Country United Kingdom Media type Print Originally published 1874 Genre Chapbook | Publication date 1874 Pages over 40 pages | |
Language English (Geordie dialect) | ||
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.
Contents
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 :-
LOCAL AND OTHER
SONGS, RECITATIONS,
AND CONUNDRUMS,
A
Local Tale, &c
COMPOSED BY THE LATE
WILLIAM DUMBAR
WARDLEY COLLIERY
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
PRINTED BY STEVENSON AND DRYDEN, ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCH YARD
1874
Contents
In alphabetical order are as below :-