He worked as an entertainer on the (mainly local to the North East of England) music hall circuit and wrote songs and lyrics.
The first was "Neighbors Belaw" (now more often called "The neighbours doon belaa"), which was a humorous look at problems of life in a flat and was a favourite of Harry Nelson, one of Tyneside’s great music hall comedians of the day.
The second was "The lass on the quay" (nicknamed “Sally Gee”, which was an irreverent look at love and the way “it is blind” He retired eventually to Deptford, at that time an inner suburb of Sunderland, situated on the River Wear where he took on a public house.
The Rowers Arms, Colin Place, Deptford, Sunderland, which has long since been demolished, as has the street.
These include :- [6] Geordie dialect words James Weams' Tyneside Song Book 1887