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Description: | Song written in protest of the rising war-time prices.Most likely written during the Napoleonic Wars, this is one of a number of songs protesting against war-time inflation. During this time their were a number of protests on Tyneside, in particular against the high price of food. A mounting debt, heavy taxation and inflation together with war-time demands on shipping, a shrunken volume of international trade and restricted imports caused a very considerable rise in prices. This caused great hardship, especially on Tyneside where food was scarce.A number of versions of this song are known, another local version is entitled 'A Curious dialogue which took place between a sailor and his wife, in North Shields'. Given the subject matter, it is possible that this song was issued throughout the country. It was common for a standard version of a song to be printed and then adapted by local printers who would simply change place names and other minor details. It is likely that the songs would have been sung to local tunes, which would have varied from place to place.This song is part of the John Bell Collection. ; A collection of broadsheets on various subjects, with accompanying press cuttings and manuscript notes in the hand of John Bell. | Publisher: | Marshall Newcastle upon Tyne | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | 1800-1815 & protest & inflation Health And Welfare war & Napoleonic Wars protest & war/armed forces & poverty | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N0109001 | Go to resource |
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