Sally Wheatley

artist:Bob Fox

, writer:Joe Wilson

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 {t:Sally Wheatley}
{artist:Bob Fox}
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM_cIGEtBio Capo 4
{c: Thanks to Ged Moore} 
[C] Now I'm most de-[G]pressed and [C] sad
Where [F] I once was blithe and [C] glad
And [Am] could trip about the [C] town both trim and [G] neatly
I was [C] happy [G] night and [C] morn'
But [F] from all such joys I’m [C] shorn
Since [F] I fell so deep in [G] love with Sally [C] Wheatley
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And it's [F] Oh, [C] dear [G] me, what am [C] I ganna [Am] dee
Sally’s [F] gone and stole me heart com-[G]pletely
And I'll [C] never [G] get it [C] back, 
For she [F] gans with mister [C] Black
And [F] they say he's going to [G] marry Sally [C] Wheatley

[C] Now I never saw [G] such a [C] lass
And [F] I know she likes her [C] glass
She [Am] could toss a pot of [C] whiskey over [G] neatly
Now it's [C] right to [G] take a [C] drop
When [F] you know just when to [C] stop
That [F] was just the very [G] way with Sally [C] Wheatley

And it's [F] Oh, [C] dear [G] me, what am [C] I ganna [Am] dee
Sally’s [F] gone and stole me heart com-[G]pletely
And I'll [C] never [G] get it [C] back, 
For she [F] gans with mister [C] Black
And [F] they say he's going to [G] marry Sally [C] Wheatley

[C] How I felt I [G] didn't [C] knaa
The [F] first time I Sally [C] saw
In a [Am] threesome reel she [C] stepped about so [G] sweetly
And I [C] might have [G] stood a [C] chance
Had [F] I asked her up to [C] dance
But [F] I was ower shy to [G] speak to Sally [C] Wheatley

And it's [F] Oh, [C] dear [G] me, what am [C] I ganna [Am] dee
Sally’s [F] gone and stole me heart com-[G]pletely
And I'll [C] never [G] get it [C] back, 
For she [F] gans with mister [C] Black
And [F] they say he's going to [G] marry Sally [C] Wheatley

[C] Now as [G] often is the [C] case
You’ll [F] find others in your [C] place
If [Am] you fail to shove [C] ahead and fettle [G] reetly
For I’d [C] scarcely [G] turned me [C] back
When [F] I spied yon Mr [C] Black
He [F] was jigging roond the [G] room with Sally [C] Wheatley

And it's [F] Oh, [C] dear [G] me, what am [C] I ganna [Am] dee
Sally’s [F] gone and stole me heart com-[G]pletely
And I'll [C] never [G] get it [C] back, 
For she [F] gans with mister [C] Black
And [F] they say he's going to [G] marry Sally [C] Wheatley

And [C] he must have [G] got it [C] right
When [F] he took her home that [C] night
After [Am] work dressed up he [C] gans to see her [G] neetly
There's [C] great danger [G] in de-[C]lay
And [F] aad not be sad to-[C]day
If [F] I had a heart to [G] break for Sally [C] Wheatley
{c: do Chorus twice }
And it's [F] Oh, [C] dear [G] me, what am [C] I ganna [Am] dee
Sally’s [F] gone and stole me heart com-[G]pletely
And I'll [C] never [G] get it [C] back, 
For she [F] gans with mister [C] Black
And [F] they say he's going to [G] marry Sally [C] Wheatley

Song Info

Title: Sally Wheatley

Artist: Bob Fox

Writer: Joe Wilson

Song Types: Folk

Key: C

Info: Joe Wilson (29 November 1841 �" 14 February 1875) was a Tyneside concert hall songwriter and performer in the mid-19th century. His most famous song is "Keep yor feet still Geordie hinny". He was a contemporary of George "Geordie" Ridley. He wrote and sang in the Geordie dialect of Newcastle upon Tyne, his native speech.

Joseph "Joe" Wilson was born just before his twin brother, Tom, in Stowell Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. His father was a cabinet-maker, his mother a bonnet-maker. He enjoyed singing from an early age and had a fine treble voice, which led to his becoming a choir boy at All Saints' Church.

At age 14, he went to work as an apprentice printer with Howe Brothers of Gateshead. He started writing songs as a hobby, and by age 17 published his first book, managing to publish and distribute it independently. He later arranged for the printing to be done at Howe Brothers.

Wilson started performing professionally in 1864 and became a regular at the Wheat Sheaf  in the Cloth Market. He later moved to the newer, larger Tyne Concert Hall.[1] He then toured the North of England, selling his home-produced song-books like most artists of the day (for a halfpenny each).

He married in 1869, and two years later tried settling down to a less itinerant lifestyle. In 1871 he became publican of the Adelaide Inn on New Bridge Street, Newcastle. He was a publican for about a year, then he went back on the road, singing and writing. His act now included many "teetotal" songs, as he had taken the pledge.

His health failed when he contracted tuberculosis, as his father had. A friend and colleague Rowly Harrison, publican of The Commercial in Winlaton, allowed Wilson to stay with him,[citation needed] as his pub was at a higher elevation, and therefore thought to have cleaner, more bracing air.

Joe Wilson died of tuberculosis in Railway Street, Newcastle, survived by his wife and three young children. He was buried in the Jesmond Old Cemetery where a monument marking his grave was erected sometime afterward. The inscription on the monument is in his own words: "It's been me aim t'hev a place i'th' hearts o' the Tyneside people, wi' writin' bits o'hyemly sangs aw think they'll sing."

Joe Wilson was probably the most prolific of all the Geordie songwriters of the time. He performed his own works in the various halls of entertainment around the region until he became too ill. Many of his songs were published in his book Songs and Drolleries, and also in Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings.

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Sally Wheatley

artist:Bob Fox

, writer:Joe Wilson

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