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Thread #149874 Message #3489131
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
11-Mar-13 - 11:07 AM
Thread Name: Origins/tune: Geordie Black/Geordy Black
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Geordie Black
Here's the version from Come All Ye Bold Miners. There are a few (2 I think) very minor textual differences between the text there and that posted by Graham.
Mick
X:1
T:Geordie Black
B: Lloyd - Come All Ye Bold Miners
S: Peter Elliott of Birtley, Co.Durham, 31 July 1963
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:Ador
(HB2 HA)|G2 A G2 E|D3-D2 D|E2 F G2 E|D3-D2
w:Ma_ name is Geor-die Black,_ aa'm get-tin' ve-ry aad,_
B,|D3 D2 G|B3 B2 c|A3-A3-|A2 z
w:Aa've hewed tons of coal in me time.__
B2 A|G2 A G2 E|D3 D2 D|E2 F G2 E|D3 z2
w:An' when aa wes just a lad, aa could ei-ther put or hew,
B,/B,/|D2 D G2 A|B2 c A2 B|A3-A3-|A2 z
w:Oot the oth-ers aa could aal-ways tak the shine.__
(F2 G)|A2 A A2 B|A3 z2 F|A2 A A2 B|A3-A2
w:Aa'm_ gan-nin' doon the hill, I can-net use the pick._
F|A2 A A2 B|A G2 F G2|A3-A3-|A3
w:The mais-ter hes ne pi-ty on aad bones.__
(B2 A)|G2 A G2 E|D3- DDD|E2 F G2 E|D2
w:So_ noo aa'm on the bank,_ an' aa while me time a-way
D B,2 D|G2 A B2 c|A2 A B2 B|G3-G3-|G2 z||
w:A-mang the bits o' lads wi' pick-in' oot the stones.__
"^Chorus:"HB2 HA|G2 A G2 E|D3 D2 D|E2 F G2 E|D3
w:Oh, me name is Geor-die Black. In me time aa've been a crack,
B,2 C|D2 D G2 A|B3 c2 B|B A2-A3-|A3
w:An' aa've warked baith in the Gyuss an' the Bet-ty.__
B2 A|G2 A G2 E|D3 DDD|E F2 G2 E|D3
w:An' the coals up-on the Tyne oot o' the oth-ers tak the shine,
B,2 C|D2 D G2 A|B2 c d2 B|A3-A3|G3 |]
w:An' we lick 'em aal for i-ron doon at Hawk_s's.