Dunbar's local songs and recitations 1874 explained

Local Songs, Recitations & Conundrums by William Dunbar 1874
Author:William Dunbar
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English (Geordie dialect)
Genre:chapbook
Publisher:William Dunbar
Release Date:1874
Media Type:Print
Pages:over 40 pages

Dunbar's local songs and recitations 1874 (full title: “Dunbar's Local and other Songs, Recitations and Conundrums, A Local Tale, &c. Composed by the late William Dunbar, Wardley Colliery, who died February 23rd 1874, aged 21 years. Printed by Stevenson and Dryden, St Nicholas' Church Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne 1874”) is a chapbook of Geordie folk song consisting of over 40 pages, published in 1874, after the author's death.

The publication

William Dunbar wrote all the songs and a set of the original documents are retained in the archives of Beamish Museum.

The front cover of the book was as thus :-

LOCAL AND OTHER
SONGS, RECITATIONS,
AND CONUNDRUMS,
A
Local Tale, &c<br/ >COMPOSED BY THE LATE
WILLIAM DUMBAR
WARDLEY COLLIERY
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 23RD 1874, AGED 21 YEARS
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NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
PRINTED BY STEVENSON AND DRYDEN, ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCH YARD
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1874

Contents

In alphabetical order are as below :-

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1Best way to feel for a manWait for the turn of the tide[1]
2Billy BakerThe Handsome Page[2]
3Comic medleyWho's for the bus[3]
4Deeth o' Jimmy RenforthCastles in the airfamous local rower Jimmy Renforth[4]
5Doing all things for the bestTake care of the peace[5]
6Don't take offenceAct on the square[6]
7Forester's songOxford JoeAncient Order of Foresters at Wrekenton in 1872[7]
8Geordy's payBarbara Bell[8] [9]
9If ivvor aw cease te speakIf I ever cease to love[10]
10ImitationJust to show there's no ill feeling[11]
11Joe the barber's boyImensicoff[12]
12Joseph ArchThe Marble ArchJoseph Arch was the president of the newly founded National Agricultural Labourers' Union[13]
13Maw bonny Bess. (or A dog fancier's musings)[14]
14My A B C (or items alphabetically arranged)Bow, Wow,Wow[15]
15North Durham election, 1874. A dialogue between Tommy Stobbs and Sally[16]
16Nothing venture, nothing winPar excellence[17]
17Nowt se Queer as FoaksCastles in the Air[18] [19]
18Playing the troonA t'yel wiv a seekwil, an' monny an eekwil[20]
19Pull that wins the dayPull, pull together, boys[21]
20Robin Ramsay; or, what aw'm puzzled wi'The whole hog or none[22]
21She greets me wiv a smileI am so volatile[23]
22Shiftin' – (The)[24]
23Wardley Band – (The)The pawnshop bleezin[25]
24We hevvent lang te be sober nooI wish I was a fish[26]
25Wellesley lads – (The)Imminsicoffone of the first schools set up to train sailors[27]
26We're seldom what we shud beThe country cousinoriginally printed in Chater's Diary and Local Remembrancer[28]
27Woman charmin' woman OTry, try againoriginally printed in Chater's Diary and Local Remembrancer[29]
28Would you like to seeDown among the coalsoriginally printed in Chater's Diary and Local Remembrancer[30]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Farne archives Best way to feel for a man. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114353/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0201202. 5 March 2016. dead.
  2. Web site: Farne archives Billy Baker. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305175523/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0201501. 5 March 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Farne archives Comic medley. 30 June 2012. https://archive.today/20130118012053/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0200801. 18 January 2013. dead.
  4. Web site: Farne archives Deeth o' Jimmy Renforth . 30 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305233314/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0202101 . 5 March 2016 . dead .
  5. Web site: Farne archives Doing all things for the best. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305182239/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0200701. 5 March 2016. dead.
  6. Web site: Farne archives Don't take offence. 30 June 2012. https://archive.today/20130117092253/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0200501. 17 January 2013. dead.
  7. Web site: Farne archives Forester's song. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305180457/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0201602. 5 March 2016. dead.
  8. Web site: Farne archives Geordy's pay. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120903/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0202502. 26 August 2014. dead.
  9. Web site: Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs page 511 – Geordy's Pay.
  10. Web site: Farne archives If ivvor aw cease te speak. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305235621/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0201802. 5 March 2016. dead.
  11. Web site: Farne archives Imitation. 30 June 2012. https://archive.today/20130117071747/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0203202. 17 January 2013. dead.
  12. Web site: Farne archives Joe the barber's boy. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306061611/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0201302. 6 March 2016. dead.
  13. Web site: Farne archives Joseph Arch. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306061622/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0202801. 6 March 2016. dead.
  14. Web site: Farne archives Maw bonny Bess. 30 June 2012. https://archive.today/20130117094551/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0203802. 17 January 2013. dead.
  15. Web site: Farne archives My A B C . 30 June 2012 . https://archive.today/20130117043054/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0203002 . 17 January 2013 . dead .
  16. Web site: Farne archives North Durham election, 1874. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305235450/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0204002. 5 March 2016. dead.
  17. Web site: Farne archives Nothing venture, nothing win. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306005246/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0200901. 6 March 2016. dead.
  18. Web site: Farne archives * Nowt se Queer as Foaks. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120521/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0200902. 26 August 2014. dead.
  19. Web site: Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs page 512 – Nowt se Queer as Foaks.
  20. Web site: Farne archives Playing the troon. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120852/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0203401. 26 August 2014. dead.
  21. Web site: Farne archives Pull that wins the day. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305175136/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0200602. 5 March 2016. dead.
  22. Web site: Farne archives Robin Ramsay. 30 June 2012. https://archive.today/20130117134937/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0202202. 17 January 2013. dead.
  23. Web site: Farne archives She greets me wiv a smile. 30 June 2012. https://archive.today/20130117165819/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0202602. 17 January 2013. dead.
  24. Web site: Farne archives The shiftin'. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120931/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0203601. 26 August 2014. dead.
  25. Web site: Farne archives The Wardley Band. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114317/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0202901. 5 March 2016. dead.
  26. Web site: Farne archives We hevvent lang te be sober noo. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306061957/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0201102. 6 March 2016. dead.
  27. Web site: Farne archives The Wellesley lads. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305233450/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0202402. 5 March 2016. dead.
  28. Web site: Farne archives We're seldom what we shud be. https://archive.today/20130117045204/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0201702. dead. 2013-01-17.
  29. Web site: Farne archives Woman charmin' woman O. 30 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306061824/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0202002. 6 March 2016. dead.
  30. Web site: Farne archives Would you like to see . 30 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305175637/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0202302 . 5 March 2016 . dead .

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