Dance to your daddy

[Melusine62]

Really lovely--both the version of the song and the evocative video. Who is singing this song?

[Molemanftw69]

I am proud of my Geordie blood

[correl84]

yey newcy brown!!!

[Hadawaynshyte]

A reet champion birra musik lyk.....

When I was a bairn I used to go down to the Fish Quay at North Shields to see the boats coming in and to fish off the quay.

Back then the fishing industry was vibrant and populated by hard working, hard drinking men who earned their living from the sea .

Hundreds of trawlers sadly now all gone....a sad indictment of government cave in to Europe and all its works........

I am a geordie and proud to be so, my heart will always be in THE TOON

[taxiride1]

@Hadawaynshyte Had away n shite - that's my catchphrase :)

[floofynut]

neither english nor scottish... who agrees? GEORDIE (NORTHUMBRIAN) and proud :)

[jleque16]

@floofynut whey aye theres nee one like us.

[boydegg]

I sing this to my son. And I remember my father singing it to me when I was a kid.

[noushitaisa]

Beautiful. Brings tears to me eyes....

[elephantbarbiegirl]

Lovely song and nice video too. Reminds us of what a tough life it is

[elephantbarbiegirl]

Great song and lovely video. Reminds us what a difficult and dangerous job it is

[elephantbarbiegirl]

Love the song and the fishing shots-reminds you of what a hard life it is

[HexJamXXX]

Excelent singing! Who is singing this guys? Thanks

[CaptainKubla]

@HexJamXXX He's called Bob Fox mate. Yeah, he's a good singer and very good live too.. ;)

[m00zic]

Who recorded this. Who's performing it?

[m00zic]

This is the best one : ) Not rated enough compared t how toon terrace songs are

[nightgrooveruk]

NAMASTE AWESOME THANK YOU MUSICAL BLESSING 4 EVERYONE WITH A BEATING HEART :) SUNSHINE SMILES :)

[mrswyeiman]

ta vary much! I live in Canada now and have a new bonny lad, I sing this to him each mornin when he wakes, but forgot the tune cause I'm auld! thanks for the memories, now I can sing in toon!

[cambershots]

@mrswyeiman i know the noth east english accent like this one is hard to do .

[richysst]

oh what a beautiful song thank you  .

[Dacijo]

lol the canoe looked alittle out of place, but real nice version of the song. It does it justice.

[monkeyboysamurai]

reminds me of being on the quayside on the tyne, best place in the world, Grandad George used to sing it to me R.I.P Grandad

[chaschuck1]

well being a geordie i can relate to this song as it was sung to me a a kid.

[tooklees]

What is it about this song? A kid annoyingly jumps around and sings a lot to his parents. Everyone seems to be completely puddled, with alcohol consumption being promoted to the child; whilst giving it a rather restricted fish based diet. And all and sundry seem to be forever hanging around for a boat that refuses to dock.

Yet it is very moving.

[Shanniquitie]

@tooklees that's life!

[JoseyJames]

so catchy, it's amazing :)

[MZ0007]

Best version on the 'tube! Thanks!

[MZ0007]

It's Bob Fox isn't it?

[ImTheStig1]

Proud to be from North East

[millymouse993]

i have 2 sing this with me class OMG!!!!

[tom19871987]

backy as in tobacco

[CaptainKubla]

*where

[getemuphigh]

You did a good job, well put together.

[sameoldfitup2008]

Time to vote British National Party (Save Our Heritage)

[jocular]

who sings on this recording? Love this song btw

[housewife99]

i think this is bob fox

[TheSonofagunner]

try listenin to the alex glasgow version. iv livd in tha northeast al me life an i divnt ave a clue wot war mans on aboot. its al shite i cany unstand tha bugga arall

[clarkydpimp]

Love the way geordie's talked back in the day.

Much better then the equivalent now

[nindojibwe]

Go up the Wear to the old mining villages - they speak the old way, just as in this song.

[heslop01]

If you go to villages where the coal mines where - there's still people who speak pityack.

[haggismacdrill]

CaptainKubla - I've read your previous comments, you make some interesting points. One thing I'd like to ask though, are you sure your not Scottish?  Your comments definitely sound like they're in a Glaswegian dialect...

[drillmachaggis]

A beautiful Scottish Folk song, love this one

[CaptainKubla]

I wid beg tae differ, being that I knaa for a FACT its a Geordie song, so be quiet.

