A period of sixteen years having elapsed since an edition of Local Songs was published in a collective form, and that volume having been for some time out of print, renders almost superfluous any apology in presenting the following collection to the public. During the last few years, so great has been the progress of education amongst the humbler classes of society, that many of those eccentricities so often seized upon by our Local Poets as subjects of humourous satire, are fast disappearing, and ere many more years shall have elapsed, the Songs of our Local Bards will be the only memorials of the peculiar characteristics of this ancient border town.

Should an occasional coarseness of language meet the eye, let not the fastidious reader forget, that such were the modes of expression used by the parties described, and that elegance of language would be as much out of place as are the polished classical sentences of Shenstone's rustics, so often and so justly a theme of censure.

The Publishers beg to tender their best thanks to the several respectable individuals who have so kindly favoured them with the many original pieces which appear in this volume; and regret that the limited space for an address prevents a more personal allusion, than referring the reader to their names in the table of contents.

CONTENTS.

Page.
[Acrostic on the Death of Blind Willie,] R. Emery 322
[Alarm! or, Lord Fauconberg's March,] 184
[Amphitrite,] R. Gilchrist 16
[April Gowk; or, The Lovers Alarmed,] 299
[Baboon] Armstrong 23
[Barber's News; or, Shields in an Uproar,] J. Shield 115
[Battle of Spitaloo,] 289
[Battle on the Shields Railway], 291
[Bear Club,] R. Gilchrist 328
[Beggars' Wedding,] 280
[Bessy of Blyth,] H. Robson 132
[Birth-Day of Queen Victoria,] R. Gilchrist 325
[Billy Oliver's Ramble between Benwell & Newcastle], 23
[Blind Willie Singing,] R. Gilchrist 104
[Blind Willy's Flight] R. Emery 210
[Blind Willie's Death,] 294
[Blind Willie's Epitaph,] R. Gilchrist 331
[Bold Jack of the Journal] H. R. 244
[Bob Cranky's 'Size Sunday,] John Selkirk 35
[Bob Cranky's Leum'nation Neet,] John Shield 37
[Bob Cranky's Account of the Ascent of Mr Sadler's Balloon, from Newcastle, Sep. 1, 1815,] W. Midford 42
[Bob Cranky's Adieu,] John Shield 45
[Bob Fudge's Postscript] 209
[Bold Archy and Blind Willie's Lament on the Death of Capt. Starkey,] R. Gilchrist 105
[Bonassus] Oliver 119
[Bonny Keel Laddie,] 85
[Bonny Clock Fyece,] 274
[Bonny Gyetsiders,] J. Shield 87
[Bonny Keel Laddie,] 40
[British Justice; or, Newcastle Privy Court,] 170
[Broom Busoms] 259
[Burdon's Address to his Cavalry,] Jas. Morrison 101
[Canny Newcassel,] T. Thompson 5
[Canny Sheels,] John Morrison 75
[Cappy, or the Pitman's Dog,] Wm. Midford 19
[Changes on the Tyne,] 212
[Coaly Tyne,] 79
[Coal Trade,] 146
[Cobbler o' Morpeth,] (Cholera Morbus,) J. M'Lellan 73
[Collier's Rant,] 53
[Collier's Keek at the Nation,] R. Gilchrist 102
[Colliers' Pay Week] H. Robson 122
[Come up to the Scratch! or, the Pitman Haggished],R. Emery 160
[Commit no Nonsense,] 282
[Cookson's Alkali,] 285
[Corn Market, a Lament,] 269
[Coronation Day at Newcastle,] 201
[Coronation Thursday] W. Midford 203
[Custom-house Branch,] 216
[Custom-house Tree,] 217
[Custom-house Branch,] 218
