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. [1]
| Author | John Marshall |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English (Geordie dialect) |
| Genre | chapbook |
| Publisher | John Marshall |
Publication date | 1827 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | approx. 230 pages |
Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical 1827 (full title – "A Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical, and Descriptive, chiefly in the Newcastle Dialect, and illustrative of the language and manners of the common people on the Banks of the Tyne and neighbourhood. By T. Thompson, J. Shields, W. Mitford, H Robson, and Others. Newcastle upon Tyne, Printed by John Marshal in the Old Flesh Market 1827) is a Chapbook style book of Geordie folk songs consisting of approx. 230 pages and over 130 song lyrics approximately 230 pages and over 130 song lyrics, published in 1827.
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.
The front cover of the book was as thus :-
A
COLLECTION
OF
SONGS
Comic, Satirical, and Descriptive ,
CHIEFLY IN THE,
NEWCASTLE DIA;ECT
And illustrative of the Language and Manners of the Common
People on the Banks of the Tyne and Neighbourhood .
BY T. THOMPSON, J. SHIELD, W. MIDFORD ,
H ROBSON, AND OTHERS .
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE:
PRINTED BY JOHN MARSHALL
IN THE OLD FLESH MARKET
1827
Are as below :
| page | title | songwriter | tune | comments | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PART I – introduction etc. | ||||||
| i | The Editors Address | |||||
| 1 | Contents | |||||
| 5 | PART II – the main section | |||||
| 5 | (Weel May) The Keel Row | Traditional | not given | |||
| 5 | New Keel Row | Thomas Thompson | not given | |||
| 7 | Canny Newcassel | Thomas Thompson | not given | |||
| 10 | Jemmy Joneson’s Whurry | Thomas Thompson | not given | |||
| 12 | Newcastle Election Song | Thomas Thompson | not given | sung by author at Election Dinner at Turks Heads Inn, Bigg Market, Saturday 10 Oct 1812 | ||
| 13 | Bonny Keel Laddie (The) | not given | not given | |||
| 14 | Maw Canny Hinny | not given | not given | |||
| 15 | Little Pee Dee (The) | not given | not given | |||
| 16 | Amphitrite – (The) | Robert Gilchrist | not given | |||
| 17 | Jenny Howlett (The) – or Lizzie Mudie's Ghost | William Armstrong | not given | not written by R Gilchrist | F-A1 | |
| 18 | Coaly Tyne | Robert Gilchrist | Auld Lang Syne | author not given by others | A-Tune08 | |
| 20 | Tyne (The) – song number 1 | John Gibson | not given | |||
| 21 | Nanny of the Tyne | John Gibson | not given | Entry duplicated – see page 146 | F-G1 | |
| 22 | Bob Cranky's Adieu | John Shield | not given | |||
| 23 | Bonny Geatsiders 1805 (The) | John Shield | Bob Cranky | |||
| 25 | Bob Cranky's 'Size Sunday | John Selkirk | not given | |||
| 28 | Bob Cranky's 'Leum'nation Neet | John Shield | not given | For the Victory obtained at Waterloo | A-S2 | |
| 30 | Swalwell Hopping | John Selkirk | Paddy's Wedding | A-S1 & A-Tune03 | ||
| 33 | Winlaton Hoppin' | John Leonard | not given | writer's name spelt as John Lennard | ||
| 35 | Skipper's Wedding (The) | William Stephenson Senior | not given | A-S5 | ||
| 37 | Newcastle Fair October 1811 – or The Pitman Drinking Jackey | James Stawpert | not given | A-S3 | ||
| 39 | Quayside Shaver (The) | William Stephenson Senior | not given | At this time, on the Quay were people, mainly female, who carried out the trade of barber, out on the street | A-S5 | |
| 41 | Sandgate Girl's Lamentation (The) | not given | not given | |||
| 42 | Water of Tyne (The) | not given | not given | |||
| 42 | Newcastle Signs | Cecil Pitt | not given | sung at Newcastle Theatre Royal by Mr Scrifen, 4 June 1806 | ||
| 44 | Collier's Rant (The) | unknown | not given | |||
| 45 | Pitman's Revenge against Bonaparte – (The) | George Cameron | not given | A-C1 | ||
| 47 | Pitman's Courtship – (The) | William Mitford | not given | author given as William Midford | ||
| 49 | Cappy, or the Pitman's Dog | William Mitford | not given | author given as William Midford | ||
| 50 | X. Y. Z. At Newcastle Races, 1814 (or Pitmen's Luck) | William Mitford | not given | actually called X. Y. Z. at the races in this book – author as "William Midford" in index | ||
| 53 | Eagle Steam Packet (The) – (or A Trip to Sunderland) | William Mitford | not given | author given as William Midford | ||
| 54 | Wonderful Gutter (The) | William Mitford | not given | author as "William Midford" in index | ||
