''Dunbar's local songs and recitations 1874'' (full title: “Dunbar's Local and other Songs, Recitations and Conundrums, A Local Tale, &c. Composed by the late William Dunbar, Wardley Colliery, who died February 23rd 1874, aged 21 years. Printed by Stevenson and Dryden, St Nicholas' Church Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne 1874”) is a
chapbook
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of
Geordie
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folk song
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consisting of over 40 pages, published in 1874, after the author's death.
The publication
William Dunbar wrote all the songs and a set of the original documents are retained in the archives of
Beamish Museum
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The front cover of the book was as thus :-
LOCAL AND OTHER
SONGS, RECITATIONS,
AND CONUNDRUMS,
A
Local Tale, &c
COMPOSED BY THE LATE
WILLIAM DUMBAR
WARDLEY COLLIERY
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 23RD 1874, AGED 21 YEARS
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NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
PRINTED BY STEVENSON AND DRYDEN, ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCH YARD
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1874
Contents
In alphabetical order are as below :-
See also
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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 ...
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William Dunbar
References
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External links
FARNE – Folk Archive Resource North East – front coverAllan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings
English folk songs
Songs related to Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumbrian folklore
1874 books
Chapbooks