Chorus So it's goodbye Killingworth Towers, You should never have been built at all, There'll be plenty of cheers and not many tears, When Alcatraz begins to fall
Goodbye Killingworth Towers
Song Lyrics
At The Oxford (A Tribute to Don Smith)
CHORUS; At The Oxford in Newcastle, that's where we used to meet There were plenty' lasses on the floor dancing to the beat And if you got to take one home, your night would be complete There was many a match made at The Oxford On Mondays and on Thursdays there were teenybobber nights All … Continue reading At The Oxford (A Tribute to Don Smith)
North Blyth
CHORUS North Blyth, North Blyth, fighting to stay alive North Blyth, North Blyth, fighting to stay alive The council in its wisdom, has decided to pull you down With fact'ries to replace you, to bring jobs to the town They'll split up friends and neighbours, who lived there for many a year Breaking up the … Continue reading North Blyth
A Good Old Geordie Song
CHORUS Ye cannit beat a good old Geordie song That ev'rybody knows and sings along Songs from Newcastle where we all belong Ye cannit beat a good old Geordie song When I was just a baby in me pram I mind I used to listen to me Mam Singing "Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea" about … Continue reading A Good Old Geordie Song
Gazza The Geordie From Gateshead
He was born and bred in Gateshead, this famous Geordie lad And on his seventh birthday, got a football from his dad It didn't take him long to learn to play that game Though the other kids scoffed him, he was on his way to fame CHORUS That's Gazza the Geordie from Gateshead on the … Continue reading Gazza The Geordie From Gateshead
Grab a Granny Neet
CHORUS: They come from many miles aroond on Grab a Granny Neet From the country and the toons on Grab a Granny Neet As long as you're not fussy, and ye divvent have two left feet You can hardly fail to score on Grab a Granny Neet Today is friday once agyen, the best day … Continue reading Grab a Granny Neet
The Kielder Folk Festival
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 It was on a Saturday morning that we set off for the day Tyneside we left … Continue reading The Kielder Folk Festival
Tall Ships on the Tyne
They came for the Tall Ships Race in the summer eighty six, From a dozen diff'rent nations there were eighty diff'rent ships.
The Gateshead Garden Festival
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 CHORUS : The Gateshead Garden Festival Is more than a great day out An experience beyond compare Of that there is no doubt There's more than flowers … Continue reading The Gateshead Garden Festival
The Great North Run
It was thirteen miles at the most on the Great North Run, From Newcastle to the South Shields coast, on the Great North Run
Mitford Music 