My pockets gat rip'd and aw
heard ne mair,
Nor
aw could frae Saint Nicholas's steeple.
shakey shuggy- shoo-
In Molly Dunn -To yon great shakey shuggy- shoo that myeks foaks
stop an' stare,
Simson's - IIn: The Horrid
War i' Sangyet They cam fre
Quinn's an' Simson's tee
Fra
Ford's an' hooses'lang the Kee,
Fre
Piporgyet an' Mill Entree
Spice Staals- Part of the scene at: The Blaydon Races
Stalls- In: Molly Dunn We passed the stalls, 'aw set her hyem, tho' gan away! she said,
Stanley- In: The Cat Pie - At a place th'call Stanley for testen th'jaw
Stella- In: Swalwell Hopping - An' buck-sheen'd Bob frae Stella, O.
Stivvisin's Factry - In: The Gallowgate Lad -striker at Stivvisin's Factry,
stoby road- In: Footy
Against the Wall - The stoby road's a stoby place,
And
some o' the stobs are la'
But
still there's some that's high enough
For
footy again the wa'
Strand - In: Canny Newcastle- Than the dolls i' the Strand, or i' Wappin.
Street Gate- In: The Hedgehog Pie- Aboot a grand supper there's been at Street Gate;
Thames - In: The Newcastle
and London Boat Race- Coombes, Newell, and Parish, the pride of the
Thames,
Have
in many boat races exalted their names;
Three Bull's Heads- In: Maw Canny Hinny - The aw went into the Three Bull's Heeds, an' doon the Lang Stairs
Tom and Jerry Shops- In: The Collier Swell - Get drunk in Tom and Jerry shops and went a purring foot ball;
Toon - In:Wor Nannys a Mazer Te gan te the toon te buy some claes for wor little Billy and Jane:
Trimdon Grange- In: The Trimdon Grange Explosion- As we may learn from the explosion that has been at Trimdon Grange.
Tyneside- In: Newcassil- Aw knew aboot canny Tyneside,
Walker Shore - Mine In: Byker Hill
Wallington- In: Shew's The Way to Wallington Shew's The Way to Wallington
Wappin- In: Canny Newcastle- Than the dolls i' the Strand, or i' Wappin.
Wapping Square - In: Footy
Against the Wall - Wapping Square is a bonny place,
The
houses are but sma;
But
in them yet there's room enough,
For
footy again the wa'
Washing Rake - In: Four
Pence a Day He aimed for me to go to school, but brass he could
not pay
So
i had to go to the washing rake for four pence a day
Wear - The river Lambton went fishin in In: Lambton Worm (flows through Durham)
Whickham Bank- In: Swalwell Hopping -The sun shines warm on Whickham Bank,
a yell house- In: Canny
Newcastle So we went tiv' a yell house, and there teuk a lunch,
But
the reck'ning, my saul! was a bizon;
York - In: Celebrated
Working Man- I'm a celebrated working man from work I never shirk,
I
can hew more coals than any man from Glasgow down to York.
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