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Description: | Rather good domestic song about the prospect of a good Christmas. Similar in style to those of Joe Wilson. The song is reprinted from the Newcastle weekly chronicle for December, 1881.The author of this song, Matthew C. James, began life as an apprentice draughtsman at Mitchell's shipyard in Low Walker. In 1892, after serving with firms such as R. Stephenson and Co., James was appointed naval architect and surveyor of the Prince Line, and was responsible for the design of a large number of steamers for the line. James remained with Prince Line until 1897 when he rose to the position of manager of the Mercantile Dry Dock at Jarrow.This song forms part of a collection of songs reprinted from local publications by Andrew Reid and Co. in 1898. Many of the songs deal with the topics of the day such as 'The Carliol Tower', 'The Quay on Sunday morning' and 'The Stivvison centennery', whilst others such as 'Oot iv a job', touch on working and domestic life. All of the songs in this collection are written in local dialect. ; A collection of songs reprinted from the 'Newcastle weekly chronicle' and the 'North of England almanac'. | Publisher: | Andrew Reid and Company Newcastle upon Tyne | Rights holder: | rights holder : Border History Museum | Subjects: | Christmas & celebrations domestic life & festivities | Temporal: | start=1861;end=1900; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:H0101101 | Go to resource |
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