Byker Hill
"Byker Hill" is a traditional English folk song about coal miners,[1] that has been performed by many contemporary acts.[2] There are at least three different tunes to which the song is sung.
Byker Hill is in the East end of Newcastle, as is the adjoining district of Walker, also mentioned in the song. "Byker Hill and Walker Shore, Collier lads for ever more"
Versions of "Byker Hill"
- Martin Carthy[3]
- Dave Swarbrick
- Howling Gael
- Tempest - on Shapeshifter, re-released on Prime Cuts
- Gally's Folly
- Dave Van Ronk - on Going Back To Brooklyn (as "Luang Prabang")
- Patrick Sky - on Songs That Made America Famous (as "Luang Prabang")
- The Barely Works[4] - on The Big Beat
- Australian Chamber Orchestra with Danny Spooner, Mike Kerin & Richard Tognetti
- The Imagined Village
- The Cottars - on Forerunner
- The Young Tradition
- Sportive Tricks - on their album Old Dogs New Tricks[5]
- Pete Coe[6]
- Bellowhead on Broadside
- Philip Wilby[7]
- Father Son and Friends. "Adrift on the Tide"
- Boiled in Lead, on the 1985 album BOiLeD iN lEaD
- Oak, Ash & Thorn, on Out on a Limb (1984)
- Brian Johnson, on the 2002 album From Tyne to Tweed' - The Northumbria Anthology[8]
- The Taverners - on Seldom Sober
- Chanticleer, on The Anniversary Album
- Steve Goodman - Live at University of Illinois IL, November 10, 1969
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References
- "The Mudcat Cafe". Mudcat.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- "Song Lyrics with midi - Byker Hill". Traditionalmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- "Martin Carthy". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- "Byker Hill / The Barely Works". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- "Sportive Tricks". Sportivetricks.com. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- "Various - The Rough Guide To English Folk – World Music Network – Store". Worldmusic.net. 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- "Telewizja Internetowa". filmytube. Archived from the original on 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
- vincent alexandre (2017-03-02), AC/DC - Brian Johnson - Byker Hill, retrieved 2017-03-02
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