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.

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 :-

<blockquote>LOCAL AND OTHER<br/ > SONGS, RECITATIONS, <br/ > AND CONUNDRUMS, <br/ > A<br/ > Local Tale, &c<br/ > COMPOSED BY THE LATE<br/ > WILLIAM DUMBAR<br/ > WARDLEY COLLIERY<br/ > WHO DIED FEBRUARY 23RD 1874, AGED 21 YEARS<br/ ></blockquote> ----<br/ > NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE<br/ > PRINTED BY STEVENSON AND DRYDEN, ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCH YARD<br/ > ----<br/ > 1874

Contents

In alphabetical order are as below :-<br/ >

See also

• Geordie dialect words
• William Dunbar

References

External links

• Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings