Ralph John Wilkinson (1846 – 1914) was an English bookseller from
Newcastle active in the late 19th and early 20th century.
and songwriter, with premises in the Market.
Wilkinson was born and died in Newcastle. He wrote several songs and in 1886 published a songbook of his own works entitled ''A Collection of dialect and other songs''.
One of these songs "Tommy On the Bridge", in the
Geordie dialect, is about one of the local characters
Tommy Ferns and appears in
Thomas Allan's
Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings published in 1891
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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Thomas Allan
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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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References
External links
''Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings''
English male songwriters
People from Newcastle upon Tyne (district)
1914 deaths
1846 births
Geordie songwriters
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