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Chinese Sailors In Newcastle
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The Pint Pot and The Cup
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Stealing Cars – W.T. Duggan
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The Fishermen Hung The Monkey, O!
20 January 2010 8:13 AM | No Comments
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Chinese Sailors In Newcastle
25 February 2010 4:27 PM | No Comments -
The Pint Pot and The Cup
25 February 2010 9:32 AM | 1 Comment -
Stealing Cars – W.T. Duggan
20 January 2010 8:21 AM | No Comments -
The Fishermen Hung The Monkey, O!
20 January 2010 8:13 AM | No Comments
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Chinese Sailors In Newcastle
Posted on February 25, 2010 | No CommentsIn 1881 Armstrong’s built a warship for the Chinese Government and hundreds of Chinese sailors came to Newcastle to sail her home. John Chinaman hes cum te spy Wor canny Northern toon, Wi’ flatten’d fyece, an’ funny eye, An’ skin ov olive broon, An’ stumpy... -
The Pint Pot and The Cup
Posted on February 25, 2010 | 1 CommentTraditional Tyneside folk song rearranged chill-out style by W.T. Duggan. This nursery song is thoroughly local, and dates from the beginning of the early 1800s. (John Stokoe, Songs and Ballads of Northern England, Walter Scott Ltd, London and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1882) Me laddie sits ower late... -
Stealing Cars – W.T. Duggan
Posted on January 20, 2010 | No CommentsWords, music and images by W.T. Duggan Tweet -
The Fishermen Hung The Monkey, O!
Posted on January 20, 2010 | No CommentsA classic Tyneside song written by legendary music hall performer Edward (Ned) Corvin in 1862, re-arranged in chill-out style by W.T. Duggan. Legend has it that when Napoleon threatened to invade England, the fishermen of Hartlepool seized the only survivor of a shipwreck – a...
