Dunbar's local songs and recitations 1874

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.

Local Songs, Recitations & Conundrums by William Dunbar 1874

Author	William Dunbar
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English (Geordie dialect)
Genre	chapbook
Publisher	William Dunbar
Publication date	1874
Media type	Print
Pages	over 40 pages

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
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 :-

	title	tune	brief description	ref
1	Best way to feel for a man	Wait for the turn of the tide		[1]
2	Billy Baker	The Handsome Page		[2]
3	Comic medley	Who's for the bus		[3]
4	Deeth o' Jimmy Renforth	Castles in the air	famous local rower Jimmy Renforth	[4]
5	Doing all things for the best	Take care of the peace		[5]
6	Don't take offence	Act on the square		[6]
7	Forester's song	Oxford Joe	Ancient Order of Foresters at Wrekenton in 1872	[7]
8	Geordy's pay	Barbara Bell		[8][9]
9	If ivvor aw cease te speak	If I ever cease to love		[10]
10	Imitation	Just to show there's no ill feeling		[11]
11	Joe the barber's boy	Imensicoff		[12]
12	Joseph Arch	The Marble Arch	Joseph Arch was the president of the newly founded National Agricultural Labourers' Union	[13]
13	Maw bonny Bess. (or A dog fancier's musings)			[14]
14	My A B C (or items alphabetically arranged)	Bow, Wow,Wow		[15]
15	North Durham election, 1874. A dialogue between Tommy Stobbs and Sally			[16]
16	Nothing venture, nothing win	Par excellence		[17]
17	Nowt se Queer as Foaks	Castles in the Air		[18][19]
18	Playing the troon	A t'yel wiv a seekwil, an' monny an eekwil		[20]
19	Pull that wins the day	Pull, pull together, boys		[21]
20	Robin Ramsay; or, what aw'm puzzled wi'	The whole hog or none		[22]
21	She greets me wiv a smile	I am so volatile		[23]
22	Shiftin' – (The)			[24]
23	Wardley Band – (The)	The pawnshop bleezin		[25]
24	We hevvent lang te be sober noo	I wish I was a fish		[26]
25	Wellesley lads – (The)	Imminsicoff	one of the first schools set up to train sailors	[27]
26	We're seldom what we shud be	The country cousin	originally printed in Chater's Diary and Local Remembrancer	[28]
27	Woman charmin' woman O	Try, try again	originally printed in Chater's Diary and Local Remembrancer	[29]
28	Would you like to see	Down among the coals	originally printed in Chater's Diary and Local Remembrancer	[30]

See also

Geordie dialect words
William Dunbar

References

1. "Farne archives Best way to feel for a man". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
2. "Farne archives Billy Baker". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
3. "Farne archives Comic medley". Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
4. "Farne archives Deeth o' Jimmy Renforth". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
5. "Farne archives Doing all things for the best". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
6. "Farne archives Don't take offence". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
7. "Farne archives Forester's song". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
8. "Farne archives Geordy's pay". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
9. "Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs page 511 – Geordy's Pay".
10. "Farne archives If ivvor aw cease te speak". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
11. "Farne archives Imitation". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
12. "Farne archives Joe the barber's boy". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
13. "Farne archives Joseph Arch". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
14. "Farne archives Maw bonny Bess". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
15. "Farne archives My A B C". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
16. "Farne archives North Durham election, 1874". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
17. "Farne archives Nothing venture, nothing win". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
18. "Farne archives * Nowt se Queer as Foaks". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
19. "Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs page 512 – Nowt se Queer as Foaks".
20. "Farne archives Playing the troon". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
21. "Farne archives Pull that wins the day". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
22. "Farne archives Robin Ramsay". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
23. "Farne archives She greets me wiv a smile". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
24. "Farne archives The shiftin'". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
25. "Farne archives The Wardley Band". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
26. "Farne archives We hevvent lang te be sober noo". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
27. "Farne archives The Wellesley lads". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
28. "Farne archives We're seldom what we shud be". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.
29. "Farne archives Woman charmin' woman O". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
30. "Farne archives Would you like to see". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

External links

• FARNE – Folk Archive Resource North East – front cover
• Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings