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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.
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.
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’m coming home Newcastle, it’s like a nivva been away.....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?
By Jove.
Penker not benker"Wor Geordie's lost his benker,"
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.
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
They hate makems, daft cowsGet them into The Unthanks eg Here's the Tender Coming.
Do they? Why do you think that? Sounds more likely to be the usual Mackem paranoia, but I stand to be corrected.They hate makems, daft cows
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.
Referred to in the previous post but it was the b side of their big hit All Because Of You which I bought.
Fantastic username! My lordzzz!
I’m coming home Newcastle, it’s like a nivva been away.....