[Note 153.10] "Of these few lines which Jowsey pen'd":- implies that a member of the Joswey/Joicey family wrote the song and the use of the French phrase a' la suggests an educated writer. However Jowsey/Joicey is a common name in the North-East (http://jowsey.com/ ) so it may not have been a member of the mine owning family.