| Author | Joseph Philip Robson (editor) |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English (Geordie dialect) |
| Genre | chapbook |
| Publisher | P. France & Co. |
Publication date | 1850 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | approx. 560 pages |
Songs of the Bards of the Tyne is a chapbook style songbook, giving the lyrics of local, now historical songs, with a few bits of other information. It was edited by J. P. Robson and published by P. France & Co. in 1850. [1]
Songs of the Bards of the Tyne (full title – “France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne; A choice selection of original songs, chiefly in the Newcastle Dialect. With a glossary of 800 words. Edited by J. P. Robson, Published by P France & Co., No 8 Side, Newcastle upon Tyne – 1849) is a Chapbook style book of Geordie folk songs consisting of approximately 270 song lyrics on over 560 pages, published in 1850.
It is, as the title suggests, a collection of songs which would have been popular, or topical, at the date of publication. There is very little in the way of biographies of any of the writers or histories of the events.
| page | title | songwriter | tune | comments | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iv | Publisher's Preface | |||||
| v | Editor's comments | |||||
| 8 | Index | |||||
| 17 | Wonderful Tallygrip – (The) | J P Robson | Barbara Bell | |||
| 19 | short bio | John Balmbra | landlord of Wheat Sheaf Inn | |||
| 20 | Wonderful Tallygrip – (The) | J P Robson | Barbara Bell | encore verses | ||
| 22 | Skipper's Wedding – (The) | W Stephenson Senior | ||||
| 25 | Jemmy Joneson’s Whurry – or Gaol and Kitty | T Thompson | ||||
| 27 | Canny Newcastle | T Thompson | Fy, let's off to the bridal | |||
| 30 | Pitman's Courtship – (The) | William Mitford | author given as W Midford | |||
| 32 | Cappy – or The Pitman's Dog | William Mitford | author given as W Midford | |||
| 35 | Polly's Nickstick | J P Robson | X. Y. Z. | |||
| 39 | Pitman's Skellyscope (The) | William Mitford | Polly Parker, O | author given as W Midford | ||
| 41 | Bonny Keel Laddie (The) | not given | ||||
| 42 | Mayor of Bordeaux (The) – or Mally 's Mistake | William Mitford | Fy, let's off to the bridal | author given as W Midford | ||
| 44 | Collier's Rant (The) | not given | ||||
| 45 | New Keel Row (The) – new version | T Thompson | ||||
| 45 | (Weel May) The Keel Row – original version | Traditional | ||||
| 47 | Glister (The) | W Armstrong | ||||
| 49 | Callerforney – A dialogue | J P Robson | Alley Croaker | |||
| 51 | Gutta Percha | J P Robson | The Campbells Are Coming | |||
| 54 | Kittlin' Legacy (The) – or the Clawa in the Will | J P Robson | Barbara Bell | this song marked "Copyright" | ||
| 54 | comment on | The story of the legacy | ||||
| 56 | There's a Grand Time Comin' | J P Robson | according to Ross in "The Songs of the Tyne c1846" author may be R P Sutherland | |||
| 57 | Harry Clasper | J P Robson | Famous Auld Cappy | |||
| 59 | Pitman's luck at the races (The) | W Mitford | according to Farne archives to the tune of 'Cameronians Rant' | also indexed as X. Y. Z. | ||
| 59 | comment on | the pitman's hobby | ||||
| 62 | Newcastle Spaw | Emery | Rory O' More | |||
| 62 | short bio | about the spring | ||||
| 64 | Fishwives lament (The) – on their removal from the Sandhill to the New Fish Market on 2 Jan 1827 | R Emery | Sleeping Maggie | |||
| 65 | April Gowk (The) | R Gilchrist | Jenny choak'd the bairn | |||
| 67 | Steam Soup (or Cuckoo Jack's Petition) | Emery | X. Y. Z. | |||
| 69 | Pitman's Ramble (The) | Emery | The Kebbuckstane Wedding | |||
