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02 Jul 03 - 02:45 AM (#974962) Subject: Lyr Req: the Cock o' the North From: GUEST,Jo My family have sung "Hi fer Geordie, hi fer Geordie. Hi fer the Cock O' the North" for decades. Does anyone know its title or additional words. Thanks from a Scot in Australia. |
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02 Jul 03 - 03:15 AM (#974971) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the Cock o' the North From: GUEST,Denise:^), house-sitting Oh! It has words? We play it as a fiddle tune... (It always surprises me when they turn out to have lyrics!) Denise:^) |
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02 Jul 03 - 08:17 AM (#975075) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the Cock o' the North From: GUEST,ritchie I just passed 'the cock of the North' pub in Durham the other day and rembered my grandmother singing and playing the tune on her mouth organ... but as for the words ? anyway as Kirk Douglas once said in that splendid film 'Sparticus' ...."I'm the Cock of the North" unless of course anyone thinks differently. regarsd Ritchie |
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02 Jul 03 - 08:44 AM (#975095) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the Cock o' the North From: Snuffy Auntie Mary had a canary .......... |
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02 Jul 03 - 12:05 PM (#975213) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the Cock o' the North From: Joe Offer I crosslinked this thread to the other "Cock of the North" threads, and I added a bit to the title of this one to wake up our resident Geordies. I haven't seen the "hi fer Geordie" song, so maybe we're paving new ground here. -Joe Offer- |
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02 Jul 03 - 02:22 PM (#975342) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the Cock o' the North (Hi fer Geordie) From: GUEST Joe , you are a Saint, well done. ritchie (must get my cookie sorted) |
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13 Jul 03 - 07:58 PM (#982586) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the Cock o' the North (Hi fer Geordie) From: GUEST,Jo This is great. Thank you all very much. Jo. |
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14 Jul 03 - 04:11 AM (#982760) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the Cock o' the North (Hi fer Geordie) From: IanC I think it's worth cross-linking to this thread, which I started some while ago, to give a slightly different slant on the subject. :-) |