| 56 | Tyne Cossacks (The) | W Mitford | not given | author as "William Midford" in index | ||
| 58 | Pitman's Ramble (The) – or Newcastle Finery | William Mitford | not given | |||
| 60 | Pitman's Skellyscope (The) | William Mitford | Polly Parker, O | author as "William Midford" in index | Fr-Tune07 | |
| 61 | Local Militia-Man (The) | William Mitford | Madam Figg's Gala | author as "William Midford" in index | ||
| 63 | Masquerade at Newcastle Theatre (or The Pitman Turned Critic) | William Mitford | not given | author as "William Midford" in index | ||
| 66 | Newcastle Races | William Watson | not given | |||
| 68 | Glister (The) | William Armstrong | not given | F-A1 | ||
| 69 | Baboon (The) | William Armstrong | not given | F-A1 | ||
| 70 | Till the Tide comes in. | Henry Robson | not given | or "Came in" or "Cums in" | A-R1 | |
| 70 | Sandgate Lassie's Lament (The) | Henry Robson | Bonny Pit Laddie | A-R1 & A-Tune10 | ||
| 71 | The Politicians | T R Valentine of Gateshead | not given | |||
| 73 | Nancy Wilkinson | Henry Robson | Duncan Davison | F-R2 & R-Tune02 | ||
| 74 | Billy Oliver's Ramble (Between Benwell and Newcastle) | unknown | not given | |||
| 75 | Bob Crank's Account of the Ascent of Mr. Sadler's Balloon | not given | not given | from Newcastle 1 Sep 1815 | ||
| 78 | Green's Balloon | not given | Barbara Bell | A-Tune09 | ||
| 78 | short bio | Messrs Green | and the balloon | |||
| 80 | Newgate Street Petition to Mr. Mayor (The) | anon – but suggested as John Shield | not given | A-4 | ||
| 83 | Burdon's Address to the cavalry – A parody | James Morrison | Scots Wha Hae | A-Tune06 | ||
| 83 | Collier's Keek at the Nation (The) | Robert Gilchrist | not given | |||
| 85 | Blind Willy Singing | Robert Gilchrist | not given | spelt Willie in index | ||
| 87 | Bold Archy and Blind Willie's Lament (On the Death of Captain Starkey) | Robert Gilchrist | not given | spelt Airchy in the index | ||
| 88 | Quack Doctors (The) | Robert Gilchrist | not given | |||
| 90 | Voyage to Lunnin (A) | Robert Gilchrist | not given | |||
| 93 | Newcassel Props (The) | William Oliver | not given | F-O1 | ||
| 95 | Newcassel Wonders | not given | not given | |||
| 96 | Tim Turnbelly | William Oliver | Canny Newcassel | F-O1 | ||
| 97 | Keel Row (The) – (Weel May The Keel Row – that get's the Bairns their Breed) | not given | not given | |||
| 98 | My Lord 'Size – or Newcastle in an Uproar | John Shield | not given | |||
| 101 | Barber's News (or Shields in an uproar) | John Shield | Miss Bailey's Ghost | Fr-Tune02 | ||
| 105 | O, No, my Love, no | John Shield | not given | |||
| 106 | Bonassus (The) | William Oliver | Jemmy Joneson's Whurry | A-Tune04 | ||
| 108 | Shield's Chain Bridge, Humourously Described by a Pitman | William Oliver | not given | note archaic spelling of Humourously | F-O1 | |
| 110 | Collier's Pay Week (The) | Henry Robson | not given | |||
| 110 | short bio | Henry Robson | not given | |||
| 116 | Tyne (The) – song number 2 | Henry Robson | not given | In Britain's Blessed Island | ||
| 117 | Spring (The) | Henry Robson | not given | written early in May 1809 | ||
| 118 | Parson Malthus | Henry Robson | Ranting Roaring Willie | |||
| 119 | Peggy Waggy | Henry Robson | not given | written Feb 1826 | ||
| 120 | Bessy of Blyth (A Virtuous Woman is More Precious Than Rubies) | Henry Robson | not given | written Feb 1826 | ||
| 121 | To Anna | Henry Robson | not given | |||
| 121 | To Kelvin Grove we'll go – The Lassie's Reply | Henry Robson | not given | |||
| 122 | Peter Watson (To Mr) – (Who lays powerful bats on the knaves with fire-shovel hats on) | Henry Robson | not given | |||
| 122 | short bio | Mr Peter Watson | Opposed the claims of the Government Clergy for the Easter Dues or "Clerical Tax" – written 1824 | |||
| 124 | Fish-Wives' Complaint (The) (on Their Removal from Sandhill to the New Fish Market on 2 January 1826) | Robert Emery | Sleeping Maggie | |||
| 125 | New Fish Market | William Mitford | Scots come o'er the Border | author as "William Midford" in index | ||
| 126 | New Year's Carol for the Fishwives | Metcalfe Ross | Chevy Chase | |||
| 127 | Jesmond Mill | Phil Hodgson | not given | |||
| 128 | Tommy Thompson | Robert Gilchrist | not given | a tribute to T.T. | ||
| 129 | Farewell to the Tyne | Robert Gilchrist | not given | |||
| 130 | Northumberland Free O' Newcastle | Robert Gilchrist | not given | On the Duke of Northumberland being given the freedom of Newcastle | ||
