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