Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809

Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1793

Author	Joseph Ritson
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English (Geordie dialect)
Genre	chapbook
Publisher	Joseph Ritson
Publication date	1809
Media type	Print
Pages	96 pages and 16 works

Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale, Edited and published by Joseph Ritson, is a revised edition of a book on Northumberland music, published in 1809.

Details

Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 (or to give its full title – "The Northumberland Garland; or Newcastle Nightingale: A matchless collection of famous songs [As originally edited by the late John Ritson, Esq.] ----Old Tyne shall listen to my tale, and echo, down the bordering vale, The liquid melody prolong. Akenside ---- Newcastle ---- MDCCXCIII Printed by and for Hall and Elliot. Licensed and entered according to Order ---- London: Reprinted for Robert Triphook, 37, St. Jame's Street, by Harding and Wright, St John's Square ---- 1809”) is a book of Geordie folk song consisting of approximately 96 pages with 16 works, first published in 1793 and reprinted (this version) in 1809.

Other books in Ritson's Garland series were Bishopric Garland, The Yorkshire Garland, and The North-Country Chorister. A compilation of the whole series, entitled The Northern Garland was published in 1810.^[1]

The “Garland” series were important, not only as important document in their own right, but as one of the main sources of similar successor publications such as John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards and Bruce and Stokoe's Northumbrian Minstrelsy.

A set of original documents are held in The Robinson Library of Newcastle University

The publication

The front cover of the book was as thus :-

THE
NORTHUMBERLAND GARLAND;
OR
NEWCASTLE NIGHTINGALE:
A
MATCHLESS COLLECTION
OF
FAMOUS SONGS
[AS ORIGINALLY EDITED
BY THE LATE JOHN RITSON, ESQ.]
– - – - – - -
OLD TYNE SHALL LISTEN TO MY TALE,
AND ECHO, DOWN THE BORDERING VALE,
THE LIQUID MELODY PROLONG. AKENSIDE
– - – - – - -
NEWCASTLE
PRINTED BY AND FOR HALLL AND ELLIOT.
MDCCXCIII
Licensed and entered according to Order
– - – - – - -
LONDON:
REPRINTED FOR ROBERT TRIPHOOK, 37, ST. JAME'S STREET.
By Harding and Wright, St. John's-square.
– - – - – - -
1809

are as below :-

	title	songwriter	tune	comments	notes	ref

cover	The Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale – headed page					^[2]
	Index
1	Battle of Otterburn – (The)	from an old MSS		battle fought 9 Aug 1388	Song I
7	Fytte – (A)
15	Hunting of the Cheviot – (The)			above 300 years old – spelt "Cheviot" in Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards	Song II
19	Fit – The Second
27	Hunting in Chevy-Chase – (The)				Song III	^[3]
38	Fair Mabel of Wallington				Song II (incorrect song number)
43	Lamentable Ditty on the death of worth George Stoole – (A)		A delicate Scottish Tune		Song V	^[4]
43	comment on	George Stoole
48	Ecky's Mare (An excellent ballad of the sickness, death and burial of)	Bernard Rumney of Rothbury			Song VI
48	comment on	Bernard Rumney of Rothbury
55	Mitford Galloway's Ramble – (The)	Thomas Whittel or more usual, Whittle	Ranting roaring Willie	actually spelt "Midford"	Song VII	^[5]
63	Insipids – (The) or The Mistress with her multitude of Man Servants	Thomas Whittel or more usual, Whittle			Song VIII
68	Sawney Ogilby's Duel with his Wife	Thomas Whittel or more usual, Whittle	The Worst's past		Song IX	^[6]
71	Felton Garland – (The)		Maggy Lawther – Bell's give this as "Maggy Lauder"		Song X	^[7]
71	comment on	The brickmaker Petr and his bride Jeny Gow*n
74	part II riding off in debt
78	Laidley Worm (The) (of Spindleston Heugh)	Duncan Frasier ca1270		(this version by Robert Lamb, Vicar of Norham)	Song XI	^[8]
85	On the First Rebellion – 1715				Song XII	^[9]
88	Collier's Rant (The)				Song XIII	^[10]
90	(Weel May) The Keel Row	Traditional – before 1760			Song XIV	^[11]
91	Bonny Keel Laddie – (The)		The Bonny Pit Laddie	Tune-BS	Song XV	^[12]
92	Newcastle Beer	John Cunningham			Song XVI
95	FINIS

Notes

Tune-BS -The tune is not given in the book – but it has been added as attributed in Northumbrian Minstrelsy by Bruce and Stokoe, 1882

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