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 from the north of the , and therefore the content differs from most of the other popular Northumbrian chapbooks.

Details The full title of the book is The Northumbrian Minstrel: A Choice selection of Songs. The book contains almost 60 pages and 45 song and folksong lyrics, many in Geordie dialect. The songs, from north Northumberland and southern Scotland, would have been popular, or topical, at the date of publication. There is nothing in the way of biographies of the authors or histories of the events. No music is included, only lyrics.

The book includes both anonymous or traditional lyrics and works by named authors, including a significant number by Robert Burns.

The book is included in Oliver Heslop's Bibliographical List of Works Illustrative of the Dialect of Northumberland, published in 1896 by the English Dialect Society.

The publication The front cover of the book was as thus :-<br/ ><br/ >

THE<br/ > Northumbrian<br/ > MINSTREL<br/ > A<br/ > CHOICE SELECTION<br/ > OF<br/ > SONGS<br/ > <br/ >

_____<br/ > ALNWICK<br/ > PRINTED BY W. DAVISON<br/ > <br/ > 1811<br/ >

Contents Are as below :-<br/ >

pagetitlesongwritertunecommentsNotesRef5The Northumbrian Minstrelpage heading5Cottager's Daughter (The)Mr Vint6Beggar Girl (The)Mr Sheridan7Banks of DoonR Burns8Wandering Marynot given9Down-Hill of Life (The)Mr Collins11Woodlands (The)11CaledoniaR Burns12Wounded Hussar (The)Mr Campbell14Auld Langsyne15The Days O' Langsyne16Cot on the Hill (The)17Parting Moments18Dull Care18Exile of Erin (The)Mr Campbell20Wandering Beggar (The)21Lad for the Lasses (The)22Black-Eyed Susan24Prisoners Welcome (The)25Land O' the Leal (The)R Burns26Soldier's Return (The)27Thorn (The)27Love and Glory28From Thee, Eliza, I Must GoBurns28Beautiful Maid (The)29Peck O' Maut (The)R Burns30My Nanie, OR Burns31Blue Bell of Scotland (The)32A Man's A Man For A. ThatR Burns33Tak' Your Auld Cloak About YerAllan Ramsey35Farewell to AyrshireR Burns36Death of Mary (The)Mr G Solomon36Tomb of Love (The)37Negro Boy38Banks of the Dee (The)39Plato's Advice40Go, Gentle Sigh41Rose Tree (The)41Galley Slave (The)42Way-Worn Traveller (The)43When Our Country calls to ArmsMr I Cross44Mary, I Believ'd Thee TrueMr Moore44Mary's Dream at Sandy's Tomb45Lass of Low Degree (The)Mr M G Lewis46John Anderson, My JoeR Burns48Negro's Complaint (The)48End of number first49blank52list of books printed for and by W Davison, AlnwickWilliam Davison56rear outer

See also Geordie dialect words

References

External links Full text of The Northumbrian Minstrel from the HathiTrust Northumbrian Minstrelsy