I heard about this effort from a radio personality from Radio Newcastle. I was on the air with them discussing Guy Fawkes Bonfire and local music came up. If you seek Newcastle stuff you might find consulting my "Beuk" of Sangs to the songs click here
There are hundreds of lyrics a good number with tunes. Once I get out of the christmas season I shall be back at work at transcribing lyrics from original sources. I try to center my collection efforts around Newcastle but it is hard not to be regional as well. I have covered most of the major sources but there are some songs left out of the first sweep through. Most of Allans songs are there. So watch the web page and you will see a bit of growth soon....
One of the goals of my work is to put together a dictionary of persons characters and place names. This was going well until a group of sources of songs came up. Once songs are all in I will return to that work.
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We just finished a hymnal for wassail, expanded the Guy Fawkes Pamphlet book and we continue to work on an assortment of topics when we can get the gas in the car which is not as often as I would like......
A merry christmas and happy new year to one and all!