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Local Songs, Recitations & Conundrums by William Dunbar 1874
AuthorWilliam Dunbar
LanguageEnglish (Geordie dialect)
Genrechapbook
PublisherWilliam Dunbar
Publication date
1874
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pagesover 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

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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


NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
PRINTED BY STEVENSON AND DRYDEN, ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCH YARD


1874

Contents

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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

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References

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  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.
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