Cecil Pitt was a
Tyneside
Tyneside is a built-up area across the banks of the River Tyne in northern England. Residents of the area are commonly referred to as Geordies. The whole area is surrounded by the North East Green Belt.
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songwriter, who lived in the early nineteenth century
Brief details
Cecil Pitt (lived ca. 1812) was a
Tyneside
Tyneside is a built-up area across the banks of the River Tyne in northern England. Residents of the area are commonly referred to as Geordies. The whole area is surrounded by the North East Green Belt.
The population of Tyneside as published i ...
songwriter, who, according to the information given by
John Bell in his
Rhymes of Northern Bards
''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 Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, Northumberland and County Durham, Durham – Edited b ...
published in 1812, has the song "The Newcastle Signs" attributed to his name.
The song is not written in
Geordie dialect but is definitely local to
Newcastle. It was sung at
Newcastle Theatre Royal Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...
by Mr Scrifen on 4 June 1806.
The same song with the same comments appears on page 89 of "
The Tyne Songster" published by
W & T Fordyce in 1840 and in "
Marshall's Collection of Songs" published by
John Marshall
John Marshall (September 24, 1755July 6, 1835) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remains the longest-serving chief justice and fourth-longes ...
in 1827.
Nothing more appears to be known of this person, or their life
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 ...
(Geordie) Rhymes of Northern Bards by John Bell Junior
''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 Newcastle, Northumberland and Durham – Edited by John Bell 1812") is a book of Nor ...
The Tyne Songster (W & T Fordyce, 1840)
Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical 1827
Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical is a chapbook style songbook, giving the lyrics of local, now historical songs, with a few bits of other information. It was published by John Marshall in 1827.
Details
Marshall's Collection of ...
External links
Rhymes of Northern Bards by John Bell Junior – see pages 62 & 63The Tyne Songster by W & T Fordyce 1840Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical 1827
English male songwriters
English male poets
People from Newcastle upon Tyne (district)
Musicians from Tyne and Wear
Geordie songwriters
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