Ev'rybody get your duds We're gannin doon to Plessey Woods See the squirrels in the trees Plessey Woods the place for me
Plessey Woods
Wilf Mitford
Get yourself to Beamish
Get yourself to Beamish, the open air museum 'The North of England's heritage' is its' task and theme Now Beamish has come of age since nineteen seventy When it opened for the first time for all the world to see CHORUS Yes Beamish has come of age, it's twenty one this year So join the … Continue reading Get yourself to Beamish
Goodbye Killingworth Towers
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
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)
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 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
The Hoppings Song
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.
That’s Northumbria
Lyrics and background to the song That's Northumbria, written by Wilf Mitford.
From Seaton Sluice to Sydney
Words & Music by Wilf Mitford
Mitford Music 