[muliqueen]

Oy such a joyous song, it reminds me of my good fishing times with my fellows on the old peggy sue, this song should be broadcast to the world so that all man and beast can enjoy, it makes me erect!

[NineCathe]

Can keep listening to song for hours... The version by Snaarmaarwaar is very nice too.

[RachelJadeSots]

This is a beautiful song.

[CaptainKubla]

Indeed.

[CaptainKubla]

Hahaha, listen tae thi Bawbag "connected", completely CLAMPED and unable to say anything against the word of TRUTH. This is Indeed a North Eastern (Geordie) Folk song, and tae all the lads that never came back, this is for yee.

[69BelfastBOI69]

fuk up arguin all day on ere t prove a point ya boring twats

[CaptainKubla]

lol. Aye Yer right Belfast, I admit, but he fucking started it, and hes wrong.....which I have just proven. They can have the telly and the telephone, (well done) but not WOR fucking songs! Hahaha.

[conected2life]

Dance Tae Yer Daddy Origional lyrics:

Dance tae yer daddy,

Ma bonnie laddie,

Dance tae yer daddy, ma bonnie lamb!

An ye'll get a fishie

In a little dishie,

Ye'll get a fishie, whan the boat comes hame.

[CaptainKubla]

Chorus: Dance ti' thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy, Dance ti' thy daddy, ti' thy mammy sing; Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy, Thou shall hev a fishy when the boat comes in. Here's thy mother humming, Like a canny woman; Yonder comes thy father, Drunk - he cannot stand. Chorus Dance ti' thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy, Dance ti' thy daddy, ti' thy mammy sing; Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy, Thou shall hev a haddock when the boat comes in. Look, just give up. Its a known fact.

[conected2life]

Whilst Saxons are people that came to live in England, the word Saxon does not mean 'English man,' however, the word Sassenach does.

Perhaps your brain will work a little better when it's less pickled.

Judging by your profile, you are not the kind of person to 'get it' when you are taught something.

[CaptainKubla]

*Yawn* Perhaps you will be man enough to admit that you were bested on this occassion and emphatically proven "Wrang" (Blast from the Saxon past). Never mind though, theres plenty Nordic pillaging went on in Alba too, ken? This pure blood Celt myth that you erroneously hang on too, which has about as much basis in reality as a Harry Potter novel. Aye, the CLANS knew. LMAO. Score one to the Sassanach Superior intelligence, youse drunken bigoted chippy cunts always was thick as fuck. Toodle pip.

[conected2life]

Dance tae yer daddy,

Ma bonnie laddie,

Dance tae yer daddy, ma bonnie lamb!

An ye'll get a coatie,

An a pair o' breekies,

Ye'll get a whippie, an a soople Tam.

[CaptainKubla]

Oh and by the way, it is a Northumbrian Folk song in origin, as a matter of Fact. End of story.

[conected2life]

It's not a fact, it's debatable, unless of course you can come-up with sources. If it was a fact, I would have told you.

[CaptainKubla]

Conected2 .Evidence? Here it is. The words to the song are by the ENGLISH poet William Watson, in a collection of North ENGLISH ballads, known alternatively as "The little Fishy" -"Dance to thy/thi Daddy/Come here my little Jacky". First put to music in the North East as evidenced by the earliest WRITTEN record of it being sung (Fordyces "Newcastle song book" 1840) A Scots dialect VARIANT of the North English ballad was later used as a nursery song. Happy noo? Enjoy yer humble pie :)

[conected2life]

Nice song, well sung, great video too, but it's just not the same when sung by a Sassenach.

[CaptainKubla]

Your talking shite conected2life pal, Its a "Sassenach" (Saxon-Lowlander for the uneducated lol) song anyways ye bawbag!! :D

Its youse that are singing it shite, because its a Geordie song. So deal with it, Hamish. Hahaha. (I'm half Scottish meself, so I'm allowed tae tek the piss ;)

[conected2life]

Did you get your 'education' from Wikipedia?

Being a native Gaelic speaker, I can tell you that 'Sassenach' means 'English Man.' 'Sassen' being England, whereas 'Alba' is Scotland, ergo we are 'Albanachs.'

