Thought this might be of interest! I'm still lurking! Best Wishes Nick Armstrong Visit the Armstrong Clan Association Web pages www.armstrongclan.info ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Wrigley" <mwrigley@tiscali.co.uk> To: <DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] Geordie Music > To all those requesting information - I hope this doesn't break list rules - > the CD I was writing about is: > > Tommy Armstrong of Tyneside (TSCD 484) > > "The songs on this record are all the work of Tommy Armstrong (1848-1919), > the bard of the Durham coalfields and one of the most remarkable of > working-class song-makers" > > Recorded at Stanley, Co Durham > > The track list: > 1. Durham Gaol > 2. The row between the cages > 3. The birth of the lad > 4. Marla Hill ducks > 5. Oakey's Keeker > 6. The Durham Lockout > 7. Wor Nanny's a Maizor (obviously the original lyrics) > 8. The Oakey Strike Evictions > 9. The Sheel Raw Flood > 10. Hedgehog Pie > 11. The ghost that haunted Bunty > 12. The Skeul Board Man (for non-Geordies that's School Board!) > 13. The Trimdon Grange Explosion > 14. The Sooth Medomsley Strike > > And just to give you a flavour of the words - all of which are included: > > (from Durham Gaol) > Ye'll get yer meat an claes for nowt > Your hoose an firin free > Aal yer meat's browt te the door > Hoo happy ye should be! > Thor's soap an' toowel an' wooden speun > An' a little bairnie's pot > They fetch ye papers every week > For ye te clean yor bot > > and on a more serious note: > (from the Durham Lockout - when miners went on strike - in March 1892 the > coalowners proposed a 10% reduction in wages. The men refused and went on > strike. In order to return to work the employers demanded pay to be cut by > 13.5%. Tommy wrote this song when the employers demanded the extra > reduction) > > Let them stand or let them lie, to do with them as they choose > To give them thirteen and a half, we ever shall refuse > They're always willing to receive, but never inclined to give > Very soon they won't allow a working man to live. > > Anyway, check the company's web site on www.topicrecords.co.uk. I understand > from them that the CD is still available. > > Regards > > Mike > > > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > U.K. PhoneDirectory > http://www.bt.com/phonenetuk/ > Looking for an address in the U.K. try, > http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ >