English

Byker Hill

I heard about "Byker Hill" back in the early eighties from Brian Kelly and he always raved on about it but I never actually heard him sing it. He gave me the lyrics however but we never got around performing it. Quite recently (October 1998) I eventually found the melody on the net and so after all these years have been able to include it in my repertoire.
It's a jolly North English ditty on the delights of being a collier.
"Byker Hill" has been recorded by:
 The High Level Ranters on "Northumberland Forever" 
 Old Lead on "Boiled in Lead"