I'll accept that the origins of 'Dance to your Daddy' is debatable, but I've always known it to be an Aberdonian Fishwives song and I've only ever known it to be sung in a strong Scottish accent. Nothing against the English accent, it just changes the song for me.

Nice try anyway.

[CaptainKubla]

Nice try at at what, being right, ye mean? The word "Sassenach" means "Saxon" which is precisely what an Englishman is!! (Germanic tribes Angles/Saxons) Yes, you are right in saying that is the Gaelic term, related to the Latin for Saxon which is Saxoni or Saxone I think offhand. I don't read wikipedia, its a load of shite as any mug can make anything up. These are the facts of the case, M'lud ;)

[conected2life]

I'm sure you'd argue their are no clouds in the sky, just floating water.

[conected2life]

By the way Kubla, I can assure you, just as Saxon and English are blatantly two different words, 'Sassenach' which is from my native tongue only means 'English man.'

[CaptainKubla]

Just as Saxon and English are two different words? Check out the big brain on conected. Two words which are in fact synonymous......and indivisible. A Saxon is an Englishman, what part of that are you having difficulty with ? Look at the etymology of the word "Sassenach". Then come back and tell me what it means (Clue:Saxon). I've had a few ales and can't be arsed to. Something like Sassenauche (may have mispelled). You know the language, professor! Then make mine a pint of your tears :)

[geordylass]

This is a song I grew up with and what a good job this guy has done singing it, really enjoyed it.

[Catcalledcheshire]

Is this the Bob Fox version?

(Pakki's plainly racist. Let's not say it).

[Y2kain2]

lol lets not

[kennydeformity]

sunderland!!!!!!!

[hughsey1990]

newcastle!!!!!!! smb

[hughsey1990]

newcastle!!!

[tvargan]

A great song, with some deep meanings. "The boat comes in" is a metaphor for when times get better. The direct reference to alcaholism from the father and Tommy are notable, as is the conern "I hope he'll never fail." drink is the main theme of the song. "Dance" is just saying "keep your chin up." The implication is a depressed society in which the fish represents comfort and luxury, and optimism about a better future.

"You shall have a salmon whent he boat comes in" sums it up perfectly.

[tvargan]

On 14 seconds, who does he say? I would have assumed it was "Baccy" but it sounds like "Paccy?" Can't think what that would be short for. Baccy of course is tobbacco.

[CaptainKubla]

Its "baccy" lol, and that joke is very old ;)

[tvargan]

I'm not just being jokey- it does sound like a "P" . I was wondering if originally the slang was paccy, perhaps as in "packet of tobbacco," but that slang fell out of usage when that term also became a racial slur.

"Jew" was slang for the duty (tax) on consumer goods- A short slang version of "duty." So to "jew" someone was to sell used goods pretending they were new and as such adding "tax" which the shopkeeper kept himself. But this term is often wrongly thought of as anti-semetic.

[CaptainKubla]

Hehe, nah I'm a Geordie born and bred mate and "paccy" has never been said meaning "packet" round here, so it never existed in the first place to fall out of usage for "political correctness" reasons, sorry. However, we do call people from Pakistan "Pakis" and continue to do so. It is not nor ever has been a "racial slur" in the North East, it is a simple abbreviation of a persons country of origin.....Thats it. Bangladesh=Bangledeshi. Pakistan-Paki. No harm done.

[Y2kain2]

thanks for saying that mate i do the same thing but people cant get it into there eads that im only shortening there origins not mocking them, so really mate thanks for explaning that for most people that think its a racial slur when its not, its just the wankers these days use it like that

[beowulfpendragon]

this is fantastic

[toonlass2007]

Ta! Lovely, really lovely.

[arbeia76]

why aye, gan canny!

[libra61060]

Fantastic, love you Geordies.

[kennydeformity]

he is a mackem!!!from sunderland

[050261mellost]

Beautiful. Beautiful. Thanks Geordie-lad

[CaptainKubla]

Geordie folk at its finest......Brings a tear tae me eye, it does.

[binsybobs666]

i allways listen to this vershion when i need to reflect its so beautiful.

[boydegg]

Beautiful version.

[yeeeeeeeoman]

Chords anyone?

[libra61060]

A londoner,and an expat at that,but this makes me feel so proud, i know i don't deserve it, Respect.

[a1c6z9xq]

this song is really good

[steveforbesvoodoo]

soul

[binsybobs666]

beautifull song!!! bob fox does it justice.

