Dinnet Clash the Door

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, dinnet clas the door! Aw've tell'd ye that before, Can ye not let yor muther hev a rest?" "Just see yor muther there, sittin' feeble i' the chair, It's quiet that she want te myek her weel." "Then, oh, lass, dinnet clash the door se."
AUTHOR: Joe Wilson (1841-1875) (source: Graham-GeordieSongBook)
EARLIEST DATE: 1873 (Joe Wilson's Tyneside Songs)
KEYWORDS: mother disability derivative
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Graham-GeordieSongBook, pp. 16-17, "DInnet Clash the Door" (1 text, tune referenced)
ADDITIONAL: Joe Wilson,_Joe Wilson's Tyneside Songa, Ballads, and Drolleries_, T. Allen (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), 1873 (available on Google Books), pp. 107-108, "Dinnet Clash the Door!" (1 text, tune referenced)

CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" (tune) and references there
File: GGSB016

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