| 71 | Swalwell Hopping | J Selkirk | Paddy's Wedding | |||
| 74 | Mally's Voyage to Callerforney | J P Robson | Hydrophoby | |||
| 77 | Pitman's Happy Times – (The) | J P Robson | In the days when we went Gypsying | |||
| 79 | Keelmen of the Tyne (The) | J P Robson | The Orange and the Blue | |||
| 81 | Militia (The) | J P Robson | The Campbells are Coming | |||
| 83 | Newcastle Improvements | J P Robson | Oh! 'Tis Love | |||
| 85 | Oh, Come, My lovely Maid | J P Robson | The Swiss Toy Girl | |||
| 86 | Little Pee-dee (The) | not given | Pitman's Courtship (The) | |||
| 87 | Skipper's Visit to the Polytechnic | Emery | X. Y. Z. | |||
| 90 | Sandgate Pant – or Jane Jemieson's Ghost | Emery | I'd be a butterfly | |||
| 92 | Blind Willy's Death | Nunn | Jemmy Joneson's Whurry | |||
| 93 | Skipper's Dream (The) | T Moor | ||||
| 95 | Floatin' Gunstan – (The) | Armstrong | About a "Floating Grindstone" | Fr-Tune3 | ||
| 96 | Newcassel Worthies (The) | Armstrong | We've aye been provided for | actually spelt "Newcastle" in this book | ||
| 99 | Days and Deeds of Shakspere | J P Robson | The Old English Gentleman | |||
| 102 | Pitman's Candidate (The) | J P Robson | Jeanette and Jeannot | title actually given as "Pitman" in this book | ||
| 103 | Song of the Old Tyne Bridge | J P Robson | The Old Kirk-Yard | |||
| 105 | Maw Wonderful Wife | J P Robson | Barbara Bell | |||
| 107 | Noodle – (The) | J B Gilroy | Jeanette and Jeannot | |||
| 109 | Use and abuse (The) – or the Pitman and the preacher | J P Robson | Canny Newcassel | |||
| 110 | Thumping Luck | W Watson | Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town | |||
| 112 | Pigeons' Milk – or A Shy at the Quacks | J P Robson | Calder Fair | this song marked "Copyright" | ||
| 115 | Luckey's Dream | not given | Calder Fair | actually spelt "Lukey's Dream" in this book | A-N1 | |
| 117 | Cobbler O' Morpeth (The) (Cholera Morbus) | McLellan | Bow Wow | refers to Cholera | ||
| 119 | Nancy Wilkinson | H Robson | Duncan Davison | |||
| 120 | Newcassel Props (The) | W Oliver | The Bold Dragoon | |||
| 122 | Baggy Nanny – or The Pitman's Frolic | R Emery | The Kebbuckstane Wedding | |||
| 124 | Coal trade (The) | not given | The Keel Row | B S6 | ||
| 127 | Hamlick, Prince of Denton – Part First | J P Robson | Merrily Dance the Quaker's Wife | |||
| 129 | Canny Aud Sheels | J P Robson | Sprig of Shillalah | |||
| 132 | By the Waves of the Ocean | J P Robson | The last rose of summer | |||
| 132 | comment on | J P Robson | from "Wild Blossoms of Poesy" | |||
| 133 | Palestine Knight | J P Robson | Dunois the young and brave | |||
| 134 | Keelmen's Reasons for Attending Church (The) | not given | Jemmy Joneson's Whurry | |||
| 135 | St. Nicholas' Church | R Nunn | Auld Lang Syne | |||
| 137 | Sandgate Lass on the Ropery Bank (The) | R Nunn | The Skipper's Wedding | |||
| 139 | Half Drowned Skipper (The) | not given | Chapter of Donkeys | |||
| 141 | Newcastle Noodles (The) | James Morrison | Canny Newcassel | author given in index as "J Morrison" | A-M2 | |
| 142 | Billy Oliver's Ramble (between Benwell and Newcastle) | not given | ||||
| 144 | Sandhill Monkey (The) | William Stephenson (junior) | Drops of Brandy | Author given as W Stephenson | A-S4 | |
| 146 | Hamlick, Prince of Denton – Part Second | J P Robson | ||||
| 149 | Hamlick, Prince of Denton – Part Third | J P Robson | ||||
| 150 | Skipper's Almanac (The) | J P Robson | X. Y. Z. | |||
| 153 | Devil (The) – or The Nanny Goat | not given | Weel Bred Cappy | shield songster | ||
