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

They drink with Elsie every day,

And call the fiddler for to play

The tune of “Elsie Marley,” honey.

The pitmen and the keelmen trim,

They drink bumbo made of gin,

And for to dance they do begin,

The tune of “Elsie Marley,” honey.

The sailors they will call for flip,

As soon as they come from the ship,

And then begin to dance and skip,