If writers of prose and poetry have been inspired by the Tyne, the same goes for songsmiths
Let's have your suggestions for songs, ancient and modern, that focus on the river and the people who have worked, lived and indeed loved on or beside it. It's a fun game.
Write to me, Michael Chaplin at michael.chaplin@portoftyne.co.uk
To get the ball rolling, here is perhaps the daddy of them all, recorded by countless singers from Owen Brannigan to Sting...
Waters of Tyne
I cannot get tae my love if I would dee
For the waters of Tyne run between him and me
And here I must stand wi a tear in my ee
All sighin and sobbin, my true love to see
Oh where is the boatman, my bonny hinney
Oh where is the boatman, go bring him to me
For to ferry me over the Tyne to my honey
Or speed him across the rough waters to me
Oh bring me a boatman, I'll gi all my money
And you for your trouble rewarded shall be
If you'll carry me over the Tyne to my honey
And I will remember the boatman and thee
I cannot get tae my love if I would dee
For the waters of Tyne run between him and me
And here I must stand wi a tear in my ee
All sighin and sobbin, my true love to see
