Rhymes of Northern Bards / Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham

by Unknown

Transcriber’s Note: Period and dialect spelling, inconsistent hyphenation, etc. are preserved as printed.

RHYMES
OF
Northern Bards:

BEING A CURIOUS
COLLECTION
OF OLD AND NEW
SONGS AND POEMS,

Peculiar to the Counties of
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,
NORTHUMBERLAND, AND DURHAM.

EDITED BY JOHN BELL, JUN.

“NORTHUMBRIA’S SONS STAND FORTH, BY ALL CONFEST,

THE FIRST AND FIRMEST OF FAIR FREEDOM’S TRAIN;

EACH BRAVE NORTHUMBRIAN NURSES IN HIS BREAST

THE SACRED SPARK, UNSULLIED BY A STAIN.”

Newcastle upon Tyne:
Printed for John Bell, by M. Angus & Son, and sold by them,
and other Booksellers in Town.

MDCCCXII.

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LINES
SENT TO THE EDITOR AND PRINTER.

Proceed, ye generous friends of Tyne,

And prosperous be your way;

How happy, would our sons incline

To catch the improving ray!

With heart and hand your friendship join,

Bring Taste and Genius forth;

That all may own Newcastle Town,

Emporium of the North.

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