A Collection of original local songs

"A Collection of original local songs"
Song
Composer	traditional tunes
Lyricist	Thomas Marshall
Language	English (Geordie dialect)
Recorded by	various
Performed by	various

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				[1]
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		[2]
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		[3]
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”		[4]
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)		[5]
12 to 13	Heeltap's disaster	Post-mun	A song about a greedy shoemaker		[6]
13 to 16	Euphys Coronation	Arthur McBride			[7]
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		[8]
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'		[9]
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		[10]
21 to ?	Sons of Britannia	Battle of Vittoria			[11]

See also

Geordie dialect words

References

1. "front cover".
2. "Blind Willie's jubilee".
3. "Markie's grandie)".
4. "Blind Willie, versus Billy Scott".
5. "Ralphey and the broker".
6. "Heeltap's disaster".
7. "Euphys Coronation".
8. "Ralphey's views fra the spire".
9. "Visit to Swalwell".
10. "Tars and skippers".
11. "Sons of Britannia".

External links

• FARNE - Folk Archive Resource North East – front cover
• Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings