Byker Hill
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2012
- Traditional English coal mining song, "Byker Hill," performed by Jesse Ferguson on vocals and bodhran (drum). Lyrics below.
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Byker Hill
(Traditional, arrang. J. Ferguson, Dec. 2013)
a cappella, 69 bpm
V1.
If I had another penny, I would have another gill.
I would make the piper play “The Bonnie Lass of Byker Hill.”
Chorus:
Byker Hill and Walker Shore,
collier lads for evermore.
Byker Hill and Walker Shore,
collier lads for evermore.
V2.
Ginny, she sits ower late up, Ginny, she sits ower late up,
Ginny, she sits ower late between the pint pot and the cup.
Chorus
V3.
It's down the pits we'll go, me laddies, down the pits we'll go, me boys,
to try our will and test our skill to cut them ridges down below.
Chorus
V4.
When first I came into the dirt, I had no trousers and no pit shirt.
Now I've got me two or three; Walker Pit's done well by me.
Chorus
V5.
The poor coal cutter gets two shillings; the deputy gets half a crown.
The overman gets twenty guineas, and that's just for riding up and down.
Chorus
V6.
Ginny, she is never near me, Ginny, she is never near:
when I call out to her, "Where's me supper?", she orders up another pint of beer.
Chorus
V7.
Geordie Johnson, he had a pig; he hit it with a shovel and it danced a jig
all the way to Walker Rig to the tune of “Elsie Marley.”
Chorus [repeat, draw final line out] 
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I like your singing videos
Thanks, Marissa!
Excellent (from Newcastle today)
Singing. Bodhran. Very nicely done. Tap 'er lite.
You are amazing! One of the best versions I've ever heard.
I still remember most of them, though I may forget a line or two here or there. The chords for most folk songs are so simple that one can almost make them up on the spot, so that's generally not an issue.
According to Wiki, this one is associated with at least 3 distinct tunes. Danny Boy was just new lyrics tacked on to the Londonderry Air. Sometimes I think most of the variants of folk music came to be when the musician forgot the words or the tune and faked it.
Hi Stefan, that depends if you include all the time I spend listening to the song performed by others. Usually, I'll enjoy a song for months listening to it on my iPod. Then, I'll sit down to learning to play it over a few days. Finally, I'll record it. By the time I get to learning the chords on guitar, I know most of the lyrics. I wish I could as easily apply this memorization ability to other areas of my life!
Niice. I'm a geordie. Been following your vids for a while so this was a special treat indeed mate.
I've sought this for years, it sounds very similar to what I heard by a group I saw performing at the EM club in Barcelona in about 1972. A friend of a friend recorded it and played it for me later, but he's long lost. I have no idea now who that group was or a specific date, but I found it very enjoyable then, and now Jesse!
Was it this one from 1968?
ruclips.net/video/seA6KTNjUoY/видео.html
Search RUclips for a version by The Young Tradition in 1968 at Oberlin College
Thanks for getting back to me, Jesse. Very interesting! And do you remember the chords and lyrics of all the songs you have recorded so far? Or in other words: How quickly do you "forget" songs?
Dude you're really good. :)
Wonderful! - How long does it take you to learn a new song (memorizing the notes and the lyrics)?
I just got a Bodhran and I think yours is about the same size, non-tunable (but it's my first one and you said it's fine)
Mate I'd love to use this music in my videos, would that be ok? You'd be creditied of course
Hello thanks for watching. I'd prefer if you don't use my music for videos, and thank you for asking first.
@@BardofCornwall Of course, thanks for getting back to me
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1 question, sir: Do you know a folk song called "Flukey Alley"? or "way down Flukey Alley"? If so, could you record it? :)
Who was Geordie Charlton?
Hi Kris, I don't know. I'm guessing it was a friend of the author of the song.
Sorry, I don't know that one.
If they didn't ask you to preform on the Assassin's Creed Black Flag they screwed up!
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If I had another penny
I would have another gill
And I would make the piper play
The bonny lass of Byker Hill
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more, me boys
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more
Me, Ginny, she sits over late up
Me, Ginny, she sits over late up
Me, Ginny, she sits over late up
Between the pint pot and the cup
It's down the pits, we'll go me marrers
It's down the pits, we'll go me marrers
Well, try our wills and use our skill
To cut them ridges down below
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more, me boys
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more
Me, Ginny, she is never near
Me, Ginny, she is never near
And when I call out, "Where's me supper?"
She orders up another pint of beer
When first I come into the dirt
I had no trousers nor pit shirt
And now I've getting two or three
Walker Pit done well by me
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more, me boys
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more
Hey Ginny, come home to your little baby
Hey Ginny, come home to your little baby
Hey Ginny, come home to your little baby
With a pint of beer all under your arm
The poor coal cuttee gets two shillings
The deputy get half a crown
And the over man gets five and sixpence
That's just for riding up and down
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more, me boys
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more
Geordie Johnson had a pig
And he hit it with a shovel and it danced a jig
All the way to Byker Hill
He danced the Elsie Marley
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more, me boys
Byker Hill and Walker Shore, me lads
Collier lads for ever more