George Guthrie (songwriter) explained

George Guthrie (born 1842, in Newcastle) moved away from the town eastwards towards the coast, and worked as a blacksmith in Wallsend and Sunderland.^{[1] [2]}

He came to the attention of Joe Wilson, the great Music Hall performer, who said that many of Guthrie’s songs had considerable merit, and were much to be admired.

One of his songs "Heh ye seen wor Cuddy" sung to the tune of "The King of the Cannibal Islands" appears on page 13 of J. W. Swanston’s The Tyneside Songster^[3] and page 518 of Thomas Allan’s illustrated edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings.

See also

• Geordie dialect words
• Thomas Allan
• Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings
• The Tyneside Songster by J W Swanston
• J. W. Swanston

External links

• FARNE - Folk Archive – enter Guthrie George
• Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings

Notes and References

1. Web site: Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings: With Lives, Portraits, and .... 14 July 1891. T. & G. Allan. 14 July 2020. Internet Archive.
2. Book: Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings with lives, portraits and autographs of the writers, and notes on the songs. Revised Edition. 1891. Thomas & Gorge Allan, 18 Blackett Street, and 34 Collingwood Street, (Newcastle upon Tyne) – Sold by W. Allan, 80 Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, B. Allan, North Shields and Walter Scott. London.
3. Web site: Farne – Tyneside Songster. 2012-06-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222101959/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=T0301302. 2015-12-22. dead.