Tyneside Songs (or to give it its full title "Tyneside Songs Volume (here the number is stated) with pianoforte accompaniment – by C. E. Catcheside-Warrington – Copyright – (published by) J. G. Windows Ltd., Central Arcade, Newcastle – Printed in England") is a Chapbook of Geordie folk songs consisting of four volumes, first published 1912 and 1913. As it stated on the cover, the publications were compiled and edited by Charles Ernest Catcheside-Warrington.
The books cost initially 2/= (Two Shillings). A further reprint was carried out in 1927, when a price of 3/= (Three Shillings) was printed on the front of the book. Many of this reprint had a red star shaped sticker placed on the front showing that the selling price was in fact 3/6 (Three Shillings and Six Pence). A further reprint was done in the middle 1950s. The later editions were renamed "Album of Tyneside Songs with pianoforte accompaniment".
This collection is important as the songs are all important traditional standards and that they are arranged in the "parlor" performance style representing the classic tradition as opposed to "music hall"
Charles Ernest Catcheside-Warrington.edited the four volumes of "Tyneside Songs", a series of small booklets each of around 26 pages long, containing mainly well-known songs, by well-known Tyneside composers.
The contents of these volumes now have a great historical value in that we are able to learn of the types of music popular at (and sometimes, many years before) the time of publication.[1]
(All lyrics/notation available here:* Tyneside Songs-Catcheside Warrington
The volumes and their contents are below :-
| width=20 abbr="volume" | vol | width=20 abbr="page" | page | width=300 abbr="title of song" | title | width=200 abbr="writer" | songwriter | width=200 abbr="tune/air" | tune | width=200 abbr="comments" | comment | width=20 abbr="notes" | note | width=20 abbr="reference" | ref |
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| Tyneside Songs Volume 1 – 26 pages – (1927 edition)[2] | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | (Weel May) The Keel Row | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Geordy, haud the bairn | Joe Wilson | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Pawnshop Bleezin' – (The) – actually spelt "Paanshop" | J P Robson | X. Y. Z. | Mrs Potter's pawnshop, on The Side, Newcastle, was completely destroyed by fire, in 1849 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Mally Dunn | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Blaydon Races | George Ridley | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Aa Hope Ye'll Be Kind Te Me Dowter | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Keep yor feet still Geordie hinny | Joe Wilson | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Cushie Butterfield | George Ridley | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Last Neet (The New Pollis) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Gallowgate Lad – (The) | Joe Wilson | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Cliffs of Old Tynemouth (The) | David Ross Lietch | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Haaks's Men (Recitation) | |||||||||||||
| Tyneside Songs Volume 2 – 26 pages – 1912[3] | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Fire on the Kee – (The) | Edward Corvan | Wor Jocker | |||||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Me Little Wife at Hyem | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Row upon the stairs – (The) | Joe Wilson | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Cullercoats Fish-Lass – (The) | Edward Corvan | Lilie's a Lady | |||||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Wor Nanny’s a mazer | Thomas "Tommy" Armstrong | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 16 | Pitman's Courtship – (The) | William Mitford | The night before Larry was stretched | |||||||||||
| 2 | 18 | Cappy – or The Pitman's Dog | William Mitford | Chapter of Donkeys | |||||||||||
| 2 | 20 | 98th (Jack's Listed) (The) | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Neighbors Doon Belaa (The) | James Weams | the troubles of living in a flat – originally called Neighbors Belaw | |||||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Sandgate Lass's Lament (The) | H Robson | The Bonny Pit Laddie | |||||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Oh! Leuk A' The Sowljor | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Cullercoats Fish-Wife and the Census Man (The) | |||||||||||||
| Tyneside Songs Volume 3 – 28 pages – 1913[4] | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | I Tickled Mary | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Lass That Leeves Next Door (The) | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Hi, Canny Man Hoy A Ha'Penny Oot | Harry Nelson | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Washing-Day – (The) | Thomas Wilson | Nae luck aboot the hoose | actually entitled "Weshin'-day (The)" in this book | ||||||||||
| 3 | 12 | Oh! Heh Ye Seen Wor Jimmy | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 14 | Wrang Train Agyen | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 16 | The Caller | Edward Corvan | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 18 | Lambton Worm (The) | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 20 | Dinnet Clash the Door (or Divvent) | Joe Wilson | Tramp, tramp | |||||||||||
| 3 | 22 | Oh! Bonny Scotland | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 24 | Gift O' The Gob (The) | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 26 | Je Ne Comprend Pas (Story) | unknown | ||||||||||||
| Tyneside Songs Volume 4 – 26 pages – 1913[5] | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Sair Fail'd, Hinney | unknown | Actually titled "Sair Fyel'd Hinny" in the book | |||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Newcastle is my native place | unknown | We hae always been provided for | |||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Bobby Shaftoe | Traditional | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Water of Tyne (The) | unknown | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | O the Oak and the Ash and the Bonny Ivy Tree | * |
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| 4 | 10 | Oh! I Ha'e Seen The Roses Blaw | alt title – O I hae seen the Roses blaw | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 12 | Elsie Marley | Elsie Marley | to its own tune | An Alewife of Picktree near Chester-le-Street | ||||||||||
| 4 | 14 | Dance To Thy Daddy | William Watson | The Little Fishy | |||||||||||
| 4 | 16 | Fiery Clock-fyece (The) | Robert Nunn | The Coal-hole | |||||||||||
| 4 | 18 | Gyetside Lass (The) | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 20 | Ca' Hawkie through the watter | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 22 | Up The Raw | unknown | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 24 | Dol Li A | unknown | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 26 | Aboot The Bush, Willy | unknown | ||||||||||||