Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809

Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale, Edited and published by Joseph Ritson, is a revised edition of a book on Northumberland music, published in 1809.

Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1793
AuthorJoseph Ritson
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish (Geordie dialect)
Genrechapbook
PublisherJoseph Ritson
Publication date
1809
Media typePrint
Pages96 pages and 16 works

Details

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 [As 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 folk song 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.[1]

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
NORTHUMBERLAND GARLAND;
OR
NEWCASTLE NIGHTINGALE:
A
MATCHLESS COLLECTION
OF
FAMOUS SONGS
[AS 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

Contents

are as below :-


title songwriter tune comments notes ref
coverThe Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale – headed page[2]
Index
1Battle of Otterburn – (The)from an old MSSbattle fought 9 Aug 1388Song I
7Fytte – (A)
15Hunting of the Cheviot – (The)above 300 years old – spelt "Cheviot" in Bell's Rhymes of Northern BardsSong II
19Fit – The Second
27Hunting in Chevy-Chase – (The)Song III[3]
38Fair Mabel of WallingtonSong II (incorrect song number)
43Lamentable Ditty on the death of worth George Stoole – (A)A delicate Scottish TuneSong V[4]
43comment onGeorge Stoole
48Ecky's Mare (An excellent ballad of the sickness, death and burial of)Bernard Rumney of RothburySong VI
48comment onBernard Rumney of Rothbury
55Mitford Galloway's Ramble – (The)Thomas Whittel or more usual, WhittleRanting roaring Willieactually spelt "Midford"Song VII[5]
63Insipids – (The) or The Mistress with her multitude of Man ServantsThomas Whittel or more usual, WhittleSong VIII
68Sawney Ogilby's Duel with his WifeThomas Whittel or more usual, WhittleThe Worst's pastSong IX[6]
71Felton Garland – (The)Maggy Lawther – Bell's give this as "Maggy Lauder"Song X[7]
71comment onThe brickmaker Pet*r and his bride Jen*y Gow*n
74part II riding off in debt
78Laidley Worm (The) (of Spindleston Heugh)Duncan Frasier ca1270(this version by Robert Lamb, Vicar of Norham)Song XI[8]
85On the First Rebellion – 1715Song XII[9]
88Collier's Rant (The)Song XIII[10]
90(Weel May) The Keel RowTraditional – before 1760Song XIV[11]
91Bonny Keel Laddie – (The)The Bonny Pit LaddieTune-BSSong XV[12]
92Newcastle BeerJohn CunninghamSong XVI
95FINIS

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

See also

Geordie dialect words
Joseph Ritson
Ritson's Northern Garlands 1810
Ritson's Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel 1792
Ritson's Yorkshire Garland 1809
Ritson's North-Country Chorister 1809

References

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