Lyr Add: Callerforney

Subject: Lyr Add: Callerforney
From: *#1 PEASANT*
Date: 17 Jun 04 - 12:25 PM

Callerforney
A dialogue

Tune-"Alley Croaker."

Mally
Oh, hinny, Geordy, cnny man,
Thou kens aw likes thou darly!
For thee aw turned off baggy Crooks,
An' used Tim Targit queerly;
Billy Benson coax'd me sair to wed,
Buit man, aw cuddent spurn thee!
O, hinny, canst thou think o' this,
An' gan te Callerforney?
O, Callerforney! fuilish Callerforney!
Like honey bloobs my heart 'll burst,
If thou gans te Callerforney.

Geordy
Hoots, Mally, haud yor whinjin gob,
Maw mind's myed up for sartin;
Maw peeks an' spyeds is I' my kist-
The morn aw's sure be startin',
Aw'll seun be hykin on the sea,
An' fleein' roond Cape Horney;
Aw kens the seam to hew for goold,
When aw gets te Callerforney.
Oh, Callerforney, bonny Callerforney,
The vary clairts upon the street
Is goold in Callerforney.

Mally
Thou's mevies rue, maw collier lad,
When in the waves thou's sprawlin,
When crocidiles and unicorns
Is at thaw hoggers haulin.
Thous's not hae luck like Joney, man,
In some whale's guts to turn thee;
Thou'll lang to be wi' me at hyem,
An' far frae Callerforney.
Oh, Callerforney, shem on Callerforney!
Bob Stackers sweers thor's nowt but fules
Wad gan te Callerforney.

Geordy
Thou's rang aw tell thee, Mally lass,
Just read the papers, hinny,
The place is verra like the mint,
Another Coast o' Guinea!
Tho' mind thee, yence aw heer'd it tell'd
The cannibals wad burn ye,
An' make goold ointment o' yor byens,
When ye get te Callerforney.
Oh, Callerforney, whei noo, Callerforney,
Hoots, Mally aw can thresh them a',
Aw'll conquer Callerforney!

Mally
Consither, Geordy, aw's thee wife,
Aw divent gan contrary,
If thou mun gan, thou's tyek the lass
Thou ca's thaw bonny Mary!
But weel aw kens afore thou gans,
Thou's trim'lin at the journey;
Sea sarpints tee may cowp the boat,
Then where's thaw Callerforney>
Oh, Callerforney, tice'n Callerforney!
Aw wish that folks was not se poor,
To want thee, Callerforney!

Geordy
Cheer up, maw duck! thou'll gan wi'me,
Aw niver heeds the danger!
Poor collier lads works hard for nowt,
An' still to deeth's ne stranger.
Like Whittin'ton aw heers the bells
That says, "Come on yor journey!"
Goold's better far than howkin' coals-
Oh dear, this Callerforney!
Oh, Callerforney, we're comin' Callerforney,
Farewell to splint, choke damp, an' blast!
Huzza! for Callerforney.

-J.P. Robson, "Bards of the Tyne," 1849

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Callerforney
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 17 Jun 04 - 02:53 PM

And nobody does it better in my opinion than Dave Webber and Anni Fentiman. This was Dave's "challenge" when they went to live "oop north", and I believe he has risen to it admirably!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Callerforney
From: *#1 PEASANT*
Date: 17 Jun 04 - 03:13 PM

Is there a recording?

Also a tune would be good although I am now concerntrating on verses and not looking for tunes as much.

Conrad

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Callerforney
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 17 Jun 04 - 03:48 PM

Not yet recorded by them, though they do it live at almost every gig. I have two live recordings of it by Dave and Anni from their last two gigs at Herga. But I wouldn't be surprised if they include it in their next album, whenever that is.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Callerforney
From: Joe Offer
Date: 17 Jun 04 - 04:07 PM

This one is a classic, Conrad! Thanks for all the songs you've been posting lately. I'm trying to figure out some way to index them so they're easier to find. I'll come up with something.
-Joe Offer, in Callerforney-

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Callerforney
From: *#1 PEASANT*
Date: 18 Jun 04 - 06:02 AM

I just keep typing onward.....
A good title is Tyneside Songs.....

That is the source book title-

actually

Allan.s Tyneside Songs

A good number yet to go....must get back to it....

Conrad

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Callerforney
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 18 Jun 04 - 01:26 PM

References for those who like them-
Tyneside Songs, 1891, Thomas and George Allan, is impossible to find this side of the big salty. Tyneside Songs (1870s) by Corvan et. al., pub. Thomas Allan, also is rare.

Keep 'em coming!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Callerforney
From: *#1 PEASANT*
Date: 18 Jun 04 - 07:23 PM

Always looking for more sources....
Send me a zerox and I will type it in is my policy...

I have a copy of Allens not Corvan.....
Corvan has some delightful recitations...
Too bad we dont hear them in Baltimore....
But....once they are on line there will be no excuse not to have
good music with Brown Ale which seems to be everywhere.

donations of books or zeroxes greatfully accepted by this peasant.

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send the book I will zerox and send it back....

typing slowed due to good weather - I had to free the house from some...of the grapevines...

but the rain has started again so who knows...

Conrad