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
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of
Geordie
Geordie () is a nickname for a person from the Tyneside area of North East England, and the dialect used by its inhabitants, also known in linguistics as Tyneside English or Newcastle English. There are different definitions of what constitut ...
folk song
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consisting of eleven songs written by
Thomas Marshall, published in 1829, by the author himself.
The publication
Thomas Marshall wrote all the songs.
A set of the original documents are retained in the archives of
Gateshead
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Council. .
Contents
Are as below :-
See also
Geordie dialect words
Geordie () is a nickname for a person from the Tyneside area of North East England, and the dialect used by its inhabitants, also known in linguistics as Tyneside English or Newcastle English. There are different definitions of what constitute ...
References
External links
FARNE - Folk Archive Resource North East – front coverAllan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings
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English folk songs
Songs related to Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumbrian folklore
Chapbooks