A Choice Selection of Songs in the Newcastle Dialect
According to wikipedia,
Tyne Songster contains some 225 song lyrics on over 300 pages. This is not borne out by my personal
copy which only has 84 pages. As of 17.12.19, the discrepancy has not yet been resolved.
Publisher's blurb:
No pompous strains, nor labour'd lines are here,
But genuine mirth and sportive wit appear;
Northumbria's genius, in her simple rhymes;
Shall live an emblem to succeeding times.
Personal remarks:
Among the many lyrics, the followings songs by
Robert Nunn are given:
- Drunken Bella Roy O
- Sandgate Wife's Nurse Song
- The Sandgate Lass On The Ropery Bank
- St. Nicholas' Church
- Jocker
It also has versions of
Dance to Your Daddy by W. Watson,
The Collier's Rant and
Buy Broom Buzzems