Cresswell's Local and other Songs, Recitations, Etc. 1883 (or to give it is's full title â "Local and other Songs, Recitations, Etc Composed by Marshall Cresswell, Dudley, Northumberland. With Introductory Autobiography (second edition) Illustrated by J. W. Marcke. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. W. Chater 61 & 62 Grainger Street, West, 21, Collingwood Street, 89, Clayton Street, and "Cross House", Westgate Road and all Booksellers 1883" is a Chapbook of Geordie folk song consisting of over 100 pages, published in 1883.
Marshall Cresswell wrote all the songs and a set of the original documents are retained in the archives of Border History Museum, Hexham.
The front cover of the book was as thus :-
LOCAL AND OTHER<br/ > SONGS, RECITATIONS, <br/ > ETC<br/ > COMPOSED BY<br/ > MARSHALL CRESSWELL<br/ > DUDLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND<br/ > WITH<br/ > INTRODUCTORY AUTOBIOGRAPHY<br/ > (SECOND EDITION) <br/ > ILLUSTRATED BY J. W. MARCKE<br/ >
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE<br/ > J. W. CHATER 61 & 62 GRAINGER STREET, WEST<br/ > 21, COLLINGWOOD STREET<br/ > 89, CLAYTON STREET, AND<br/ > "CROSS HOUSE", WESTGATE ROAD<br/ > AND ALL BOOKSELLERS<br/ >
1883
are as below :-<br/ >