Cum, Geordy, Haud the Bairn

DESCRIPTION: "Cum , Geordy, haud the bairn, Aw's sure aw'll not stop lang." The woman goes out briefly, leaving the child because she is "not strang." When the child becomes upset, Geordy is unable to calm it, and talks of the weary work his wife must do
AUTHOR: Joe Wilson (1841-1875)
EARLIEST DATE: before 1875 (date of Wilson's death); he published it around 1866
KEYWORDS: mother father children humorous
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Stokoe/Reay-SongsAndBalladsOfNorthernEngland, pp. 136-137, "Cum, Georfy, Haud the Bairn" (1 text, 1 tune)
Graham-GeordieSongBook, pp. 21-23, "Cum, Geordie, Haud the Bairn" (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), p. 41, "Aw WIsh Yor Muther Wad Cum" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #3161
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Whistling Thief" (tune)
File: StoR136

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