John Taylor (Geordie songwriter)
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John Taylor | |
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| Born | 1840 |
| Died | September 24, 1891 (age 51) |
| Occupation | Songwriter, poet |
John Taylor (1840–1891) was a 19th-century English songwriter and poet (whose material won many prizes) and an accomplished artist and engraver.
Early life[]
John Taylor was born in 1840 in Dunston, Gateshead, (which at the time was in County Durham but is now in Tyne and Wear).
John Taylor began adult life as a clerk at the Newcastle Central Station. After several years he became impatient at not gaining, in his mind, sufficient promotion, and left to "better himself" as a traveller for a brewery. Like many other short cuts this, in time, he found had its drawbacks, and possibly the slower progress of the railway might in the end have been better.
He was a prolific writer of songs and many won prizes in the competitions run by both John W Chater and Ward's Almanacs (Ward's Directory of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Adjacent Villages; Together with an Almanac, a Town and County Guide and a Commercial Advertiser).[1][2]
It was to him Joe Wilson allegedly said whilst talking in the Adelaide Hotel, "Jack, ye can write a sang aboot as weel as me, but yor sangs divn't sing, an' mine dis."
He was also a first-class and versatile artist, as was his predecessor Edward Corvan, and an accomplished wood-engraver providing the plates used for the pictures of William Purvis (Blind Willie), , Joseph Philip Robson, and Geordy Black, the character played by Rowland Harrison, in Thomas Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891.
Family[]
His father was an employee of the North Eastern Railway Company and was selected by the patentee to operate the machine which printed the first standard railway ticket
Death[]
John Taylor died on 24 September 1891, aged 51, and was buried in Dunston Churchyard.[citation needed]
Works[]
These include:
- Harry Clasper and his Testimonial
- Bob Chambers, champion sculler of the world[3]
- The Flay Craw – or Pee Dee’s Mishap – to the tune of Warkworth Feast[4]
See also[]
- Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings
- Geordie dialect words
- John W Chater
- Thomas Allan
References[]
- ^ "Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings: With Lives, Portraits, and ..." T. & G. Allan. 16 July 1891. Retrieved 16 July 2020 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings with lives, portraits and autographs of the writers, and notes on the songs. Revised Edition. Thomas & Gorge Allan, 18 Blackett Street, and 34 Collingwood Street, (Newcastle upon Tyne) – Sold by W. Allan, 80 Grainqer Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, B. Allan, North Shields and Walter Scott. London. 1891.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
External links[]
- Folk Archive Resource North East – Taylor J 1891
- Bards of Newcastle
- Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings
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