| 155 | Beggars' Wedding – (The) | William Stephenson (junior) | Ballinafad | A-S4 | ||
| 155 | comment on | slight amendments by the editor (J P Robson) | ||||
| 157 | Betty Beesley and her Wooden Man | J P Robson | The Bold Dragoon | this song marked "Copyright" | ||
| 160 | Pitman's return from Calleyforney (The) | Emery | Old Dan Tucker | |||
| 161 | Parody on the Soldier's Tear | W Greig | The Soldier's Tear | |||
| 162 | Lass of Wincomblee (The) | not given | Nae Luck About The House | |||
| 164 | Mechanic's Procession (The) (or A Trip To South Shields) | Emery | The Bold Dragoon | |||
| 166 | Valentine's Day | not given | Newcastle Fair | according to Farne Archives J P Robson | ||
| 168 | Bear Club (The) | R Gilchrist | ||||
| 170 | Lovesick Collier Lass (The) | J P Robson | All round my hat | |||
| 172 | Lays of the Tyne Exile – No 1 The Departure | J P Robson | ||||
| 173 | Newcastle Races | W Watson | ||||
| 175 | Donocht Head | George Pickering | Ye Banks and Braes | Author given as "R Pickering" | ||
| 175 | comment on | Donocht Head | ||||
| 176 | Galvanic Rings | J P Robson | Bow Wow | |||
| 179 | Collier's Keek at the Nation (The) | R Gilchrist | F-G2 | |||
| 180 | Fishwives' Carol (The) | M Ross | Nae luck aboot the house | |||
| 182 | Lovely Mary | Gilchrist | Sleeping Maggie | originally "Lovely Delia" | ||
| 182 | comment on | slight amendments by the editor (J P Robson) | ||||
| 183 | Newcastle Theatre in an Uproar | not given | ||||
| 186 | Pitman's Dream (The) – or A description of the North Pole | Emery | Newcastle Fair | in 2 parts | ||
| 188 | Pitman's Dream (The) – or His description of the Kitchen | Emery | Merrily Dance the Quaker | |||
| 190 | Baboon (The) | Armstrong | ||||
| 192 | Skipper's Mistake (The) | Armstrong | The Chapter of Accidents | |||
| 194 | Sandgate Lass's Lament (The) | H Robson | The Bonny Pit Laddie | |||
| 195 | Coaly Tyne | not given | Auld Lang Syne | |||
| 196 | New Fish Market (The) | William Mitford | Scots come o'er the Border | author given as W Midford | ||
| 198 | Local Militia-Man (The) | William Mitford | Madam Fag's Gala | author given as W Midford | ||
| 200 | Wreckenton Hiring | not given | ||||
| 203 | Victory (The) – or The Captain Done Over | not given | Oh! The golden days of Good Queen Bess | |||
| 205 | Bob Cranky's Adieu | J Shield | ||||
| 207 | Oysterwife's Petition (The) – (on The Removal of the Oyster-Tub From The Quay) | Emery | The Bold Dragoon | |||
| 207 | short bio | the Oyster-Tub | ||||
| 209 | Jenny Lind – or the Pitman in Love | J P Robson | Polly Parker, O | described as improved | ||
| 210 | Irish Lawyer (The) | J P Robson | The Mistletoe bough | |||
| 212 | Bob Stacker's Secret – or how to prove your friends | J P Robson | Canny Newcassel | this song marked "Copyright" | ||
| 214 | Changes on the Tyne (The) | not given | Mitford Galloway | |||
| 218 | Hail, Hail, Jenny Lind | J P Robson | I'm afloat | |||
| 219 | Geordy's Disaster | not given | The Baboon | |||
| 222 | Battle on the Shields Railway (Between A Town Councillor and an Architect and the Pollis) | not given | Cappy's the Dog | |||
| 227 | Sandgate Wife's Nurse's Song | Robert Nunn | A Sailor's Wife has nought to dee | according to Farne Archives Henry Robson | A-N1 | |
| 228 | Euphy's Coronation | T Marshall | Arthur McBride | |||
| 231 | More Innovations | Robert Gilchrist | The Bold Dragoon | |||
| 231 | short bio | Robert Gilchrist | ||||
| 233 | Cliffs of Virginia (The) | not given | Drops of Brandy | Shields Songster | ||
| 235 | Lays of the Tyne Exile – No 2 Maid of my Bossom | J P Robson | The Beggar Girl | |||
