I reckon Pip has been listening to Tony Capstick does a turn. A fine rendering of Betsy's song, imo, though I have yet to hear the author do it himself.

A shame RG got the attribution wrong by a number of miles, but did he do the song justice? I didn't see the programme, so am curious.

As for "Teesside, Tyneside, Sunderland, Newcastle, it's all the same innit? Innit? All a bunch of Geordies up there intcha? Intcha? Yeah, course you are..." that's a wonderful, compact, bit of stirring Sir, can I interest you in the purchase of a new identity?