North East songs


Referred to in the previous post but it was the b side of their big hit All Because Of You which I bought.
 
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janiep said:
I'm a broken hearted keel man and I'm ower-heed in love
With young lass from Gateshead, and I call her my dove.
Her name's Cushie Butterfield and she sells yella clay,
And her cousin is a muckman and they call him Tom Gray.

SHE'S ....


A....

BIG LASS AND A BONNY LASS
And she likes her beer
And they call him Wyn Davies The Newcastle queer.
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janiep said:
I'm a broken hearted keel man and I'm ower-heed in love
With young lass from Gateshead, and I call her my dove.
Her name's Cushie Butterfield and she sells yella clay,
And her cousin is a muckman and they call him Tom Gray.

SHE'S ....


A....

BIG LASS AND A BONNY LASS
And she likes her beer
And they call him Wyn Davies The Newcastle queer.
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Right, I’ve been learning all the words to When the Boat Comes in and the boys seem to like it. Number 2 in particular loves anything musical so he enjoys it.

I found this version on YouTube and it’s lovely, along with a very nice intro.


I’m also trying to re-learn all the words to the Lambton Worm with the right accent anarl.

It’s particualrly nice because mother in law’s parents are originally from Seaham and Great Lumley (moved to Coventry in the 30s) and Mr B can remember his grandad having a Mackem accent and saying “champion” quite a lot apparently.

Cushy Butterfield next I think.
 
becs said:
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.
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Bloody hell the kids must have loved that like!

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HellsBells said:
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?
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I’m coming home Newcastle, it’s like a nivva been away.....
 
Bob Fox and Benny Graham do some good NE mining stuff – I have an album called “How Are You Off For Coals?,” which I love – would really recommend that if you can find it. They also do the Pitmen Poets stuff, which someone posted earlier, and Fox has some solo stuff (I have an album called “The Blast”). It’s good that you want to keep their heritage in mind. My kids (11 and 8) are both little Americans by birth, but they both know Farewell Johnny Miner, an old Ed Pickford song that Fox does beautifully – I used to sing/play it to them (badly) on guitar and it’s stuck with them.
 
Crayola-Kid said:
Bob Fox and Benny Graham do some good NE mining stuff – I have an album called “How Are You Off For Coals?,” which I love – would really recommend that if you can find it. They also do the Pitmen Poets stuff, which someone posted earlier, and Fox has some solo stuff (I have an album called “The Blast”). It’s good that you want to keep their heritage in mind. My kids (11 and 8) are both little Americans by birth, but they both know Farewell Johnny Miner, an old Ed Pickford song that Fox does beautifully – I used to sing/play it to them (badly) on guitar and it’s stuck with them.
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Available for download on Amazon
 
becs said:
Sting - Cushie Butterfield Lyrics | MetroLyrics

He also used to sing:

All of a sudden, a big black pudding
Came flying through the air.
Missed me Ma, hit me Dad
Knocked him ower the chair

Not sure if that is purely North Eastern as there seems to be various variations on the type of puddings and relatives though :D
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As you said, various characters take the victim's role, and the outcome differs. Bloody deadly these puddins. I wonder who was cloddin them ?

All of a sudden, a big black pudding
Came flying through the air.
Hit Mrs Kelly, a smack in the belly,
And splarted all her hair
 
The Butcher said:
They hate makems, daft cows
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Do they? Why do you think that? Sounds more likely to be the usual Mackem paranoia, but I stand to be corrected.

They're from Ryton way on anyway, so that's County Durham as far as I'm concerned.

They were superb at the Sage a couple of months ago.
 
Heard an interview with them on the radio, probably tongue in cheek but no need. Talented yes, but fk them. Paranoia? Dont think so, no time for people coming out with shite like that in media.
 
The Butcher said:
Heard an interview with them on the radio, probably tongue in cheek but no need. Talented yes, but fk them. Paranoia? Dont think so, no time for people coming out with shite like that in media.
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What did they say like? Are you sure you didn't just hear their Tyneside accents and inferred that they dislike Mackems?

Just googled mackems and unthanks and can't see a single reference. That song I quoted is about press gangs in Shields.
 
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WildTurkey said:
I’m coming home Newcastle, it’s like a nivva been away.....
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I really like that even though I'm from Sunderland, " I'd walk the streets all day all night for the sound of me mother saying hinny Ha'way " its a lovely sentiment ... I imagine people from all over the north east who've lost their mams would offer to do this to hear mams voice just the once again, any how it's a nice catchy tune anarrl ;) :)
 

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