| 236 | Nanny Jackson's letter to Lord Morpeth | J P Robson | Canny Newcassel | |||
| 238 | Newcastle Improvements | R.Charlton | Canny Newcassel | Author actually given erroneously as "T" Charlton in this book | ||
| 240 | Barber's News (The) (or Shields in an Uproar) | J Shield | Miss Bailey's Ghost | Fr-Tune 2 | ||
| 245 | Quayside Shaver (The) | W Stephenson Senior | ||||
| 248 | Eagle Steam Packet (The) | William Mitford | author given as W Midford | |||
| 250 | Tyne Cossacks (The) | W Mitford | The Bold Dragoon | |||
| 253 | Mally and the Prophet | Emery | Barbara Bell | |||
| 253 | short bio | The prophet | ||||
| 255 | When We were at the Skeul | J P Robson | Nae luck aboot the house | |||
| 258 | Pitman Pilgrim (The) – or A keek at the Roman Wall | J P Robson | The Kebbuckstane Wedding | this song marked "Copyright" | ||
| 261 | comment on | errors in the description of the wall | ||||
| 262 | Skipper's Account of the Orangemen's Procession (The) | |||||
| 264 | Hydrophobia – or the Skipper&Quaker | Emery | title condensed | |||
| 266 | Canny Sheels | John Morrison | author given in index as "John Morris" | |||
| 269 | Famed Filly Fair – or A peep in Pilgrim Street on a Sunday Neet | not given | ||||
| 272 | Permanent Yeast | John Morrison | author given in index as "J Morrison" | |||
| 272 | comment on | Yeast | ||||
| 273 | Masquerade at Newcastle Theatre (or The Pitman Turned Critic) | William Mitford | author given as W Midford | |||
| 276 | She Wore an Old Straw Bonnet | J P Robson | She wore a Wreath of Roses | |||
| 278 | Lays of the Tyne Exile – No 3 Banks of Tyne | J P Robson | Roy's Wife | |||
| 279 | Height of my Ambitions (The) | J P Robson | Nancy Dawson | |||
| 281 | Come Up to the Scratch – (or The Pitman Haggish'd) | Robert Emery | Calder Fair | |||
| 284 | Sir Tommy Made An Odd Fellow | Gilchrist | Canny Newcassel | |||
| 286 | Blind Willy's Flight | R Emery | Betsy Baker | |||
| 287 | New Markets (The) | Oliver | Canny Newcassel | alternative title "Newcastle Improvements" | ||
| 289 | Natural Philosopher (The) (or The Downfall of Learned Humbugs) | not given | Canny Newcassel | |||
| 290 | Mary Drue | T Houston | My Johnny's Grey Breeks | |||
| 292 | Billy Purvis's Bundle – or A Corker for the Geordies | J P Robson | King of the Cannibal Islands | this song marked "Copyright" | ||
| 296 | Billy's Grand Show | J P Robson | Barbara Bell | |||
| 298 | Geordie's Letter Frae Callerforney | T Kennedy | Hydrophobie | |||
| 301 | Pitman's Description of "La Perouse" (The) – performed for many nights at the South Shields Theatre | not given | Betsy Baker | |||
| 303 | Blind Willy Singing | not given | Jemmy Joneson's Whurry | |||
| 305 | Pardon Dean | Gilchrist | The Banks O' Doon | |||
| 306 | Tom Carr and Waller Watson – or Tom and Jerry at Home | W Oliver | There was a Bold Dragoon | |||
| 308 | Voyage to Lunnen (A) | Gilchrist | ||||
| 312 | Pitman's Draw (The) | J P Robson | Barbara Bell | |||
| 314 | Ikeybo – or The Wonder of Guano | Geddes | Barbara Bell | |||
| 317 | Jesmond Mill | Phill "Primrose" Hodgson | also "Phil" and "Primrose" | |||
| 319 | Lizzie Liberty | H Robson | Tibby Fowler I' the Glen | |||
| 320 | Lays of the Tyne Exile – No 4 in Childhood We Wander | J P Robson | The old house at home | |||
| 321 | Tyne (The) – song number 2 | Henry Robson | In Britain's Blessed Island | |||
| 322 | Loyal Festivities – or Novel Scenes at Newcastle | William Mitford | Betsy Baker | Called "Loyal Fishwives" author as "W Midford" in index | ||
| 322 | comment on | George IV | ||||
