About man who sold tea and practiced social philanthropy in the lead mining district of Weardale. Walkers can still follow 'Isaac's Tea Trail'.
lyrics
Chorus
Isaac, Isaac, Isaac Holden,
Buy my teas they’ll warm you up.
Isaac Holden, Isaac Holden,
All my teas will you embolden.
No need for the Demon Drink.
As a lead miner he started life
Until he took himself a wife,
Ann Telfer was her name.
She said that lead was bad for health;
She said that lead was bad for wealth,
So a grocer he became.
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Well, Ann she said fine folk liked tea,
“Now, Isaac, just you listen to me.”
So, across the moors he made his trails
In all weathers, rain snow or hail,
From mansion house to mansion house,
A dealer in fine teas.
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Not all in Weardale had good lives;
Not all in Weardale had good wives,
So, to the mansion folk he’d sell
Little gifts for ‘char-i-tea’,
Little gifts for ‘char-i-tea’,
Isaac’s little joke.
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At Allenheads a well was made
That all might drink the crystal stream,
Part of Isaac’s daily dream
Of healthy living in the Dale,
And, if healthy living, it should fail,
He gave a hearse as well.
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Now the tale of Isaac’s told,
Isaac with a heart of gold
For too soon,
For Isaac, in his hearse,
The Chapel bell tolled.
So, praise the Lord for Isaac Holden,
Isaac Holden, Isaac Holden,
Isaac with a heart so golden.
Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!
Brothers and Sisters, Hallelujah!
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credits
from SINGING THE LEAD,
released October 20, 2014
Written and sung by Tony Morris
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