North East songs

Years ago I had a cassette with a lot of them on, never seen it as a CD and most of the tracks are by a different artist on youtube

Somewhere there’s a live version recorded at Newcastle City Hall of the Blaydon Races sung by Brannigan with the Felling Male Voice Choir, the Felling Ladies’ Choir and what sounds like the combined brass bands of the entire north east coalfield. It’s tremendous.
I would like to here that
 


The Blaydon Races. A traditional County Durham song with many a verse and a rollicking refrain. :cool:
Stottin’ doon the waal.
Geordie’s lost his liggy/penker/benker (depending where you’re from)
 
The kids are getting to an age when they like nursery rhymes and songs sung to them.

I'd like to sing them some proper Northern songs so they know their heritage and the accent before they go to school and start talking like Spurs fans.

I've got the lyrics to When the Boat Comes in off wiki, but there seem to be two versions - what's the consensus, wise SMB?

And any other other good Northern songs should I sign to them?
Your children are also Londoners ( ?) by birth, this will be their heritage.

This is a famous London song ( and children's party game):

"Oranges and lemons,
Say the bells of St. Clement's.

You owe me five farthings,
Say the bells of St. Martin's.

When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey.

When I grow rich,
Say the bells of Shoreditch.

When will that be?
Say the bells of Stepney.

I do not know,
Says the great bell of Bow.

Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
And here comes a chopper to chop off your head!
Chip chop chip chop the last man is dead."
 
There was cd series of kids versions of rock classics. My marra had the punk one. Pistols, Stranglers, Clash, Damned, Jam etc iirc. I only heard it the once and don't know if the bairns actually liked it tbh.
 
Your children are also Londoners ( ?) by birth, this will be their heritage.

This is a famous London song ( and children's party game):

"Oranges and lemons,
Say the bells of
St. Clement's.

You owe me five farthings,
Say the bells of
St. Martin's.

When will you pay me?
Say the bells of
Old Bailey.

When I grow rich,
Say the bells of
Shoreditch.

When will that be?
Say the bells of
Stepney.

I do not know,
Says the gre
at bell of Bow.

Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
And here comes a chopper to chop off your head!
Chip chop chip chop the last man is dead."
Aye but they'll learn all of that as they grow. I want them to know their heritage early on. Their dad is half mackem anarl (Grandparents from Seaham and Lumley).

It's going to be hard enough to raise them as red and whites without a) their dad's influence and b) their school mates all supporting Arsenal.

You away like ?
Opposite with mine ,slowly getting mackem speak at school with every passing day
Leave you sleep Natalie merchant has some fab old kids songs on
Away?
 
Lambton worm

My first thought!

Not entirely related but whilst we’re on the subject if anybody has heard of Alan Lomax (famous for travelling the world and making field recordings of folk music, first with his Dad and then after him - check out Land Where the Blues Began about his extensive recordings of early gospel and blues music in the Deep South in the 1930s) all his archive is online to listen to, including recordings he made in England and in the North East.

http://research.culturalequity.org/get-audio-ix.do?ix=session&id=EN51&idType=abbrev&sortBy=abc
 
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My first thought!

Not entirely related but whilst we’re on the subject if anybody has heard of Alan Lomax (famous for travelling the world and making field recordings of folk music, first with his Dad and then after him - check out Land Where the Blues Began about his extensive recordings of early gospel and blues music in the Deep South in the 1930s) all his archive is online to listen to, including recordings he made in England and in the North East.

http://research.culturalequity.org/get-audio-ix.do?ix=session&id=EN51&idType=abbrev&sortBy=abc

http://research.culturalequity.org/...=recording&id=193&idType=sessionId&sortBy=abc

Here’s some he made in Hetton in 1953
 
I don't think it's north eastern but I've just remembered giving mine a horsey and they loved it!

Sit on a chair and cross your legs. Straddle the bairn on your raised ankle and hold their hands. Bounce them up and down while singing Horsey Horsey Don't You Stop and really jiggle them on the giddy up bit.
 
I don't think it's north eastern but I've just remembered giving mine a horsey and they loved it!

Sit on a chair and cross your legs. Straddle the bairn on your raised ankle and hold their hands. Bounce them up and down while singing Horsey Horsey Don't You Stop and really jiggle them on the giddy up bit.
They like Horsey horsey but I've just been doing it in the knee. I remember doing this wih me dad so I'll try it with them later. :)
 
Aye but they'll learn all of that as they grow. I want them to know their heritage early on. Their dad is half mackem anarl (Grandparents from Seaham and Lumley).

It's going to be hard enough to raise them as red and whites without a) their dad's influence and b) their school mates all supporting Arsenal.


Away?
Live away? read the arsenal bit so the answer is aye
 
I’ve always sang to my two from the day they were born, it got a bit much at one point, lily had a playlist of 11 songs I had to sing in order each night.

Doesn’t have to be north east ones, mine used to love mary poppins stay awake when they were babies, that used to get them down fast. Danny boy is a good one too. Kids love classical stuff too, play them stuff by Celtic Women mine used to love that at bedtime.

Got them down to two to three each now, lily goes for either sweet child of mine or don’t worry be happy, and Lula Lula bye bye. Rowan loves oasis so he chooses stop crying your heart out and don’t look back in anger. He loves the doors too.
 

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