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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

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

assume front cover

^[1]

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]

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

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=front cover|url=http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0300000|access-date=2012-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306070142/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0300000|archive-date=2016-03-06|dead-url=yes|df=}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Blind Willie's jubilee|url=http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0300301}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Markie's grandie)|url=http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0300601}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Blind Willie, versus Billy Scott|url=http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0300802}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Ralphey and the broker|url=http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0301002}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Heeltap's disaster|url=http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0301202}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Euphys Coronation|url=http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0301202}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Ralphey's views fra the spire|url=http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0301802}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Visit to Swalwell|url=http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0301602}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=Tars and skippers|url=http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0302001}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Sons of Britannia|url=http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0302001}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306070142/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=G0300000 FARNE - Folk Archive Resource North East – front cover]

[https://archive.org/stream/allansillustrat00firgoog/allansillustrat00firgoog_djvu.txt Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings]

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