| 325 | Picture of Newcastle (or George the Fourth's Coronation) | W Mitford | Arthur McBride | |||
| 325 | comment on | William Mitford | Town Moor public meeting 11 October 1849 | |||
| 329 | Bold Archy and Blind Willie's Lament (On the Death of Captain Starkey) | not given | The Bold Dragoon | called "Bold Airchy's Lament" | ||
| 331 | comment on | Messrs Green | and the balloon Balloon | |||
| 331 | Green's Balloon | not given | Barbara Bell | |||
| 334 | Nanny of the Tyne | J Gibson | The Rose of Allendale | |||
| 335 | Softest Flowers (The) | J P Robson | The Young May Moon | |||
| 336 | Ye Sons of great Apollo | J P Robson | British Grenadiers | |||
| 337 | Oh Tell me not the other Lands | B. Crow | Lucy Neal | |||
| 338 | Over the Waves of the Soft Flowing Tyne | J P Robson | Over the Water to Charlie | |||
| 339 | Pawnshop in a Bleeze (The) – or The Spout without Water | J P Robson | X. Y. Z. | this song marked "Copyright" | ||
| 342 | Owl (The) | Emery | X. Y. Z. | |||
| 343 | comment on | public houses mentioned in "The Owl" | ||||
| 343 | Northumberland Free of Newcastle – Composed Extempore, on the Duke of Northumberland being presented with the Freedom of Newcastle | R Gilchrist | ||||
| 345 | Parson Malthus | H Robson | Ranting Roaring Willie | |||
| 347 | My Lord 'Size | J Shield | ||||
| 351 | Tim Tunbelly | Oliver | Canny Newcassel | |||
| 353 | Shields Chain Bridge – Humorously described by a pitman | Oliver | note archaic spelling of Humorously | F-O1 | ||
| 356 | Stars O' Hartlepool (The) | Mr W thompson | Barbara Bell | the index erroneously shows J P Robson as author | ||
| 358 | Lays of the Tyne Exile – No 5 – Farewell Fair Fields | J P Robson | ||||
| 358 | short bio | Mr W thompson | ||||
| 359 | Auld Wife's Plaint | J P Robson | The Old Kirk-Yard | |||
| 360 | comment on | inclusion of "Auld Wife's Plaint" | ||||
| 361 | Old Burn (The) | B. Crow | My ain fireside | |||
| 362 | Prentice's Ramble to the Races (The) – or the House of Correction | T. Jackson | Baggy Nanny | |||
| 366 | Sweet Tyneside | T Kennedy | Kelvin Grove | |||
| 367 | Sandgate Girl's Lament (The) | not given | ||||
| 369 | Trip to Warkworth | Emery | King of the Cannibal Islands | |||
| 369 | comment on | the works outing to Warkworth | ||||
| 372 | Bob Crank's Leum'nation Neet | J Shield | ||||
| 375 | Toon of Other Days – A Parody on "The Light of Other Days" | R P Sutherland | The light of other days | |||
| 377 | Hymn of the Hungarians | J P Robson | Scots wha hae | this song marked "Copyright" | ||
| 378 | comment on | anniversary of Battle of Bosworth | ||||
| 379 | England, the Anchor of Hope to the World | J P Robson | Hearts of Oak | |||
| 381 | Lays of the Tyne Exile – No 6 Exile's Return (The) | J P Robson | The Keel Row (slow) | |||
| 382 | Ale, Ale, All Ale | J P Robson | The Sea Serpent | |||
| 385 | comment on authorship | of Ale, Ale, All Ale | ||||
| 386 | Royal Visit (The) | W Oliver | X. Y. Z. | |||
| 388 | St. Nicholas' Great Bell | not given | The King of the Cannibals | according to Farne Archives J P Robson | ||
| 390 | Dames of England | Dr David Ross Lietch | ||||
| 391 | Clock Face (The) | Oliver | The Bold Dragoon | |||
| 392 | Dance To Thy Daddy | W Watson | The Little Fishy | |||
| 394 | Dutchess And Mayoress (The) | not given | The Young May Moon | Written in September 1819 | ||
| 396 | Till the Tide Came In | H Robson | ||||
| 396 | New Song For Barge-Day 1835 (A) | Gilchrist | Sung on board of the Steward's Steam-boat | |||
| 398 | Moral | to Barge song | ||||
| 399 | Brittania's Reproach | J P Robson | The Death of Nelson | |||
