Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale, Edited and published by

Joseph Ritson Joseph Ritson (2 October 1752 – 23 September 1803) was an English Antiquarian, antiquary known for editing the first scholarly collection of Robin Hood ballads (1795). After a visit to France in 1791, he became a staunch supporter of the idea ...

, is a revised edition of a book on

Northumberland Northumberland ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England, on the Anglo-Scottish border, border with Scotland. It is bordered by the North Sea to the east, Tyne and Wear and County Durham to the south, Cumb ...

music, published in 1809.

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Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 (or to give its full title – "The Northumberland Garland; or Newcastle Nightingale: A matchless collection of famous songs s originally edited by the late Joseph Ritson, Esq.----Old Tyne shall listen to my tale, and echo, down the bordering vale, The liquid melody prolong. Akenside ---- Newcastle ---- MDCCXCIII Printed by and for Hall and Elliot. Licensed and entered according to Order ---- London: Reprinted for Robert Triphook, 37, St. Jame's Street, by Harding and Wright, St John's Square ---- 1809”) is a book of

Geordie Geordie ( ), sometimes known in linguistics as Tyneside English or Newcastle English, is an English dialect and accent spoken in the Tyneside area of North East England. It developed as a variety of the old Northumbrian dialect and became espe ...

folk song Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...

consisting of approximately 96 pages with 16 works, first published in 1793 and reprinted (this version) in 1809. Other books in Ritson's Garland series were Bishopric Garland, The Yorkshire Garland, and The North-Country Chorister. A compilation of the whole series, entitled The Northern Garland was published in 1810. The “Garland” series were important, not only as important document in their own right, but as one of the main sources of similar successor publications such as John Bell's

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 ...

and

Bruce The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been ...

and Stokoe's

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 ...

. A set of original documents are held in The Robinson Library of Newcastle University

The publication

The front cover of the book was as thus :- THE
NORTHUMBERLAND GARLAND;
OR
NEWCASTLE NIGHTINGALE:
A
MATCHLESS COLLECTION
OF
FAMOUS SONGS
S ORIGINALLY EDITED
BY THE LATE JOSEPH RITSON, ESQ.
– - – - – - -
OLD TYNE SHALL LISTEN TO MY TALE,
AND ECHO, DOWN THE BORDERING VALE,
THE LIQUID MELODY PROLONG. AKENSIDE
– - – - – - -
NEWCASTLE
PRINTED BY AND FOR HALLL AND ELLIOT.
MDCCXCIII
Licensed and entered according to Order
– - – - – - -
LONDON:
REPRINTED FOR ROBERT TRIPHOOK, 37, ST. JAME'S STREET.
By Harding and Wright, St. John's-square.
– - – - – - -
1809

are as below :-

Notes

Tune-BS -The tune is not given in the book – but it has been added as attributed in Northumbrian Minstrelsy by Bruce and Stokoe, 1882

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* {{usurped,
Farne archives – front cover
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Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings – page 512

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