Ritson's Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel 1792

Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel, Edited and published by Joseph Ritson, is a revised and corrected edition of a book on County Durham music, published in 1792.

Ritson's Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel 1792
AuthorJoseph Ritson
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genrechapbook
PublisherJoseph Ritson
Publication date
1792
Media typePrint
Pagesapprox 70 pages and 20 works

Details

Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel 1792 (or to give it its full title – "The Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel being a choice collection of excellent songs relating to the above county – Full of agreeable Variety, and pleasant Mirth. [Edited by the late Joseph Ritson, Esq.] ---Stockton. Printed by R. Christopher . MDCCLXXXIV ---Licensed and entered according to Order. --- A New Edition, corrected. Newcastle: Printed by Hall and Elliot. MDCCXCII”) is a book of Geordie folk song consisting of approximately 70 pages with 20 works, published in 1792.

The original edition was published in 1784, this edition appeared in 1792 in a slightly corrected and expanded form, and a further reprint was published in 1809.[1]

Other books in Ritson's Garland series were The Yorkshire Garland, The Northumberland Garland, and The North-Country Chorister. A compilation of the whole series, entitled The Northern Garland was published in 1810.[2]

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 and Bruce and Stokoe's Northumbrian Minstrelsy.

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
BISHOPRIC GARLANDS
OR
DURHAM MINSTREL
BEING A
CHOICE COLLECTION
OF
EXCELLENT SONGS
RELATING TO THE ABOVE COUNTY
Full of agreeable Variety, and pleasant Mirth.
[EDITED BY THE LATE
JOSEPH RITSON, ESQ.]
– - – - – - -
STOCKTON
PRINTED BY R. CHRISTOPHER.
MDCCLXXXIV
Licensed and entered according to Order
– - – - – - -
A NEW EDITION, CORRECTED.
NEWCASTLE:
PRINTED BY HALL AND ELLIOT.
MDCCXCII

Contents

are as below :-


title songwriter tune comments notes ref
coverBishoprick Garland or Durham Minstrel[3]
Contents
1Durham Garland – (The), in four partsSong I
11Barnardcastle Tragedy – (The)Constant AnthonySong II[4]
11The true story of the wheedling servantJohn Atkinson
15Stockton's Commendation (number one) – an old songSir John Fenwick's the flower amang themSong III
18New Song, in praise of Stockton, for 1764 – (A)William SuttonSong IV[5]
20Stockton's Commendation (number two) or New way of Stockton's Commendation – (The)Benjamin Pye L.L.D. Archdeacon of Durhamto the old tunesee Archdeacon of DurhamSong V
23Stockton's Commendation, A New songSong VI[6]
26Hare-skin – (The)Geo. Knight, ShoemakerHave you heard of a frolicsome dittySong VII[7]
30LimboGeo. Knight, ShoemakerOn a time I was great, now little I'm grownSong VIII
33Launching of the Strickland – (The)Geo. Knight, ShoemakerRobin Hood and the TannerSong IX[8]
35Hark to Winchester A new song called) or The Yorkshire Volunteer's farewell to the good folks of StocktonPush about the JorumSong X[9]
35note of Herbert StockhoreHerbert Stockhore, the pretend author
39Sedgefield Frolic – (The)Song XI[10]
43Pleasures of Sunderland – (The)Song XII[11]
45Frolicsome olds Women of Sunderland – (The), or the disappointed young maidensThey'll marry, tho' threescore and tenSong XIII[12]
47New Song made on Alice Marley – (A)an alewife at ******, near ChesterSong IV (numbered incorrectly)[13]
47She had been called Elsie in the original editionAlice Marley(meaning Picktree, Chester-le-Street)
49New Song in praise of the Durham Militia – (A)The Lillies of FranceSong XV[14]
52Lass of Cockerton – (The)Low down in the BroomSong XVI
54Rookhope RydeA Durham border song, composed 1569 – this song not in the 1st editionSong XVII[15]
54comment onRookhope Burn
54Northumberland betrayed by Douglasa ballad
55comment onThirwall or Thirlitwall, near Bewcastle-dale
56Dinner time usually 11:00 in those daysshort comment
57comment onThe two earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland
58this continuedThe two earls and the battle of 1570
58some dialectshort comment
58date of St Nicholas' dayshort comment
59comment onEastgate
59comment onDry-Rig, Smale-Burns or Hanging-Well
59the warrior's clothingshort comment
61a missing lineshort comment
64Lamentation on the death of Sir Robert de Nevill, Lord of Raby, in 1282this song not in the 1st editionSong XVIII
64comment onRobert de Nevill
64FINIS

See also

Geordie dialect words
Joseph Ritson
Ritson's Northern Garlands 1810
Ritson's Yorkshire Garland 1809
Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809
Ritson's North-Country Chorister 1809

References
  1. Ritson, John (1809). Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel 1784. republished by R Triphook, St James' Street, London.
  2. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. pp. volume 48-page 329.
  3. "Farne archives – Bishoprick Garland or Durham Minstrel".
  4. "Farne archives – Barnardcastle Tragedy – (The)".
  5. "Farne archives – New Song, in praise of Stockton, for 1764 – (A)".
  6. "Farne archives – Stockton's Commendation, A New song".
  7. "Farne archives – Hare-skin – (The)".
  8. "Farne archives – Launching of the Strickland – (The)".
  9. "Farne archives – Hark to Winchester".
  10. "Farne archives – Sedgefield Frolic – (The)".
  11. "Farne archives – Pleasures of Sunderland – (The)".
  12. "Farne archives – Frolicsome olds Women of Sunderland – (The), or the disappointed young maidens".
  13. "Farne archives – New Song made on Alice Marley – (A)".
  14. "Farne archives – New Song in praise of the Durham Militia – (A)".
  15. "Farne archives – Rookhope Ryde".
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