{"id":1098,"date":"2018-05-22T12:47:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T12:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/?page_id=1098"},"modified":"2018-05-22T12:47:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T12:47:58","slug":"the-pleasures-of-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/the-pleasures-of-sunderland\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pleasures of Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Pleasures of Sunderland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joseph Ritson (1765)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the fine town of Sunderland, which stands on a hill,<\/p>\n<p>Which stands on a hill most noble to see,<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s fishing and fowling all in the same town,<\/p>\n<p>Every man to his mind, but Sunderland to me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s dancing and singing also in the same town,<\/p>\n<p>And many hot scolds there are in the week;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Tis pleasant indeed the market to see,<\/p>\n<p>And the young maids are mild and meek.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The damsels of Sunderland would, if they could,<\/p>\n<p>To welcome brave sailors, when they come from sea,<\/p>\n<p>Build a fine tower of silver and gold;<\/p>\n<p>Every man to his mind, but Sunderland for me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The young men of Sunderland are pretty blades,<\/p>\n<p>And when they come in with these handsome maids,<\/p>\n<p>They kiss and embrace, and compliment free;<\/p>\n<p>Every man to his mind, but Sunderland for me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Silver-street there lives one Mabel Rob;<\/p>\n<p>She steeps the best ale the town can afford,<\/p>\n<p>For gentlemen to drink tlll they cannot see:<\/p>\n<p>Every man to his mind, but Sunderland for me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland\u2019s a fine place, it shines where it stands,<\/p>\n<p>And the more I look on it, the more my heart warms;<\/p>\n<p>And if I was there I would make myself free:<\/p>\n<p>Every man to his mind, but Sunderland for me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From<em>: The Bishopric Garland, or Durham Minstrel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Being a Choice Collection of Excellent Songs Relating to the Above County.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Full of agreeable variety, and pleasant mirth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>printed by R. Christopher, Stockton, 1784.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pleasures of Sunderland Joseph Ritson (1765) &nbsp; In the fine town of Sunderland, which stands on a hill, Which stands on a hill most noble to see, There\u2019s fishing and fowling all in the same town, Every man to his mind, but Sunderland to me. &nbsp; There\u2019s dancing and singing also in the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1098","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1100,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1098\/revisions\/1100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}