| 400 | Land of Sad Hibernia (The) | J P Robson | The Old English Gentleman | |||
| 402 | Nice Old Gill (The) | J Jackson | ||||
| 402 | Comment on | the "political" society | ||||
| 405 | Pitman's Ghost (The) | incognito | Sprig of Shelalah | |||
| 410 | Hell's Kitchen | not given | Miss Bailey's Ghost | |||
| 412 | comment on | Hell's Kitchen contributed by Mr R Emery | ||||
| 412 | Bonny Geatsiders 1805 (The) | J Shield | Bob Cranky | |||
| 415 | Sim of Dundee | not given | Newcastle Races | |||
| 415 | short bio | Capt John Sim | ||||
| 416 | comment on | The waggon-way | ||||
| 416 | Song of Improvements | Gilchrist | Cappy's the Dog | sung by the author at a dinner in the New Butcher Market 22 Oct 1835 | ||
| 418 | I'm A Snob | not given | I'm Afloat | |||
| 419 | To Kelvin Grove we'll go – The Lassie's Reply | H Robson | ||||
| 420 | Water of Tyne (The) | not given | ||||
| 421 | Home in early Years (My) | T F Davidson | The Rose of Allendale | |||
| 422 | comment on | Editor's praise for author | ||||
| 423 | Come Awake!, Oh Arise! | J P Robson | The Swiss Boy | |||
| 424 | Byron, the first in the song | J P Robson | While the Lads of the Village | |||
| 424 | comment on | The editor's early work | ||||
| 425 | Her soft Melting Eye | J P Robson | Her mouth with a smile | |||
| 425 | Moderate Man (The) | T Kennedy | Jemmy Joneson's Whurry | |||
| 428 | High Level Bridge (The) | J P Robson | Drops of Brandy | |||
| 430 | Ether Doctor (The) | J P Robson | Caller Fair | |||
| 432 | Tell it not in Gath | B. Crow | Caller Fair | |||
| 432 | Comment on | local details | ||||
| 434 | Cut at Wor Toon (A) – or Billy Thompson's Smiddy | J P Robson | Barbara Bell | this song marked "Copyright" | ||
| 438 | Newcastle is my native place | not given | We hae always been provided for | |||
| 439 | Scene at Jesmond Gardens (A) | incognito | Lukey's Dream | |||
| 443 | Sweet Tibbie Dunbar | D ---- | The Boys of Kilkenny | a proposal | ||
| 444 | Northern Minstrel's Budget (The) | H Robson | ||||
| 451 | Young Mary, Queen of Hearts! | D ---- | The Boatie Row | |||
| 452 | Sign of Ducrow (The) | not given | Gallant Huzzar | |||
| 454 | Lass I Lo'e Sae Dearly (The) | T Kennedy | ||||
| 455 | Lass that shed a Tear for Me (Thew) | W Stephenson Junior | The lass that made the bed for me | |||
| 456 | Collier's Farewell (The) | J P Robson | Fy, let's off to the bridal | |||
| 458 | Newcastle in a Stoure | J P Robson | Betsy Baker | |||
| 460 | Parody (A) – on the Red, Red Rose | not given | The Red Red Rose | |||
| 461 | Visit to Billy's Show (A) | incognito | Tallygrip | |||
| 462 | Gateshead Lass's Lament (The) | not given | Jessie of Dumblane | |||
| 464 | Ellen | W Stephenson Junior | Robin Adair | |||
| 465 | Canny Wife (My) | D ---- | There's nae luck about the house | |||
| 466 | Native Hills (My) | J P Robson | Mary Blane | |||
| 467 | Contented Player (The) | J P Robson | John Jones | |||
| 469 | Washing-Day – (The) | Thomas Wilson | ||||
| 471 | Peter Allen's Death | not given | John Anderson my Jo ! | |||
| 473 | Mally's Dream | Edward Corvan | A parody on the "Wife's Dream" | R-C1 | ||
| 475 | Banks of the North (The) | S E Preston | ||||
| 476 | Marsden Rock | John Peacock | Jockey to the Fair | Author actually given erroneously as "T Peacock" in this book | ||
| 478 | Itinerant Confectioner (The) | W Stephenson Senior | Bob and Joan | |||
| 480 | Merry Lads of Gyetshead | not given | Sunny Banks of Scotland | actually spelt as "Gateshead" in this book | ||
| 481 | Northumbrian's Farewell (The) | not given | Adieu my native land adieu | |||
