Name: Isaac Holden
Duration: P00H03M56S
Description: About man who sold tea and practiced social philanthropy in the lead mining district of Weardale. Walkers can still follow 'Isaac's Tea Trail'.

Isaac Holden

from SINGING THE LEAD by Tony Morris

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About man who sold tea and practiced social philanthropy in the lead mining district of Weardale. Walkers can still follow 'Isaac's Tea Trail'.

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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.
Chorus
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.
Chorus
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.
Chorus
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.
Chorus
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!
Chorus

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from SINGING THE LEAD, released October 20, 2014
Written and sung by Tony Morris

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TONY MORRIS is an Own Brand Performer and Entertainer who performs his own songs and music.".
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