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Many compilations of songs in the Geordie dialect of north-east England have been published, mainly in the 19th century.
| Compiled by | Title | Notes | |
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| Thomas Allan | Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings | ||
| Thomas Allan | Choice Collection of Tyneside Songs (A) 1863 | An earlier edition of Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891 | |
| Robert Allen | Canny Bit Verse | ||
| James Anderson | Blyth and Tyneside Poems & Songs 1898 | ||
| James Anderson | Cumberland Ballads by Robert Anderson 1866 | ||
| James Anderson | Poetical works of Robert Anderson, author of Cumberland ballads, etc.; to which is prefixed the life of the author, written by himself | ||
| C. W. Barnes | The Shields Song Book | ||
| John Bell Jr | Rhymes of Northern Bards | ||
| John Bell Jr | Songs from the Manuscript Collection of John Bell 1885 | D I Harker editor 1985 | |
| William Brockie | The Shields Garland | ||
| Bruce and Stokoe | Northumbrian Minstrelsy | ||
| Charles Ernest Catcheside-Warrington | Tyneside Songs | ||
| Charles Ernest Catcheside-Warrington | Tyneside Stories & Recitations | ||
| Chater | Chater's Annual | A yearbook published between 1861 and 1882 | |
| Chater | Canny Newcassel Diary and Remembrancer 1872 | ||
| Chater | Keelmin's Comic Annewal | A yearbook published between 1869 and 1883 | |
| Joseph Crawhall | Beuk o' Newcassell Sangs 1888 | ||
| Cresswell's Local and other Songs and Recitations 1883 | |||
| Davison | The Northumbrian Minstrel, 1811 | ||
| Davison | Collection of Tyneside Songs, 1840 | ||
| Dunbar's local songs and recitations 1874 | |||
| Fordyce | The Newcastle Song Book, or, Tyne-side Songster: 1842, 332 pages | ||
| Fordyce | Tyne Songster - 1840 | ||
| P. France & Co. | Songs of the Bards of the Tyne - 1850 | ||
| James' Sum Tyneside Sangs 1898 | |||
| William Coolidge Lane | Catalogue of English and American chapbooks and broadside ballads 1905 | [1] | |
| Eneas Mackenzie | Descriptive and Historical account of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne | ||
| Maidment | Bibliotheca Curiosa, A North Countrie Garland | Edited by James Maidment 1884 and revised by Edmund Goldsmid F.R.H.S.(1891) [2] | |
| John Marshall | Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical 1827 | ||
| John Marshall | Newcastle Songster | ||
| John Marshall | Garland of New Songs, c1800 | ||
| John Marshall | Northern Minstrel, or Tyne Songster: 1806 (approx 141 pages) | ||
| Thomas Marshall | A Collection of original local songs | ||
| Ritson | Northern Garlands 1810 | ||
| Ritson | Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel 1792 | ||
| Ritson | Yorkshire Garland 1809 | ||
| Ritson | Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 | ||
| Ritson | North-Country Chorister 1809 | ||
| Ritson | Gammer Gurton's Garland | ||
| Ritson | Ancient Songs 1790 | ||
| John Ross | Songs of the Tyne | ||
| Sir Walter Scott | Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border Vol 2, 1807 | ||
| Cuthbert Sharp | Bishoprick Garland 1834 | ||
| Joseph Skipsey | Carols from the Coal Field | [3] | |
| William Stephenson (junior) | Tyneside Minstrel 1824 | ||
| Stokoe | Songs and ballads of northern England | Collected and edited by John Stokoe; harmonised and arranged for pianoforte by Samuel Reay | |
| J. W. Swanston | Tyneside Songster | ||
| William R. Walker | Songs of the Tyne | ||
| James Weams' Tyneside Song Book 1887 | |||
| W G Whittaker | North Countrie Songs | A book of traditional North Country songs like Bobby Shaftoe and Billy Boy becoming very popular in schools, which in turn, brought the songs to the attention of the whole country (late 1920s) | |
Edward "Ned" Corvan was a Tyneside concert hall songwriter and performer, and a contemporary of George "Geordie" Ridley. His songs were printed in a modified English orthography designed to represent the traditional dialect of Tyneside in the middle of the 19th century, and are examples of Dialect Literature.
William Armstrong (1804-????) was a Newcastle upon Tyne concert hall songwriter and performer of the 19th century. His most famous song is probably The Newcassel Worthies.
Robert Emery was a Tyneside songwriter, born in Edinburgh in Scotland. Possibly his best known work is "Hydrophobie", an example of Geordie dialect.
John Morrison was a Tyneside songwriter from the early nineteenth century.
A Beuk o' Newcassell Sangs is a pictorial book giving details of local songs, including the lyrics and in many cases, the music, and all beautifully illustrated with the author's own woodcuts. It was published in 1888. It was reprinted in 1965 by Harold Hill, Newcastle upon Tyne.
R. Charlton, who lived in the early nineteenth century, was a Tyneside poet/songwriter.
Metcalf Ross was an English master printer and sometime poet/songwriter in Tyneside. He was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
Robinson Peter Sutherland was a 19th-century English author, poet and songwriter in Tyneside.
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.
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.
