词条 | The Cliffs of Old Tynemouth |
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| name = The Cliffs of Old Tynemouth | cover = | alt = | type = | language = English (Geordie) | written = 1843 | published = | writer = David Ross Lietch | composer = | lyricist = }} "The Cliffs of Old Tynemouth" is a Geordie folk song written in the 19th century by David Ross Lietch. This song is a ballad, romanticising about one of the tourist sights of the Tyneside area. LyricsThis song appears in a small pamphlet or chapbook being Number 2 of a series appearing to consist of only 3, forming a series of 'Shields' songs. They were published in the 1850s by the Shields Gazette editor, William Brockie. The songs reflect the towns of Cullercoats, Tynemouth, North Shields and South Shields, small coastal towns on both sides of the Tyne. All are variously famous for fishwives, press gangs, ships, boats and sailors, and beautiful scenery. The song was written in 1843. "The Cliffs of Old Tynemouth" To the tune of the Irish Air “The Meeting of the Waters”: {{poemquote|Oh! the Cliffs of Old Tynemouth they're wild and they're sweet,And dear are the waters that roll at their feet; And the old ruined Abbey, it ne'er shall depart; Tis the star of my fancy, the home of my heart. Tis the star of my fancy, etc. Oh! 'twas there that my childhood fled cheerful and gay, There I loitered the morning of boyhood away, And now as I wander the old beach alone, The waves seem to whisper the names that are gone. The waves seem to whisper etc. Twas there with my Alice I walked hand-in-hand, While the wild waves in moonlight leapt o'er the bright sand; And sweet were the echoes of the dark Cliffs above, But oh! sweeter her voice as she murmured her love. But oh, sweeter her voice etc. On thy waters, Old Tynemouth, throng seamen as brave As e'er cheer'd in the battle, or conquer'd the wave; And for sweet pretty maidens, seek England around, Near the Cliffs of Old Tynemouth the fairest are found. Near the Cliffs of Old Tynemouth etc. Other lands may be fairer, but nought can be seen, Like the shore where our first love and boyhood have been; Oh! give me the Cliffs and the wild roaring sea The Cliffs of old Tynemouth for ever for me. The Cliffs of old Tynemouth etc.}} \\relative c'' { \\language "english" \\key a \\major \\time 6/8 \\autoBeamOff \\tempo "Andante." 8=120 \\partial 4 e8. d16 | cs8. b16 a8 b8 a8 fs8 | e8 fs8 a8 a4 b16[ cs16] | d8. cs16 b8 b8 cs8 a8 | e'8 cs8 a8 b4 b16 cs16 | d8 cs8 b8 b8 cs8 a8 | e'8 cs8 a8 b4 a16 b16 | cs8. b16 a8 a8 fs8 a8 | e8 fs8 a8 d4 cs16 d16 | e8 cs8 a8 a8 fs8 a8 | e8 fs8 a8 a4. \\bar "|." } Tune: "The meeting of the waters".[1] Places mentioned in the song
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See alsoGeordie dialect wordsReferences1. ^Melody taken from Tyneside Songs 1927 edition and reengraved in Lilypond. External links
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