[Dance to thy Daddy,] W. Watson 261
[Death of Bold Archy,] R. Gilchrist 330
[Do li a,] 281
[Donocht-Head,] R. Pickering 326
[Drucken Bella Roy, O!,] 272
[Duchess and Mayoress] 142
[Eagle Steam Packet,] Wm. Midford 11
[Election Day,] W. Watson 232
[Euphy's Coronation,] Thomas Marshall 241
[Farewell to the Tyne,] R. Gilchrist 140
[Famed Filly Fair; or, A Peep into Pilgrim-street,] 166
[Farewell, Archy!,] 175
[Fishwives' Complaint] R. Emery 71
[Friar and the Nun,] 263
[Gateshead Rads,] 230
[Geordy's Disaster] 296
[George the Fourth's Coronation] 191
[Gipsy's Song,] H. Robson 223
[Glister] Armstrong 10
[Golden Horns; or, The General Invitation,] 193
[Green's Balloon,] 97
[Greenwives' Lamentation,] 70
[Half-drowned Skipper,] 186
[Herbage Committee,] R. Gilchrist 327
[Humble Petition of the Old House in the Shieldfield to John Clayton, Esq.] R. Gilchrist 239
[Hydrophobie; or, Skipper and Quaker,] R. Emery 63
[Invitation to the Mansion-house Dinner in Honour of the Coronation] Armstrong 191
[Jemmy Joneson's Whurry,] T. Thompson 12
[Jenny Hoolet: or, Lizzie Mudie's Ghost,] Armstrong 9
[Jesmond Mill,] Phil. Hodgson 139
[Jocker] Nunn 267
[Johnny Sc--tt and Tommy C--rr. A Dialogue], 150
[Jossy's Nag's Head,] 297
[Keel Row (New)] T. Thompson 114
[Keelman and the Grindstone,] Armstrong 64
[Kelvin Grove.--The Lassie's Answer,] H. Robson 132
[Kitty Port Admiral at the Bench,] 152
[Lass of Wincomblee,] 329
[Little Pee Dee,] 30
[Lizzie Liberty,] H. Robson 136
[Lizzie Mudie's Ghost,] Armstrong 9
[Local Militia-man,] Wm. Midford 92
[Lovely Delia] 155
[Loyal Festivities; or, Novel Scenes at Newcastle,] 194
[Lukey's Dream,]265
[Mary Drue,] T. Houston 233
[Maw Canny Hinny,] 41
[Masquerade at Newcastle Theatre,] Wm. Midford 94
[Mayor of Bourdeaux; or, Mally's Mistake,] Wm. Midford 46
[Misfortunes of Roger and his Wife,] J. B. 172
[Mechanics' Procession; or, a Trip to South Shields,] R. Emery 221
[Miraculous Well; or, Newcastle Spaw Water,] R. Emery 321
[More Innovations,] R. Gilchrist 238
[Music Hall,] 275
[My Lord 'Size,] John Shield 17
[Nancy Wilkinson,] H. Robson 96
[Nanny of the Tyne] Gibson 86
[Natural Philosopher; or, The Downfall of the Learned Humbugs!,] 229
[Newcastle Fair; or, Pitman drinking Jackey,] 28
[New Keel Row,] T. Thompson 55
[Newcastle Wonders; or, Hackney Coach Customers,]R. Emery 65
[Newcassel Races] W. Watson 81
[Newcastle Signs,] Cecil Pitt 89
[Newgate-street Petition to Mr. Mayor,] 99
[Newcassel Props] Oliver 110
[Newcassel Wonders,] 111
[Newcastle Subscription Mill,] H. Robson 135
[New Fish Market,] Wm. Midford 137
[New Year's Carol for the Fishwives of Newcastle,] M. Ross 138
[Newcastle Assizes (Duchess versus Mayoress); or, A Struggle for Precedence,] 144
[Newcastle Hackneys,] 157
[Newcastle Hackney Coaches] Oliver 158
[Newcastle Improvements,] R. Charlton 159
[Newcastle Noodles,] James Morrison 168
[Newcastle Swineherd's Proclamation,] 191
[Newcastle Theatre in an Uproar,] 173
[Newcastle Worthies,] Wm. Armstrong 187
[Newcastle in an Uproar; or, George the Fourth's Coronation] W. Midford 198
[Newcastle Beer versus Spaw Water; or, The Pitman and Temperance Society,] R. Emery 303
[Newcastle Blunderbuss! or, Travelling Extraordinary,] R. Emery 316
[Newcastle Old Country Gentleman,] 278
[Newcastle Landlords,] W. Watson 249
