The North Country Collier
Last updated: 22.01.22
The North Country Collier may be found in John Masefield's A Sailor's Garland (1906) and is probably derived from a J. Pitts broadside ca. 1830 and an earlier manuscript from 1781.
The song itself is of a young maiden eulogising the advantages of a collier lad, a sailor plying his trade on those vessels carrying coals from Newcastle to ports far and near. This song may be found in the Tyneside Maritime Chorus songbook
The song itself is of a young maiden eulogising the advantages of a collier lad, a sailor plying his trade on those vessels carrying coals from Newcastle to ports far and near. This song may be found in the Tyneside Maritime Chorus songbook