John "Jack" Shield (1768– 6 August 1848) was an English songwriter. One of his best known and liked songs at the time was "Bob Cranky's Adieu". Shield was a contemporary of the earliest Geordie dialect songwriters Thomas Thompson and John Selkirk.
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1768 Broomhaugh, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
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6 August 1848 (aged 80)
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