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(Redirected from Original (Geordie) Local Songs By Thomas Marshall 1829) Folk songs from the Geordie area of England

A Collection of Original Local Songs (full title - “A Collection of original local songs by Thomas Marshall – Printed for the author by Wm Fordyce, Dean Street, Newcastle 1829) is a Chapbook of Geordie folk song consisting of eleven songs written by Thomas Marshall, published in 1829, by the author himself.

The publication

Thomas Marshall wrote all the songs.

A set of the original documents are retained in the archives of Gateshead Council. .

Contents

Are as below :-

page title tune brief description note ref
1 assume front cover
2 assume inner cover
3 to 4 Blind Willie's jubilee Bold Dragoon A song to celebrate Blind Willy’s 50th birthday and ensuing party
5 unknown
6 to 8 Markie's grandie (or Richie's mistake) Barbara Bell A comic song about mistaking the name of a public house
8 to 10 Blind Willie, versus Billy Scott Fie, let's away to the Bridal A song about a fight between these two local “eccentrics”
10 to 12 Ralphey and the broker Good Morning to your night-cap A song about a defective chest ordered from a broker (or joiner)
12 to 13 Heeltap's disaster Post-mun A song about a greedy shoemaker
13 to 16 Euphys Coronation Arthur McBride
18 to 19 Ralphey's views fra the spire Betsey Baker This song describes the amazing view from the spire of St. Nicholas Church in Newcastle claiming he could see all the way to London
16 to 18 Visit to Swalwell Betsey Baker Song about a group of folk led by a band setting out from Newcastle to go to Swalwell for a 'merry night'
20 to 21 Tars and skippers Derry Down A song written after tales of “body snatcher” like Burke & Hare, tells of a group of people guarding a corpse
21 to ? Sons of Britannia Battle of Vittoria

See also

Geordie dialect words

References

  1. "front cover". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Blind Willie's jubilee". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Markie's grandie)". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "Blind Willie, versus Billy Scott". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. "Ralphey and the broker". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. "Heeltap's disaster". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. "Euphys Coronation". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. "Ralphey's views fra the spire". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. "Visit to Swalwell". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. "Tars and skippers". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. "Sons of Britannia". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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