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Bob Cranky's Adieu (On going with the Volunteer Association from Gateshead to Newcastle, on permanent Duty) is a Geordie folk song written in the 19th century by John "Jack" Shield, in a style deriving from music hall. == Lyrics == The Blue Stone o’ the Brig (a dialect word for Bridge) is now only a nominal boundary. It was originally a stone to mark the southern boundary of the town and county of Newcastle. Beyond it was Gateshead, which was include in the ”county and liberty of Durham". It was at this point where the "marching guinea" was paid. The birthday of King George III fell on Saturday, the 4 June, and on the 6 and 7 June 1808 it was celebrated in grand style on Tyneside. It was estimated that more than 5,000 men took part, some from regular regiments and many more came from the local militia, some from villages many miles away. The troops marched through the streets, paraded on The Town Moor, and the following day marched to Throckley Fell. The Gateshead Volunteers were one of the groups of local militia. They were being placed on three weeks “permanent duty” to guard the town “against an attack from Napoleon and the French“ and had marched into Newcastle on Sunday 5 June. The song, based on a single incident was very popular at the time. But as history moves on, the incident becomes trivial, and the song becomes one of the many forgotten ones. The lyrics are as follows:- BOB CRANKY'S ADIEU Air unknown On going with the Volunteer Association from Gateshead to Newcastle, on permanent Duty Fareweel, fareweel, ma comely pet! Aw's forc'd three weeks to leave thee; Aw's doon for parm'ent duty set, O dinna let it grieve thee! Ma hinny! wipe them een sae breet, That mine wi' love did dazzle; When thy heart's sad, can mine be leet? Come, ho'way get a jill o' beer, Thy heart to cheer: An' when thou sees me mairch away, Whiles in, whiles out O' step, nae doot, "Bob Cranky's gane," thou'lt sobbing say, "A sowgering to Newcassel!!" Come, dinna dinna whinge and whipe, Like yammering Isbel Macky; Cheer up, ma hinny! leet thy pipe, And take a blast o' backy! It's but for yen and twenty days, The foulks's een aw'l dazzle, -- Prood, swagg'ring i' my fine reed claes: Ods heft! my pit claes—dist thou hear? Are waurse o' wear; Mind cloot them weel, when aw's away; An' a posie gown Aw'll buy thee soon, An' thou's drink thy tea—aye, twice a-day, When aw come frae Newcassel. Becrike! aw's up tiv every rig, Sae dinna doot, ma hinny! But at the blue stane o' the brig Aw'll ha'e ma mairchin Ginny. A ginny! wuks! sae strange a seet, Ma een wi' joy wad dazzle; But aw'll hed spent that varra neet -- For money, hinny! owre neet to keep, Wad brick ma sleep: Sae, smash! aw think'st a wiser way, Wi' flesh an' beer Mysel' to cheer, The lang three weeks that aw've to stay, A sowgering at Newcassel!. But whisht! the sairjeant's tongue aw hear, "Fa' in! fa' in!" he's yelpin! The fifes are whuslin' loud an' clear An' sair the drums they're skelpin. Fareweel, ma comely! aw mun gang, The Gen'ral's een to dazzle! But, hinny! if the time seems lang, An' thou freets about me neet an' day; Then come away, Seek out the yell-house where aw stay, An' we'll kiss and cuddle; An' mony a fuddle Sall drive the langsome hours away, When sowgering at Newcassel!. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob Cranky's Adieu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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