Rhymes of Northern Bards / Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham

by Unknown

Collery lads for ever more;

Byker Hill and Walker Shore,

Collery lads for ever more.

When I cam to Walker wark,

I had ne coat nor ne pit sark;

But now aw’ve getten twe or three,

Walker pit’s deun weel for me.

Byker Hill and Walker shore,

Collery lads for ever more;

Byker Hill and Walker Shore,