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Month: March 2018

The Kielder Folk Festival

March 6, 2018August 10, 2018 ~ jmchild ~ 1 Comment

CHORUS :
The day we went to Kielder, there were lots of folk there
Afternoon concerts, in the open air
Competitions for musicians, and those who knew a song
And if they had a chorus, we would sing along Continue reading →

Tall Ships on the Tyne

March 6, 2018March 7, 2018 ~ jmchild ~ 2 Comments

They came for the Tall Ships Race in the summer eighty six,
From a dozen diff’rent nations there were eighty diff’rent ships.

CHORUS : The week there were Tall Ships on the Tyne,
The week there were Tall Ships on the Tyne,
Even the Queen made a visit to the scene,
The week there were Tall Ships on the Tyne,

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The Gateshead Garden Festival

National Garden Festival Gateshead 1990 18th May - 21st October 'The North's never looked so good!'
March 5, 2018August 10, 2018 ~ jmchild ~ 2 Comments

Take a tip mate, and take a trip mate
to Gateshead on the Tyne,
For twenty two weeks, you’ll see more than leeks,
let’s hope the weather’s fine

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