Shields Song Book

The Shields Song Book is a book of songs written by people of South Shields and published by C. W. Barnes in 1826.

Brief details

The book had the title "The Shields Song Book, being a Collection of comic and sentimental songs never before published, Written by Gentlemen of the neighbourhood. South Shields, printed by C. W. Barnes, Thrift Street, 1826".

It was printed in 1826, and a copy was available from the Public Library at South Shields for many years.

The collection

This “Shields song book”[1] is mainly in dialect and contains the following :-

Three of these songs, “The Devil” (or “The Nanny Goat”), “The Cliffs of Virginia” and “The Skipper’s Mistake” appear in “Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings with lives, portraits and autographs of the writers, and notes on the songs. Revised Edition”.[2][3]

Reference

  1. "Farne Folk Archive Resource North East".
  2. "Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings".
  3. Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings with lives, portraits and autographs of the writers, and notes on the songs. Revised Edition. Thomas & Gorge Allan, 18 Blackett Street, and 34 Collingwood Street, (Newcastle upon Tyne) – Sold by W. Allan, 80 Grainqer Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, B. Allan, North Shields and Walter Scott. London. 1891.
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