Shields Garland

"The Shields Garland"
Song
Written various songwriters
Published William Brockie
Language English (some Geordie dialect)
Recorded by various
Performed by various

The Shields Garland is a Chapbook of Geordie folk song consisting of three small volumes, published in the 1850s

The publication

William Brockie edited the three volumes of "The Shields Garland", a series of booklets containing "Shields" songs which show the towns of Cullercoats, Tynemouth, North Shields and South Shields, small coastal towns on both sides of the Tyne. All are variously famous for fishwives, Press Gangs, ships, boats and sailors, and beautiful scenery.
Included in the three books are 2 works attributed to Brockie himself (The Modern Pandora and A Love Story – addressed to M N)
A set of the original documents are bound together and held by South Shields library.[1]
Volume 1 and 2 are thought to be complete while Volume 3 starts at page 17 (but this would be the start if the pages of the previous volumes are included in the numbering?)
They are published by the Shields Gazette editor, William Brockie and printed by T. F. Brockie & Co. of South Shields.

Contents

The Shields garland Number 1

possibly the last as it has publishers note at base

The Shields garland Number 2

possibly the last as it has publishers note at base

The Shields garland Number 3

Note 1 – Volumes 1 and 2 have no actual page numbers. The numbers given above are solely to distinguish between the pages.
The numberings use against volume 3 are actual.
Note 2 – Tynemouth (on pages 6 and 7 of volume 1) is also often referred to as Tynemouth Abbey.

See also

Geordie dialect words

References

External links

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