| 483 | Homeward Bound | J P Robson | Black Ey'd Susan | A story from the "Chronicle" | ||
| 484 | Canny Newcastle Again | T Oliver | ||||
| 485 | comment on | nature generally | ||||
| 485 | Oh, I'll never Forget | J P Robson | The Bridal Ring | |||
| 487 | Queen's visit to Newcastle 1849 (The) | J P Robson | Polly's nickstick | |||
| 488 | comment on | lack of clergy in church | ||||
| 490 | Yon Orb is Sinking | Thomas Oliver | ||||
| 491 | Young Donald | J P Robson | On the Banks of Allen Water | |||
| 492 | Shields Races | Songster | The de'il cam' fiddling through the toon | |||
| 494 | Jenny Lind – or the Pitman in Love | J P Robson | Mrs Clark | described as original | ||
| 495 | Answers from Alice Grey | J P Robson | ||||
| 496 | Age of Eighty | W Stephenson Senior | Age of Eighty | |||
| 497 | Stream of a Thousand Fallen Adieu | T Oliver | ||||
| 499 | Systems of Life (The) | J P Robson | Merrily Dance the Quaker's Wife | |||
| 500 | Summer hath come again | J P Robson | Blow the wind Sutherly | |||
| 502 | Night with a Jovial Set (A) | J P Robson | A life on the Ocean Wave | |||
| 503 | Willy Wier | D ---- | Lass o' Gowrie | |||
| 503 | comment on | Lochmaben | ||||
| 503 | Town Clerk's Safety Valve (The) | not given | ||||
| 505 | Canny Wife's reply to page 465 | D. | Auld Lang Syne | see "My Canny Wife" from page 465 | ||
| 506 | Opening of the Markets | not given | ||||
| 508 | Old Nick's Visit To H---'s Kitchen | Emery | The King of the Cannibal Isles | |||
| 510 | Charley's Return from the Ocean | Valentine | I'm oftentimes Drunk, and Seldom Sober | |||
| 512 | Hail, Hail, to the Order | J P Robson | ||||
| 513 | Smiling Betsy | W Stephenson Junior | Dainty Davy | |||
| 514 | Wail of the Fallen (The) | J P Robson | ||||
| 515 | Common Sense | not given | Maggie Lauder | |||
| 516 | Newcastle on Saturday Night | W Stephenson Senior | Newcastle Ale | |||
| 520 | Tyne Fair 1813–14 | W Mitford | In commemoration of the frost | |||
| 523 | Wor new Gaol and Kitty | not given | Jemmy Joneson's Whurry | |||
| 524 | Skipper's Voyage to the Museum (The) | D C | Barbara Bell | |||
| 526 | comment on | Nichol's shop | ||||
| 529 | Fire and Water – or Nervoni disappointed | not given | Duke Willey and a nobleman | |||
| 531 | Happy Days | J P Robson | Mary Blane | |||
| 532 | Isabel | J P Robson | A Rose Tree full in Bearing | |||
| 533 | He Thought on the Maid | J P Robson | The flower of Dumblane | |||
| 534 | Lover's Tear (The) | J P Robson | The Soldier's Tear | |||
| 535 | O Far Away | not given | ||||
| 536 | Staffordshire Ware | W Mitford | One New Year's Day | |||
| 537 | Bewildered Skipper (The) | William Mitford | The bewildered Maid | author given as W Midford | ||
| 538 | Hangman and the Calf (The) | William Mitford | The Dey of Algiers | author given as W Midford | ||
| 540 | Tyne Heroes | W Mitford | Canny Newcassel | |||
| 542 | empty | |||||
| 543 | Glossary | |||||
| 552 | Printed by A S Crow, 32 Sandhill, Newcastle |
A-M2 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the writer is James Morrison
A-N1 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the writer is Robert Nunn
A-S4 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the writer is William Stephenson (junior)
Br-S6 – according to Brockie's “The Shields Garland", the writer is John Stobbs
F-G1 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the writer is John Gibson
F-O1 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the writer is Oliver
Fr-Tune2 – according to France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne – 1850, the tune is "Miss Bailey's Ghost"
