Newcassel Props is a famous Geordie folk song written in the 19th century by William Oliver, in a style deriving from music hall.
Tune—"The Bold Dragoon" Oh, waes me for wor canny toon, It canna stand it lang -- The props are tumbling one by one, The beeldin seun mun gan; For Deeth o' lat hez no been blate, But sent some jovial souls a joggin' Aw never griev'd for Jacky Tate, Nor even little Archy Loggan.
Unfortunately the painting is now lost, but an engraving taken from it by George Armstrong[1] and a print of this (published by E. Charnley, a bookseller in the Bigg Market) in c1820, still exists.
Luckily an index was provided and this list (in alphabetical order) is :- Aud (or Awd) Judy, Blind Willie, Bold Archy (or Airchy), Bugle-Nosed Jack, Captain Starkey, Cull (or Cully) Billy, Donald, Doodem Daddum (with his Dog, Timour, added), Hangy (or Hangie), Jacky Coxon, Jenny Ballo, Pussy Willy, Shoe-tie Anty and Whin Bob.
Some of the most common are listed below :- Generally about and 'bout Airchy Loggan and Archy Loggan an' and and au'd and aud baccy, backy and bakky berth and birth beyth and byeth Blind Willie and Blind Willy chiel, chiel', chield and chief deun and duen friends and frinds gills and jills goks and gowks good and gud griev'd and grieved groop and group has and hez heel and heels he's and he is Heufy Scott and Heuffy Scott hugs and sugs Jackey Tate and Jacky Tate lat and late liv'd and lived luik' and luik'd mavies and mevies nae and ne never and niver noo and now o' and of oot and out others, tothers and uthers pity and pitty sae and se scribblin' and scribbling seun and suen te, tiv and to there (and their) and thor ti and to varry and very wi', with and wiv yor, you and your The missing names in the last verse are "Carr" and Scott" To follow