''Rhymes of Northern Bards'' (full title – "Rhymes of Northern Bards: being a curious collection of old and new Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of
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– Edited by
John Bell 1812") is a book of North East England traditional and popular song consisting of approximately 200 song lyrics on over 300 pages, published in 1812. It was reprinted in 1971 by Frank Graham, Newcastle upon Tyne with an introduction by David Harker.
The publication
It is, as the title suggests, a collection of songs
which would have been popular, or topical, at the date of publication.
The front cover of the book was as thus :-
Rhymes
Of
Northern Bards:
being a curious
Collection
of old and new
Songs And Poems,
Peculiar to the Counties of
Newcastle upon Tyne,
Northumberland, & 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 in an old English style)
Printed for John Bell, by
M. Angus & Son, and sold by them,
and other Booksellers in Town.
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Contents
Are as below :-
See also
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Geordie dialect words
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*
A Beuk o’ Newcassell Sangs Collected by Joseph Crawhall 1888
*
Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings
''Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings'' is a book of Tyneside popular and traditional songs consisting of approximately 400 song lyrics on over 600 pages, published in 1891. It was reprinted in 1972 by Frank Graham, Newca ...
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Northumbrian Minstrelsy
''Northumbrian Minstrelsy'' is a book of 18th and 19th century North East of England folk songs and pipe music, intended to be a lasting historical record. The book was edited by John Stokoe and the Rev John Collingwood Bruce LL.D., F.S.A., and ...
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Music of Northumbria
Here Northumbria is defined as Northumberland, the northernmost county of England, and County Durham.
According to 'World Music: The Rough Guide', "nowhere is the English living tradition more in evidence than the border lands of Northumbria, the ...
References
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External links
Rhymes of Northern Bards by John Bell Junior
English folk songs
Songs related to Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumbrian folklore
Music books