Northumbrian Minstrel
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish, many in Geordie dialect
Genrechapbook
PublisherWilliam Davison
Publication date
1811
Media typePrint
Pages60 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
5The Northumbrian Minstrelpage heading
5Cottager's Daughter (The)Mr Vint
6Beggar Girl (The)Mr Sheridan
7Banks of DoonR Burns
8Wandering Marynot given
9Down-Hill of Life (The)Mr Collins
11Woodlands (The)
11CaledoniaR Burns
12Wounded Hussar (The)Mr Campbell
14Auld Langsyne
15The Days O' Langsyne
16Cot on the Hill (The)
17Parting Moments
18Dull Care
18Exile of Erin (The)Mr Campbell
20Wandering Beggar (The)
21Lad for the Lasses (The)
22Black-Eyed Susan
24Prisoners Welcome (The)
25Land O' the Leal (The)R Burns
26Soldier's Return (The)
27Thorn (The)
27Love and Glory
28From Thee, Eliza, I Must GoBurns
28Beautiful Maid (The)
29Peck O' Maut (The)R Burns
30My Nanie, OR Burns
31Blue Bell of Scotland (The)
32A Man's A Man For A. ThatR Burns
33Tak' Your Auld Cloak About YerAllan Ramsey
35Farewell to AyrshireR Burns
36Death of Mary (The)Mr G Solomon
36Tomb of Love (The)
37Negro Boy
38Banks of the Dee (The)
39Plato's Advice
40Go, Gentle Sigh
41Rose Tree (The)
41Galley Slave (The)
42Way-Worn Traveller (The)
43When Our Country calls to ArmsMr I Cross
44Mary, I Believ'd Thee TrueMr Moore
44Mary's Dream at Sandy's Tomb
45Lass of Low Degree (The)Mr M G Lewis
46John Anderson, My JoeR Burns
48Negro's Complaint (The)
48End of number first
49blank
52list of books printed for and by W Davison, AlnwickWilliam Davison
56rear outer

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