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Thomas Clerke is a Sunderland singer/songwriter and poet from the seventeenth and/or eighteenth centuries.
Thomas Clerke is said to be a "Gentleman who has a strong friendly talent and writers of some passionate songs, and Anacreontic" which many of them are now associated with others.
He is said to be always cheerful and a member of the community who came out. His works are poetic and humorous and ready and humor glittering.
His works include: -
- Sons of the Wear
- Music Club
- Ode to Silver Road
- Spottee - appeared on The Bishoprick Garland by (Sir) Cuthbert Sharp and also A Beuk o 'Newcassell Sang by Joseph Crawhall.
- It's all I want (the actual title is unknown) - the extract that appears in The Bishoprick Garland.
Anacreontic = in the way of the Greek lyrics poet Anacreon (? 572-? 488 BC), noted for his short song celebrating love and wine - or (verse) in the praise of love or wine; amatori or suave
Video Thomas Clerke (songwriter)
See also
- Geordie dialect words
- Cuthbert Sharp
- The Bishoprick Garland 1834 by Sharp
Maps Thomas Clerke (songwriter)
References
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External links
- The Bishoprick Garland 1834 by (Sir) Cuthbert Sharp page 50
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