Fr-Tune3 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the tune is "Derry Down"
R-C1 – according to Ross' Songs of the Tyne of 1846, the writer is Edward Corvan
T. Moor was a Tyneside singer/songwriter of the 19th century. The only song attributed to his name is "The Skipper's Dream".
John Morrison was a Tyneside songwriter from the early nineteenth century.
R. Charlton, who lived in the early nineteenth century, was a Tyneside poet/songwriter.
William Greig was a Newcastle songwriter, who, according to the information given by W & T Fordyce (publishers) in “The Tyne Songster” published in 1840, has the song "A Parody Written On Hearing A Report That The Newcastle And Northumberland Yeomanry Cavalry Were To Be Disbanded" attributed to his name.
Phill Hodgson was a Tyneside songwriter, who, according to the information given by John Bell in his Rhymes of Northern Bards published in 1812, has the short song "Jesmond Mill" attributed to his name.
John McLellan, who lived in the early 19th century, was a Tyneside poet and songwriter. He is thought to have written a dialect song that draws on the cholera outbreaks of the 1830s.
The Tyne Songster is a chapbook style songbook, giving the lyrics of local, now historical songs, with a few bits of other information. It was published by W. & T. Fordyce of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1840.
T Kennedy was a Tyneside songwriter from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. His most famous song is possibly "Geordie's Letter Frae Callerforney ".
Metcalf Ross was an English master printer and sometime poet/songwriter in Tyneside. He was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
J. M. Wedderburn was a Newcastle songwriter, who, according to the information given by John Bell in his Rhymes of Northern Bards published in 1812, has the song "Nanny of the Tyne" attributed to this name.
Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings is a book of Tyneside popular and traditional songs consisting of approximately 400 song lyrics on over 600 pages, published in 1891. It was reprinted in 1972 by Frank Graham, Newcastle upon Tyne, with an introduction by David Harker.
William Watson (1796–1840) was a Tyneside concert hall singer and songwriter in the early 19th century. His most famous song is "Dance To Thy Daddy".
Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical is a chapbook style songbook, giving the lyrics of local, now historical songs, with a few bits of other information. It was published by John Marshall in 1827.
William Stephenson (senior) (1763–1836) was a Geordie (from Gateshead) watchmaker, schoolteacher, poet and songwriter, and father of William Stephenson (junior). His best known works are probably "The Quayside Shaver" and "The Skipper’s Wedding"
William Stephenson (junior) (2 September 1797 – 20 May 1838) was a Geordie printer, publisher, auctioneer, poet and songwriter born in Gateshead, the son of William Stephenson (senior).
The Newcastle Eccentrics were a group of unrelated people who lived in and around the centre of Newcastle and its Quayside between the end of the 18th and early/mid 19th century.
Many Geordie songwriters used aliases, for whatever reason. This article lists many of these aliases, giving in some cases, where known, the real name, and in others, some of the songs or poems attributed to them.
The Newcastle Songster, by John Marshall is a volume of six chapbooks, giving the lyrics of local, now historical songs, but virtually no other information. It was published by John Marshall in stages between 1812 and 1826.