Origins: Paddy's Market

Subject: Origins: Paddy's Market
From: GUEST,Paddy
Date: 04 Jul 22 - 10:53 AM

Iv'e searched for the origins of this song without success. It's a Newcasle song or poem as far as I know.

Paddy’s Market

Pots and pans and clothing, everything you seek
Down in Paddy’s Market on Saturday each week.
Dollies for your daughter, a train for your lad,
Anything and everything you want is to be had.

Chorus
Down at Paddy’s Market, down upon the Quay
All the folks come gathering the bargains for to see
“Come and buy them hinny”, you will hear the sellers cry
“Everyone’s a bargain come and buy come and buy.

There’s a shawl for grandma, a pretty shade of red.
When at night she’s tired, she can put it on in bed.
A rolling pin for auntie to roll out all her dough,
Or use it as a battering ram when uncle has a go.

There’s some shoes for Molly with buckles on the toe.
And there’s some boots for Billy that’ll set his heart a glow.
There’s darning wool a plenty to keep things in repair.
And there’s a coloured ribbon that’ll look lovely in your hair.

A clay pipe for granddad, nice and clean and new
If he doesn’t want to smoke it there’s baccy he can chew.
We’ve bought a hat for mother compleate with silver pin
At last we’ve found a swear box for to put dads money in.

Subject: RE: Origins: Paddy's Market
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 04 Jul 22 - 12:22 PM

Paddy's Market was a Glasgow institution. It was largely open air and old clothes seemed to be the order of the day. I remember going there as a child, and think it was in the east end of Glasgow. Have a search under Paddy's Market Glasgow, that might yield results.

Subject: RE: Origins: Paddy's Market
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 04 Jul 22 - 12:26 PM

Old Broadside from the Mitchell Library Glasgow. There's loads of stuff on line about it.

https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA02373

Subject: RE: Origins: Paddy's Market
From: GUEST,IS
Date: 04 Jul 22 - 02:27 PM

As a Glaswegian, my first thought was of Glasgow's Paddy's Market, but of course I suppose (without googling it) that it's very probable that Newcastle-upon-Tyne had a market of that name too.

Subject: RE: Origins: Paddy's Market
From: Jack Campin
Date: 05 Jul 22 - 03:41 PM

The Glasgow one wasn't quite on the quay and was nowhere near as posh as that song describes it.

I still regret not buying one of the weirdest objects I have ever seen at that. It was a very ugly elaborately moulded Victorian vase holding about a pint. Maybe intended to hold flowers on a grave? Made of a dull metal in a distinctively sinister shade of dirty grey, obviously not zinc, lead, cast iron, aluminium or magnesium. The seller said it was antimony and I'd guess he was right. Would have been a star attraction on a mantelpiece full of creepy stuff

Subject: RE: Origins: Paddy's Market
From: GUEST,Malcolm Storey
Date: 05 Jul 22 - 07:18 PM

There is also a Paddy's Market in Sydney - but obviously nothing to do with the lyrics quoted.