[someluvblues]

we always sang 'dance for your daddy....'

[nick2li]

awesome sing & song,the video is out of context,not many tyne men there,please listen to the words,if you've a problem,haddawayanshite!

[geordietart]

its a northeast folk song like cushie butter field is and keep yer feet still geordie hinny it isnt scottish r irish a shud knaa cos me ma used ti sing aal the northaeast folks 2is when i was a bairn nice try scotland and ireland tryin2 claim a northeast song as yer own it comes under northumbrian songs i like this1 and wor geordies lost his liggie as well cos they r both mint like

[thebanj]

Excellent work and a great match to the song, no matter what you say.

I really enjoyed watching this.

[Monkfish05]

Lovely folk song!!! *Sniffle* Me Nana used to sing this to me when i was a bairn *double sniffle* !

Quality.

[lortrek]

canny includes careful with money re spouse spending money on drink;lyrics via google:dance ti' thy daddy lyrics

[lortrek]

SOME NOTES:google "dance ti thy daddy' "alex glasgow";backy=tobacco;cracky=­fun;humming=usual

meaing;canny=shrewd;fuddling=s­tupid with alcohol, ale here;sly=usual Meaning;bairn=baby;fish=haddoc­k,bloater,mackerel,salmon;

"and weel may the keel row"=well, keel in a boat,row=track true;wikipedia "alex glasgow";

[soljahofislam]

did he say something about smoking a paki and some crack?what are the words

[sassenachlass]

craic is fun in Irish Gaelic, and I assume it is in Scots as well

[leaningoak]

This is a Northumbrian song, 'crack' means banter, small talk.

[Monkfish05]

lol!!! :D

[lorcasnovena]

who is singing this?

[dominic1zillion]

I'm pretty sure that it's the geordie singer Bob Fox.

[leaningoak]

Yes, Bob Fox and Billy Mitchell

[cjwaywell]

Best version I've ever heard

[DifferentGirl3]

might do this song for my grade 3 singing

it's really sweet

=] x

[leanneworsley]

love the song xxx

[alexairlie]

EXCELLENT!

[VaporificLilo]

amazing

[delmontegirl]

a tribute to all the trawler men of the east coast,esp the north east,sorry but this is where the song originated from,great song though!!

[binsybobs666]

i love this song!

[giellagirl]

Please tell me which artist performs this song. I love it so much.

[CorineJ]

Sounds like a young Bob Fox to me.

[binsybobs666]

bob fox and billy mitchell.

[binsybobs666]

bob fox and billy mitchell.

[solomonleap]

I enjoyed this very much, thank you!

I am a fisherman from the other side of the earth and shall try to put together a clip of us doing the same!

What decade was this, please?

Solomon

[qwertylicious2]

Who's the singer?

Good song btw!

[binsybobs666]

bob fox

[willbo1234567890]

Definitely worth your while creating, i am from york and have no fishing connections but i love this song and as i am doing my GCSE coursework i listen to this and it puts me in such a peaceful, calm mood. And also a great reminder for all those who have gone to sea and not returned.

Thanks very mcuch Hazardous Lemon,

brings a tear to my eye. :)

from will

[oldmanofthehill]

A fantastic song. I was singing this to my 3 year old son the other day. When I'd finished, he give me a big hug and told me that I used to sing this to him when he was a baby. He can't have been a year old the last time I sang it so it must be a great tune for him to remember. It could be part of his genetic make up though, one branch of our family originally come from Hemsby before moving up to Jarrow. All of them fishermen and women.

[dhesquire]

great song

[frosty666666]

Long live the trawlermen,long live geordies that when to sea and never returned

[babog2007]

Hey!!...im so happy I found this song. I sang that song to my unborn son...and sing it to him all the time now aswell. When i found the video and played it for him he was totally mezmerised.

fantastic,beautiful song..WELL DONE!!!!

[davidholness]

What a great Video beatifully dedicated to REAL family life. I love this song and reminds me so much of my childhood in the 1950's, although I am sure it is ages old.

Great compilation. More please ( maybe Liverpool lullaby by Cilla Black etc oh you are a mucky kid.......)

Take Care

David

[HazardousLemon]

Thanks for the reply. I am working on a few things right now and will keep your suggestion in mind for when I get some time.

Very much appreciated, thanks!