The Tyneside Chorus

Hadaway, Harry! Hadaway, Harry!
Them wis the days on wor canny aad Tyne!
Clasper afore him could ivverything carry,
Back'd bi the cheer 'at we hard lang sin syne.
Hadaway, Harry, lad! Hadaway, Harry!
Pull, like a good 'un, through storm or through shine.
Gan on, wor canny lad-Hadaway, Harry!
Come te the front for the sake iv aad Tyne.

Where's like Tyneside cheps for warkin or owt?
Buffin away, heart an' sowl likete teer;
Hewin' or puddlin', thor beaten bi nowt,
Their owerword's still "How there, lads, what cheer?"
Hadaway, Harry, lad-Hadaway, Harry!
Afloat or ashore, or doon the coal mine;
Gan on, maa canny lads, Hadaway, Harry!
Teuf' uns for wark is the lads iv aud Tyne!

Doon the black pit shaft thor's brave lads at wark;
Doon dunny Tyneside the fornaces lowe;
Workers is busy, through dayleet an'dark,
Singin', me hearties, though tired they may grow.
Hadaway, Hrry, lads, Hadaway, Harry!
Cheery, me marrows, an' nivvor a whine;
Gan on, maa canny lads, Hadaway, Harry!
Gan like th' aad' un for pride o' the Tyne.

'Way ower the seas wor Tyneside lads afloat,
Brave as thor fethors, still fight wi' the storm.
Nee paril flays them; thor prood o' thor boat,
An' marrily cheer as they show the aad form.
Hadaway, Harry, lads, Hadaway, Harry!
Still te the fore; let yor hears nivvor crine.
Gan on, maa canny lads, Hadaway, Harry!
Where is thor braver nor crews fre the Tyne?

So, noo, canny cheps, Let's nivor forget,
I' life's course reet on, come good or bad luck,
Whativvor we dee, wor motto be yet,
Like and Harry Clasper, the pictur o' pluck-
Hadaway, Harry, lad, Hadaway, Harry!
Pull like a good 'un, through storm or through shine,
Gan on, wor canny lad, Hadaway, Harry!
Come to the front for the sake iv aad Tyne.

-Richard Oliver Heslop, "Newcastle Weekly Chronicle", 1886