"Wor Peg's Trip te Tynemouth" (sub-titled "A Reglor Cawshun") is a Geordie folk song written in the 19th century by Joe Wilson, in a style deriving from music hall.
This song tells a friendly, warm-hearted story about a day on the beach. It includes a reference to the new idea of âÂÂbathing machinesâ (In tiv a fine masheen she ran).
The song appears in the âÂÂTyneside Songsâ chapbook. The cover has a patterned border and written on it is:- <br /> âÂÂThe Canny Newcassel foaks fireside budjit Joe WilsonâÂÂs Tyneside Songs, Ballads and Drolleries. Part 1, price sixpence. Entered at Stationers Hall. Original Fireside Pictors, Draws iâ wor awn awd canny toon style, By Joe Wilson. And sung by him with immense success at the âÂÂTyneâ and âÂÂOxfordâ Music Halls, Newcastle. Printed by Joe Wilson.â <br /> And vertically at either side of a central picture is<br /> âÂÂCopyright. Deddycated to tiv iverybody. Full oâ fun, drols, wisdom anâ sittera".<br /> It is not known exactly when the book was published, but we can estimate that it was sometime between 1865 and 1869: