Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical 1827


Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical is a chapbook style songbook, giving the lyrics of local, now historical songs, with a few bits of other information. It was published by John Marshall in 1827.

Details

Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical 1827 is a Chapbook style book of Geordie folk songs consisting of approx. 230 pages and over 130 song lyrics approximately 230 pages and over 130 song lyrics, published in 1827.

The publication

It is, as the title suggests, a collection of songs which would have been popular, or topical, at the date of publication. There is very little in the way of biographies of any of the writers or histories of the events.
The front cover of the book was as thus :-


A

COLLECTION

OF

SONGS

Comic, Satirical, and Descriptive,

CHIEFLY IN THE,

NEWCASTLE DIA;ECT

And illustrative of the Language and Manners of the Common

People on the Banks of the Tyne and Neighbourhood.

BY T. THOMPSON, J. SHIELD, W. MIDFORD,

H ROBSON, AND OTHERS.



NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE:

PRINTED BY JOHN MARSHALL

IN THE OLD FLESH MARKET

1827

Contents

Are as below :

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