| 131 | Duchess And Mayoress (The) | not given | The Young May Moon | written Sept 1819 | F-Tune3 | |
| 133 | Newcastle Assizes (Duchess verses Mayoress) | not given | not given | (or A Struggle For Precedence) | F-Tune8 | |
| 135 | Coal trade (The) | not given | The Keel Row | A-Tune07 | ||
| 137 | Tom Carr and Waller Watson – or Tom and Jerry at Home | William Oliver | There was a Bold Dragoon | F-O1 | ||
| 139 | Johny Sc-tt & Tommy C-rr | not given | not given | a dialogue | ||
| 140 | Tommy C-rr in Limbo | William Oliver | Scots Wha Ha'e | F-Tune12 | ||
| 141 | Kitty Port Admiral at the Bench (The) (or Dogberry in the Suds) | William Watson | The Opera Hat | |||
| 142 | Owl (The) | Robert Emery | X. Y. Z. | written Feb 1826 | F-E1 | |
| 143 | comment on | public houses mentioned in "The Owl" | ||||
| 144 | Lovely Delia | not given | Sleeping Maggy | |||
| 145 | Pandon Dean | Robert Gilchrist | Banks of Doon | Fr-G2 | ||
| 146 | Nanny of the Tyne | John Gibson | not given | Entry duplicated – see page 21 | F-G1 | |
| 147 | Newcastle Hackneys (The) | not given | not given | |||
| 148 | Newcastle Hackney Coaches | William Oliver | The Bold Dragoon | F-O1 | ||
| 149 | Newcastle Wonders, or Hackney Coach Customers | Robert Emery | Gee, Ho, Dobbin | |||
| 151 | Newcastle Improvements | R.Charlton | Canny Newcassel | |||
| 152 | Come Up to the Scratch – (or The Pitman Haggish'd) | Robert Emery | Calder Fair | |||
| 154 | Pitman's dream (The) – or A description of the North Pole | Robert Emery | Newcastle Fair | |||
| 156 | Pitman's Dream (The) – or His description of the Kitchen | Robert Emery | Hell's Kitchen | |||
| 158 | Hydrophobie – or The Skipper and the Quaker | R Emery | Good Morrow to your Nightcap | |||
| 160 | On St. Crispin's Procession – at Newcastle 30 July 1823 | William Mitford | Fie, let us a' to the bridal | author as "William Midford" in index | ||
| 161 | Crispin's Volunteers | William Mitford | The British Grenadiers | entitled "St Crispin's" and author as "William Midford" in index | ||
| 163 | Famed Filly Fair – or A peep in Pilgrim Street on a Sunday Neet | not given | not given | |||
| 165 | Keelman and the Grindstone (The) | William Armstrong | Derry Down | R-Tune01 | ||
| 166 | Tinsley's Best Blood | not given | not given | a North Shields Song written 1820 | ||
| 166 | Newcastle Noodles (The) | James Morrison | Canny Newcassel | Fr-Tune03 | ||
| 168 | Vicar's Loyal Address (or Loyal Address) | not given | not given | |||
| 170 | British Justice (or Newcastle Privy Court) | not given | not given | |||
| 172 | Misfortunes of Roger and His Wife (The) | J. B. | Calder Fair | |||
| 173 | Newcastle Theatre in an Uproar | not given | not given | |||
| 175 | Farewell Archy | not given | Chapter of Donkies | written in 1820 | ||
| 177 | Sir Tommy Made An Odd Fellow | Robert Gilchrist | Canny Newcassel | a Provincial and very popular song | F-G2 & Fr-Tune03 | |
| 178 | Wreckenton Hiring | unknown | not given | |||
| 181 | On Russell The Pedestrian | Russell the pedestrian | Barbara Bell | F-Tune9 | ||
| 181 | Short bio | Russell the pedestrian | ||||
| 181 | Short bio | George Wilson | Blackheath Pedestrian | |||
| 181 | Short bio | John Simpson | Cumberland Pedestrian | |||
| 182 | On Simpson The Pedestrian's Failure | not given | Barbara Bell | |||
| 183 | Victory (The) – or The Captain Done Over | not given | Oh! The golden days of Good Queen Bess | |||
| 185 | Alarm (The) – or Lord Fauconburg's March | not given | Chevy Chase | |||
| 185 | comment on | |||||
| 187 | Sunday Eve (or Lord Fauconberg's Heel) | not given | not given | |||
| 195 | Half Drowned Skipper (The) | not given | Chapter of Donkies | |||
| 196 | Newcassel Worthies (The) | William Armstrong | We've aye been provided for | |||
| 198 | PART III – On the Coronation | |||||
| 198 | Invitation to the Mansion House Dinner | William Armstrong | Scot's Wha Ha'e Wi' Wallace Bled | F-A1 | ||
| 199 | Newcastle Swineherd's Proclamation (The) | not given | not given | |||
| 201 | Golden Horns (The) (or The General Invitation) | not given | not given | |||
| 201 | Loyal Festivities – or Novel Scenes at Newcastle | not given | not given | |||
| 204 | Picture of Newcastle (on George IV Coronation – second edition corrected) | William Mitford | Arthur McBride | author as "William Midford" in index | F-M1 | |
| 206 | Newcastle in an Uproar (or George the Fourth's Coronation) | William Midford | Come under my Plaidie | author as "William Midford" in index | F-M1 | |
| 209 | Coronation Day at Newcastle | not given | not given | |||
| 211 | Coronation Thursday – 19 July 1821 | William Midford | not given | The Third Epistle from Bob Fudge to his cousin Bob in the country – author given as William Midford | F-M1 | |
| 211 | a mention of | The 1st and 2nd Epistles | ||||
| 218 | PART IV – On The Attempt To Remove The Custom House From Newcastle To Shields in 1816 | |||||
| 218 | Custom House Branch (The) – song 1 | not given | not given | "Tynesiders, give ear, and you quickly shall hear" | ||
| 219 | Quayside Ditty (for February 1816) | not given | not given | for Feb 1816 | ||
| 221 | Custom House Tree, &c (The) | not given | The Quayside Shaver | |||
| 223 | Custom House Branch (The) – song 2 | not given | Yo Heave O | "The joyous men of North Shields their church bells set a ringing sweet" | ||
| 226 | Bob Fudge's Postscript (to his account of the Great Town Moor Meeting Mon 11 Oct 1819) | not given | not given | |||
| 227 | To the Independent Free Burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne | not given | Fairly shot of her | written previous to the General Election in 1826 | ||
| 228 | Finis & Marshall, Printer, Newcastle | |||||
A-4 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the writer is anon – but Allan suggests that it could be John Shield
A-C1 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the writer is George Cameron
A-R1 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the writer is Henry Robson
A-S1 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the writer is John Selkirk
A-S2 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the writer is John Shield
A-S3 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the writer is James Stawpert
A-S5 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the writer is William Stephenson (senior)
A-Tune03 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the tune is "Paddy's Wedding"
A-Tune04 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the tune is "Jemmy Joneson's Whurry"
A-Tune06 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the tune is "Scots Wha Hae"
A-Tune07 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the tune is "The Keel Row"
A-Tune08 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the tune is "Auld Lang Syne"
A-Tune09 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the tune is "Barbara Bell"
A-Tune10 – according to George Allan's Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891, the tune is "Bonny Pit Laddie"
F-A1 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the writer is William Armstrong
F-E1 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the writer is Robert Emery
F-G1 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the writer is John Gibson
F-G2 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the writer is Robert Gilchrist
F-M1 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the writer is William Mitford
F-O1 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the writer is William Oliver
F-R2 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the writer is Joseph Philip Robson
F-Tune03 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the tune is "The Young May Moon"
F-Tune08 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the tune is "We've aye been provided for"
F-Tune09 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the tune is "Barbara Bell"
F-Tune12 – according to Fordyce's Tyne Songster of 1840, the tune is "Scots Wha Hae"
Fr-G2 – according to France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne – 1850, the writer is Robert Gilchrist
Fr-Tune02 – according to France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne – 1850, the tune is "Miss Bailey's Ghost"
Fr-Tune03 – according to France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne – 1850, the tune is "Canny Newcassel"
Fr-Tune07 – according to France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne – 1850, the tune is "Polly Parker, O"
R-Tune01 – according to Ross' Songs of the Tyne of 1846, the tune is "Derry Down"
R-Tune02 – according to Ross' Songs of the Tyne of 1846, the tune is "Duncan Davison"
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T. Moor was a Tyneside singer/songwriter of the 19th century. The only song attributed to his name is "The Skipper's Dream".
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