[New Markets] Oliver 211
[New Markets; or, Newcastle Improvements,] Midford 236
[New Nursery Rhyme,] 283
[New Song for Barge-day, 1835,] R. Gilchrist 254
[North Shields Song,] 282
[Northumberland Free o' Newcassel,] R. Gilchrist 141
[Old Nick's Visit to H-ll's Kitchen,] 189
[Old and curious Song, on the late Mr. R. Clayton being made an Alderman,] 247
[On Simpson the Pedestrian's Failure,] 181
[Opening of the New Markets,] 235
[Owl] R. Emery 153
[Oyster-wife's Petition on the Removal of the Oyster-tub from the Quay,] R. Emery 257
[Paganini, the Fiddler; or, Pitman's Frolic]R. Emery 256
[Pandon Dean,] 156
[Parody on Billy Oliver's Ramble,] 25
[Parody,] 227
[Parson Malthus] 129
[Peggy's Leg] H. R. 84
[Permanent Yeast] John Morrison 76
[Peter Watson,] H. Robson 133
[Petition from the Women of the Vegetable Market to the Mayor of Newcastle,] 71
[Peter Waggy,] H. Robson 131
[Picture of Newcastle; or, George the Fourth's Coronation,] Wm. Midford 196
[Pitman's Revenge against Bonaparte] Shield 33
[Pitman's Skellyscope,] Wm. Midford 39
[Pitman's Ramble; or, Newcastle Finery,] 77
[Pitman's Courtship,] Wm. Midford 21
[Pitman's Dream; or, a Description of the North Pole,] R. Emery 162
[Pitman's Dream; or, a Description of the Kitchen,] R. Emery 164
[Pitman's Pay; or, a Night's Discharge to Care,] Thomas Wilson 304
[Pitman's Ramble] R. Emery 286
[Pitman's Visit to Newcastle on Valentine's Day,] 317
[Politicians,] 60
[Quack Doctors,] 82
[Quayside Shaver,] Wm. Stephenson 7
[Quayside Ditty for February, 1816,] 66
[Russell the Pedestrian,] 180
[Sandgate Wife's Nurse Song] Nunn 243
[Sandgate Pant; or, Jane Jemieson's Ghost,] R. Emery 324
[Sandgate Lass on the Ropery Banks] Nunn 246
[Sandgate Lassie's Lament,] H. Robson 62
[Sandgate Girl's Lamentation,] 52
[Sandhill Monkey,] 56
[Shields Soliloquy,] 69
[Shields Chain Bridge humourously described,]Oliver 120
[Sir Tommy made an Odd Fellow,] R. Gilchrist 176
[Skipper's Wedding,] W. Stephenson 14
[Skipper's Fright] Bailey 322
[Skipper in the Mist] Armstrong 319
[Skipper's Account of the Mechanics' Procession,] R. Emery 271
[Skipper's Mistake] Armstrong 301
[Skipper's Dream,] T. Moor 58
[Skipper's Account of the Orangemen's Procession,] 59
[South Shields Song,] 281
[Spring,] H. Robson 129
[Steam Soup; or, Cuckoo Jack's Petition] R. Emery 244
[Sunderland Jammy's Lamentation, December, 1831,] 72
[Swalwell Hopping] Selkirk 48
[St. Nicholas Church,] Nunn 254
[St. Nicholas' great Bell,] 264
[Thomas Whittell's Humourous Letter to Mr. Moody,] 228
[Thumping Luck,] W. Watson 260
[Till the Tide came in,] H. Robson 62
[Tim Tunbelly] Oliver 112
[T--ly's Best Blood,] 168
[Tom Carr and Waller Watson] Oliver 148
[Tommy Thompson,] R. Gilchrist 140
[Tommy C--rr in Limbo] Oliver 151
[Tyne,] H. Robson 128
[Tyne,] John Gibson 85
[Tyne,] J. Wilson 277
[Tyne Cossacks,] Wm. Midford 31
[Verses written for the Burns Club, 1817,] H. Robson 225
[Victory; or, The Captain done over,] 182
[Voyage to Lunnin,] R. Gilchrist 107
[Walker Pits,] 279
[Water of Tyne,] 89
[Weel may the Keel row,] 54
[Winlaton Hopping,] John Lennard 50
[Wonderful Gutter,] Wm. Midford 91
[Worthy Rector,] 288
[Wreckenton Hiring,] 178
[X-Y-Z at Newcastle Races, 1814,] Wm. Midford 26

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