James' Sum Tyneside Sangs 1898

James' Sum Tyneside Sangs 1898 is a chapbook on Tyneside music, published in 1898.

Details

Sum Tyneside Sangs (or to give it its full title – "Sum Tyneside Sangs: A collection of Prize Songs, &c, in the Tyneside Dialect, by Matt. C. James ---- Reprinted from the "Newcastle Weekly Chronicle" and the "North of England Almanac" ----Price Threepence ---- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Printed by Andrew Reid & Company, Limited ---- 1898 ”) is a book of Geordie folk song, all written by Matthew C. James, consisting of approximately 28 pages with 14 songs, published in 1898.

A later edition taking 48 pages was reprinted and was sold in Aid of the Jarrow "Guild of Help"

The publication

The front cover of the book was as thus :-

SUM TYNESIDE SANGS: <br /> A COLLECTION OF<br /> Prize Songs, &c, in the Tyneside Dialect, <br /> BY<br /> MATT. C. JAMES. <br /> – - – - – - -<br/ > Reprinted from the "Newcastle Weekly Chronicle" and the<br /> "North of England Almanac"<br /> – - – - – - -<br/ > PRICE THREEPENCE<br /> – - – - – - -<br/ > Newcastle-upon-Tyne<br /> PRINTED BY ANDREW REID & COMPANY, LIMITED. <br /> – - – - – - -<br/ > 1898

Contents

See also

• Geordie dialect words
• Matthew C. James
• Thomas Allan
• Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings

References

External links

• Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings – page 512