Joseph Wilson

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Names

First Name:

Joseph

Last Name(s):

Wilson

Pseudonym(s):

The Bard of Tyneside

Other Name:

Joe Wilson

Gender:

male

Bio Dates

Birth Year:

1841

Death Year:

1872

Cause of Death:

tuberculosis (consumption)

Death Description:

"Wilson died from TB on Valentine’s Day at the age of just 33 at his home in Railway Street, behind Central Station in 1874" (Kelly, http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/who-joe-wilson-bard-...).

Locations

Nationality:

English

Birthplace:

Newcastle upon Tyne

Transatlantic:

No

Class and Labor

Industry:

Occupation:

Disability and Illness:

tuberculosis (consumption)

Disability and Illness Description:

"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, 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" (Wikipedia).

Politics and Religion

Affiliations:

temperance advocate

Published Tyneside Songs and Drolleries. Readings and Temperance Songs (Newcastle upon Tyne: Thomas and George Allan, n.d.)

References and Sources

References and Sources:

Biblio Texts:

145-74

72-6

473-82

144

Other Digital References:

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Other Analog References:

Wilson, Joseph. Tyneside Songs and Drolleries. Readings and Temperance Songs. Newcastle upon Tyne: Thomas and George Allan, n.d.

Referenced Poem Titles:

Keep Yor Feet Still Geordie Hinney

Dinnet Clash the Door

Maw Bonnie Gyetside Lass

Aw Wish Your Muther Wad Come

Publication Notes:

He sang in dialect to great effect in songs like "Keep Yor Feet Still Geordie Hinney," "Dinnet Clash the Door," "Maw Bonnie Gyetside Lass" and "Aw Wish Your Muther Wad Come."

Dialect:

Geordie (Tyneside)

PoetId:

1683

Priority:

1 - Mirrors Superlist - Additional Research Necessary

Internal Comments:

His Tyneside Songs and Drolleries. Readings and Temperance Songs (Newcastle upon Tyne: Thomas and George Allan, n.d.) went through a number of editions in the last decades of the nineteenth century and there are modern reprints of it. There have been numerous revivals of his work; for example, a Tyneside Theatre production by Alex Glasgow and John Woodvine took up the singer’s life and works in Joe Lives (1971), and like other north-eastern labouring-class poet-songmakers of his era, notably Tommy Armstrong (qv) his work remains popular in folk circle. In 2011 the band The Unthanks included their arrangement of Wilson’s hymn to the unreliable Geordie male, "The Gallowgate Lad," in their live set and on their album Last.

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Joseph Wilson's Publications

Title	Publication Date	Publisher	Edition	Other Editions	Editor	Collaborator	Patron	Subscription Description	Key Subscribers	Pages	Call Number	Dialect	Language	Digitized or Digital Editions	Additional Notes
Tyneside Songs and Drolleries. Readings and Temperance Songs	1890	Thomas Allan, George Allan										Geordie (Tyneside)		HathiTrust

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