Ritson's Yorkshire Garland, 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 reprinted edition of a book on

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music, first published in 1788.

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Yorkshire Garland 1809 (or to give it its full title - “The Yorkshire Garland; is a curious collection of old and new songs, concerning that famous county. dited by the Late Joseph Ritson, Esq.---- Part I. ----York: printed by N. Frobisher; and sold by J. Langdale, Northallerton MDCCLXXXVIII Licensed and entered according to Order ----London: reprinted by R. Triphook, St.Jame's Street; By Harding and Wright, St. John's-square. 1809”) is a book of

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s consisting of 32 pages with 6 works, published in 1788. A further edition (this edition) was reprinted in 1809 Other books in Ritson’s Garland series were Bishopric Garland, The Northumberland Garland, and The North-Country Chorister. A compilation of the whole series, entitled The Northern Garland was published in 1810. The “Garland” series was important, not only as an important document in its 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

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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

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The front cover of the book was as thus :- THE
YORKSHIRE GARLAND;
BEING
A CURIOUS COLLECTION
OF
OLD AND NEW
SONGS,
CONCERNING THAT FAMOUS COUNTY.
DITED BY THE LATE
JOSEPH RITSON, ESQ.
PART I.
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YORK
PRINTED BY N. FROBISHER; AND SOLD BY J. LANGDALE
NORTHALLERTON
MDCCLXXXVIII
Licensed and entered according to Order
- - - - - - -
LONDON:
REPRINTED BY R. TRIPHOOK, ST.JAME'S STREET;
By Harding and Wright, St. John's-square.
1809

are as below :-

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Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings - page 512

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