tynefolk Songs - Audio and Video Recordings
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Lass That Sells Grozers
Sung by Paddy Clough
Fishing trout from the auld bridge - a lad catches sight of a lass - the bonniest lass selling grozers (gooseberries) and apples on the auld bridge...
Streets of Forbes
Sung by Tommy Hutton
The song describes the fate of Ben Hall, an Australian bushranger. As an outlaw hunted by police and black trackers.
He was shot, by eight trackers in 1865, and has become a folk hero in Australia.
Hexham Village Band
Sung by Charlie Chomse
Ceilidh sensation that's sweepin' the nation!
Through sheer force of numbers they play to general acclaim!
Hexham Village Band
Sung by Charlie Chomse
They're the Ceilidh sensation that's sweepin' the nation!
through sheer force of numbers they play to general acclaim!
Sunderland Fair
Sung by Eileen Richardson
This song came in the form of a broadside with a pencil note of a date - 10 October 1867
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