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The Pitman's Revenge (against Bonaparte) in Geordie dialect is a traditional Geordie folk song written c1804, by George Cameron, in a style deriving from music hall. == Lyrics == Around this period, Napoleon had gathered his armies and was threatening Britain. All over the country volunteer regiments (a sort of Homer Guard) were being recruited. George Cameron served as a Sergeant in one such regiment formed to defend Newcastle upon Tyne. He wrote this, his first (and it appears his only) song "The Pitman's Revenge against Bonaparte" during this period, c1804. He first performed the song at a meeting of his regiment, and despite being met with much approval this appears to have been the only song he wrote. According to the 1872 edition of "Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs", Cameron's daughter reported that the writer first performed the song at a meeting of his regiment at the Three Indian Kings on Newcastle's Quayside, and that the song was later borrowed by a friend, who, unbeknown to the writer, arranged for it to be published. The story was added to in the 1891 edition when a report from Cameron's grandson showed that on the first printing by Bell, a whole line had been missed and in various other printings the author's name had either been omitted or erroneously given as John Shield. These errors were corrected in the 1891 edition. THE PITMAN'S REVENGE (AGAINST BONAPARTE) Verse 1 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「The Pitman's Revenge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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