Tyneside Songs and Drolleries, Readings and Temperance Songs ... Collected edition

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From a Photograph.) [P. 31. Laws, Newcastl JOE WILSON. TYNESIDE SONGS AND DROLLERIES. READINGS AND TEMPERANCE SONGS. BY JOE WILSON. COLLECTED EDITION. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE : THOS. & GEO. ALLAN, iS Blackett Street, AND 28 COLLINGWOOD STREET. Sold by W. Allan, 30 Grainger Street ; R. Allan, North Shields, and all Booksellers. CONTENTS. PAGE Absent Friends . • • • • .16 Acrostic— J. P. Robson ... -72 Acrostic — Ridley . • • • ■ -83 Acrostic— Billy Purvis . ■ ■ • .102 Acrostic — Nunn . . • • • .118 Acrostic — Corvan . . • • ■ I3° A Double Acrostic— Chambers and Cooper . . . 348 Affected Bella. . • • • .126 Aleck Hogarth . ■ -303 An Acrostic — Taylor ..-•■■ 33& An Acrostic— Robert Stephenson .... 230 Aud Nelly's Advice tiv her Dowtor . . . - 24 "Aw wish ye a Happy New Eer " . . . -67 A Welcum te Bob Chambers eftor his defeat for the champeinship . . • • • ■ • 91 Aw wish yor Muther wad cum . .■ ■ 2 Aw wish yor Fethur wes here . . • ■ 14 Aw wish aw wes sumbody else . • ■ J32 Aw'll sing ye a Tyneside Sang . . • • H' Aw've lost me bonny lad . . • ■ • '5° Aw like Young Geordey weel • • .164 Aw wundor what Jinny 'ill hev? . 227 Bad Beuts 3°6 Bagnall an' Taylor . . - • • .256 Barney Riley's Dream .

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PAGE Bella Ramsey's Lad . . . • ■ -84 Be kind te me Dowter ..... 17S Benny 'ill not gan te scheul ..... 216 Bessie Walker ....... 39 Billy's turn'd an Actor . . . . .136 Billy Turnbull's Adventors at the grand Regretta . . 336 Bob Hobson's Advice tiv his Son . . .4 Bob Johnson's Coat . . . . 193 Bob the Beuk Traveller ..... 267 Bonny Sally Wheatley ..... 6 Cadjin for Beer . . . . . .71 Canny aud Chrismis! . . . . . '55 Canny Man ..... . 1S0 Careless Jack . . . . . . .80 Cawd Feet ....... 266 Chambers an' Sadler . . . . . .123 Champeins o' the Tyne . . . . .21 Charity ....... 2S0 Charley's run away ...... 145 Contradicshun . . . . . . -35 Cum back, Jack !...... 20S Cum hyem i' gud time! . . . . .94 Cum te maw shop ...... 282 Dan's Apprehension . . . . . .119 De ye say se ? . . . . . .196 Dinnet clash the door! . . . . 113 Dinnet let words myek ye sad ! . . .96 Disappointment — Fareweel te Garibaldi . . .164 Divvent bother us se . . . . . 222 Dolly's lowse Peddikit . . . .130 Double Acrostic — Joe — Tom . . • 97 Ettickitt . . . . . . .175 Fightin Jim! . . . . . . .no Gallowgate Baths ... , jqi Geordey at the Races ... . 204 Geordey, O ! . . . . . . ■ 157 Geordey's Villossipeed . . .177 CONTENTS. vii PAGE George Stephenson . . . . . .30 Give a thowt te them that's gyen . . .98 Gossipin Nanny Broon ..... 304 Grainger Street . . . . . -70 Hannah's Black Eye ...... 106 He wants te be a Mormon ..... 238 Her fethur keeps a keuk shop .... 290 Here's a Tip ! . . . . . . 103 He's gyen te be a Bobby ..... 166 He wes reckond gud-hearted . . . .216 Hinny, dinnet cry . . . . . 151 Hoo soaks is diseev'd . . . 252 Hoo te leeve at Lodjins ! . . . . . 107 Hoo to myek Mischief! ..... 113 Hungry Geordey ...... 250 If Deed Foaks com te life agyen .... 313 If it haddent been her nose ..... 285 If Spennithorne had wun ... 325 In Memory of the Hartley Catastrophe . . -32 It's time te gan te bed ..... 139 Its Muther's cum . . . . . 57 It's time te get up . . . . 6i Ivrybody thinks thor awn case the warst ! . 143 Jack's Listed i' the Ninety-ite .... 202 Jack's Luck ...... 265 Jack Hardy's Koortship and Marridge . 32S Janey Foster ....... 121 Jesmond Pic-Nic .... -37 Jimmy Jonsin the Barber . . . .82 Jimmy's gettin Wark! .... 128 Just a Hapney . . ... . . 1S1 Keep yor feet still! . . . . . -95 Keep the kettle boilin ! . . ' . . 100 Keep't Dark . . . . . 50 Kickin the Deevil doonstairs .... 276 Kiss little Joe for me . . . . .172 CONTENTS.