The old women carry the day,
They beat both the maids and the men;
To give Sunderland the sway,
For ever and ay,
They’ll marry tho’ threescore and ten.
SUNDERLAND BRIDGE.
By M.W. of North Shields.
Ye sons of Sunderland, with shouts that rival ocean’s roar,
Hail Burdon in his iron boots, who strides from shore to shore!