THE NEWCASTLE BELLMAN.
As sung by Mr Noble, at the Theatre Royal, in 1803.
Talk no more of brave Nelson, or gallant Sir Sidney,
’Tis granted they’re Tars of a true British kidney;
And people are curious, such heroes to see,
But neither, are half so much follow’d as Me;
O when, ding dong, ding dong, my Bell goes,
Carts, Barrows, are stopt at the sound;
Each news-loving Porter, straight makes a fill pause,
And wonder-struck, shews the full stretch of his Jaws,