Wp/nth/Blaydon Races

Thi Blaydon Races is a Northumbrian foak sang frae thi 19t eerhundred. It is aiblins thi myest fyemous Northumbrian foak sang, an is offins thowt on as thi unofficial anthem o thi North East o Inglann, or whiles mair specifically o thi Tyneside reigon.

Lyrics
Thi sang is myestly written i thi Geordie dialeck o Northumbrian win a bittie influence frae Inglish, sic as two for twee, bridge for brig an eyes' for een''.

A went ti Blaydon Races, 'twas on thi ninth o Joon, Eiteen hundred an sixty-two, on a summer's efterneun; A teuk thi bus frae Balmbra's, an she wis heavy laden, Away we went 'lang Collin'wood Street, that's on thi road ti Blaydon.

Chorus: Ah me lads, ye shudda seen us gannin, We pass'd thi foaks alang thi road just as they wor stannin; Thor wis lots o lads an lassies there, aal wi smiling faces, Gannin alang thi Scotswood Road, ti see thi Blaydon Races.

We flew past Airmstrang's factory, an up ti thi "Robin Adair", Just gannin doon ti thi railway bridge, thi 'bus wheel flew off there. Thi lassies lost their crinolines off, an thi veils that hide their faces, An A got two black eyes an a broken nose gannin ti Blaydon Races.