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At The Oxford (A Tribute to Don Smith)

Queue outside the Oxford Galleries
June 18, 2019 ~ jmchild ~ Leave a comment

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

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North Blyth

Google Earth Image of North Blyth 2019
June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 ~ jmchild ~ 1 Comment

CHORUS
North Blyth, North Blyth, fighting to stay alive
North Blyth, North Blyth, fighting to stay alive

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A Good Old Geordie Song

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 ~ jmchild ~ Leave a comment

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

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Gazza The Geordie From Gateshead

June 29, 2018 ~ jmchild ~ 1 Comment

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

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Grab a Granny Neet

April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 ~ jmchild ~ 3 Comments

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
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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
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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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The Great North Run

September 11, 2017March 5, 2018 ~ jmchild ~ 5 Comments

CHORUS: It was thirteen miles at the most on the Great North Run
From Newcastle to the South Shields coast, on the Great North Run

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The Hoppings Song

Photo of Me and my syster Pamela on the Super Jets at The Hoppings on the Town Moor in the 1980s
June 7, 2017 ~ jmchild ~ 1 Comment

In Newcastle on Tyne ev’ry year,
On the Town Moor there is a fair,
The Hoppings in the last full week of June.
The largest travelling fair around,
Gets the show off the ground,
Race Saturday commencing at twelve noon.

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