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Subject: Lyr Add: BONNIE GATESHEAD LASS (Joe Wilson) From: SiWells Date: 20 Jan 03 - 07:37 PM BONNIE GATESHEAD LASS (Joe Wilson) I'll warrant you've never seen me lass 'er name I cannot mention For fear you'll gan and tell 'er 'ow I like 'er so I do Well it's just for lads and lasses for to whisper their affection The bonniest lass in Gateshead's bonnie face has bothered me (x2) The first time I saw 'er I thought I didn't know her But I'm sure I'd seen 'er face before I couldn't think of where 'Er eyes met mine in passin' up the High street in the mornin' And 'er look was so entrancin' that me heart was mine nae mair (x2) Well I didn't see 'er for a week then one day at the Bridge End I stamped upon 'er gown and her garters they come away She told us I was clumsy and I said that I was sorry I humbly begged 'er pardon I was licked for what to say (x2) So I walked on by her side just as if I had a right to do The conversation first was shy but then it turned first class We walked about the weather and she mentioned that 'er father was A puddler down at Harkses oh me bonnie Gateshead lass (x2) She mentioned confidentially that 'er uncle was a grocer And 'er mother's father's cousin was a fiddler on the shore She talked so nice and friendly and she looked so sweet and pleasant I thought I'd never seen a lass so charmin' like before (x2) She says 'er mother keeps a shop, she sells hot pies and candy And 'er brother is a cobbler in the high part of the town Now she was a dressmaker and we got on so well together I 'm blessed I'd been so awkward as to stand upon 'er gown (x2) I made 'er laugh and slap me lug talkin' lots of nonsense But bless it, when you're courtin' there's nowt so good'll pass I asked 'er if she'd be me lass and I'd tak 'er out on Sundays And to my delight she says I might me bonnie Gateshead lass (x2) A song of course from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, taken from Bob Fox and Stu Luckley's version on "Nowt So Good'll Pass". I have sanitized most of the Geordie-isms, so for example the first person "I" really sounds like "ah", and "thought" is more like " thowt", but if you've heard it sung you'll understand all that. (S. W., Brisbane, Aust.) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bonnie Gateshead Lass From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 20 Jan 03 - 07:50 PM See also THE BONNY GATESHEAD LASS: Digital Tradition text: no source named, no tune. Taken from the thread Bonny Gateshead Lass (text posted by Conrad Bladey; no source, no tune). Lyr/Tune Add: THE BONNY GATESHEAD LASS -Conrad again. Bonny Gateshead Lass - Fox and Luckley -Brief discussion. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bonnie Gateshead Lass From: Gurney Date: 21 Jan 03 - 10:54 PM One of the best songs from my favourite LP. But if anyone is using it as a source, which it is good for, doublespaced for chords, do note that it is the GATHERS that came away (V3.) GARTERS are one of the last things to rip off. And Bless YOU, (V7.) The tune used by Fox and Luckley is a variant of "All Around My Hat.' Try to hear the record, if you haven't. Chris. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bonnie Gateshead Lass From: GUEST,Neil Copeland Date: 26 Dec 21 - 04:49 PM ...one neet (night) at the Bridge End ...her gathers they came away. A gather is a fold or pucker in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it. The pronunciation of "do" is to my ear somewhere between "day" and "dee", almost but not quite an exact rhyme for "me". I think it's sometimes represented by the spelling "dae". |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bonnie Gateshead Lass From: GerryM Date: 26 Dec 21 - 05:16 PM Stanza 4, line 3, I expect "walked" should be "talked". |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bonnie Gateshead Lass From: GUEST Date: 27 Dec 21 - 10:47 AM https://youtu.be/JBgjN8XtD20 |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bonnie Gateshead Lass From: GUEST,James Phillips Date: 27 Dec 21 - 04:43 PM >>The pronunciation of "do" is to my ear somewhere between "day" and "dee", almost but not quite an exact rhyme for "me". I think it's sometimes represented by the spelling "dae". I grew up in Geordieland and can confidently say that the pronunciation is a straight ahead "dee" in the Newcastle area - it doesn't really tend toward "dae/day" until you get a little further south into Sunderland and Durham territory. There's actually a lot of variation in Geordie pronunciations though, even in the same area. Take the pronunciation of the word "eight" in Geordie. It's a toss up whether someone says "ite" or "eight" with a Geordie "a" for the "ei." Personally I use both depending on whim. Same with "thowt" really. Even among the old timers, "thowt" and "thought" are both used interchangably. |
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