| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Language | English, many in Geordie dialect |
| Genre | chapbook |
| Publisher | William Davison |
Publication date | 1811 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 60 pages |
The Northumbrian Minstrel is a songbook, giving the lyrics of local, now historical songs, printed and published at Alnwick in 1811 by William Davison. The majority of the songs are written by songwriters from the North of the County, and therefore the content differs from most of the other popular Northumbrian chapbooks.
Details
The Northumbrian Minstrel (full title - “The Northumbrian Minstrel; A Choice selection of Songs. Alnwick, Printed by W. Davison, 1811) is a songbook of Geordie folk songs consisting of almost 60 pages and 45 song lyric, published in 1811.
The publication
It is, a collection of songs from North Northumberland and Southern Scotland which would have been popular, or topical, at the date of publication. There is nothing in the way of biographies of the authors, the histories of the events, or tunes.
The front cover of the book was as thus :-
THE
Northumbrian
MINSTREL
A
CHOICE SELECTION
OF
SONGS
_____
ALNWICK
PRINTED BY W. DAVISON
1811
Contents
Are as below :-
| page | title | songwriter | tune | comments | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | The Northumbrian Minstrel | page heading | ||||
| 5 | Cottager's Daughter (The) | Mr Vint | ||||
| 6 | Beggar Girl (The) | Mr Sheridan | ||||
| 7 | Banks of Doon | R Burns | ||||
| 8 | Wandering Mary | not given | ||||
| 9 | Down-Hill of Life (The) | Mr Collins | ||||
| 11 | Woodlands (The) | |||||
| 11 | Caledonia | R Burns | ||||
| 12 | Wounded Hussar (The) | Mr Campbell | ||||
| 14 | Auld Langsyne | |||||
| 15 | The Days O' Langsyne | |||||
| 16 | Cot on the Hill (The) | |||||
| 17 | Parting Moments | |||||
| 18 | Dull Care | |||||
| 18 | Exile of Erin (The) | Mr Campbell | ||||
| 20 | Wandering Beggar (The) | |||||
| 21 | Lad for the Lasses (The) | |||||
| 22 | Black-Eyed Susan | |||||
| 24 | Prisoners Welcome (The) | |||||
| 25 | Land O' the Leal (The) | R Burns | ||||
| 26 | Soldier's Return (The) | |||||
| 27 | Thorn (The) | |||||
| 27 | Love and Glory | |||||
| 28 | From Thee, Eliza, I Must Go | Burns | ||||
| 28 | Beautiful Maid (The) | |||||
| 29 | Peck O' Maut (The) | R Burns | ||||
| 30 | My Nanie, O | R Burns | ||||
| 31 | Blue Bell of Scotland (The) | |||||
| 32 | A Man's A Man For A. That | R Burns | ||||
| 33 | Tak' Your Auld Cloak About Yer | Allan Ramsey | ||||
| 35 | Farewell to Ayrshire | R Burns | ||||
| 36 | Death of Mary (The) | Mr G Solomon | ||||
| 36 | Tomb of Love (The) | |||||
| 37 | Negro Boy | |||||
| 38 | Banks of the Dee (The) | |||||
| 39 | Plato's Advice | |||||
| 40 | Go, Gentle Sigh | |||||
| 41 | Rose Tree (The) | |||||
| 41 | Galley Slave (The) | |||||
| 42 | Way-Worn Traveller (The) | |||||
| 43 | When Our Country calls to Arms | Mr I Cross | ||||
| 44 | Mary, I Believ'd Thee True | Mr Moore | ||||
| 44 | Mary's Dream at Sandy's Tomb | |||||
| 45 | Lass of Low Degree (The) | Mr M G Lewis | ||||
| 46 | John Anderson, My Joe | R Burns | ||||
| 48 | Negro's Complaint (The) | |||||
| 48 | End of number first | |||||
| 49 | blank | |||||
| 52 | list of books printed for and by W Davison, Alnwick | William Davison | ||||
| 56 | rear outer | |||||
See also
References
External links
- Full text of The Northumbrian Minstrel from the Hathi Trust
- Northumbrian Minstrelsy