Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel, Edited and published by Joseph Ritson, is a revised and corrected edition of a book on County Durham music, published in 1792.
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Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel 1792 (or to give it its full title – "The Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel being a choice collection of excellent songs relating to the above county – Full of agreeable Variety, and pleasant Mirth. [Edited by the late Joseph Ritson, Esq.] ---Stockton. Printed by R. Christopher . MDCCLXXXIV ---Licensed and entered according to Order. --- A New Edition, corrected. Newcastle: Printed by Hall and Elliot. MDCCXCII") is a book of Geordie folk song consisting of approximately 70 pages with 20 works, published in 1792.
The original edition was published in 1784, this edition appeared in 1792 in a slightly corrected and expanded form, and a further reprint was published in 1809.
Other books in Ritson's Garland series were The Yorkshire Garland, The Northumberland Garland, and The North-Country Chorister. A compilation of the whole series, entitled The Northern Garland was published in 1810.
The "Garland" series were important, not only as important document in their own right, but as one of the main sources of similar successor publications such as John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards and Bruce and Stokoe's Northumbrian Minstrelsy.
A set of original documents are held in The Robinson Library of Newcastle University
The publication The front cover of the book was as thus :-
THE BISHOPRIC GARLANDS OR DURHAM MINSTREL BEING A CHOICE COLLECTION OF EXCELLENT SONGS RELATING TO THE ABOVE COUNTY Full of agreeable Variety, and pleasant Mirth. [EDITED BY THE LATE JOSEPH RITSON, ESQ.] – - – - – - -<br/ > STOCKTON PRINTED BY R. CHRISTOPHER. MDCCLXXXIV Licensed and entered according to Order – - – - – - -<br/ > A NEW EDITION, CORRECTED. NEWCASTLE: PRINTED BY HALL AND ELLIOT. MDCCXCII
Contents are as below :-<br/ >
titlesongwritertunecommentsnotesrefcoverBishoprick Garland or Durham MinstrelContents1Durham Garland – (The), in four partsSong I11Barnardcastle Tragedy – (The)Constant AnthonySong II11The true story of the wheedling servantJohn Atkinson15Stockton's Commendation (number one) – an old songSir John Fenwick's the flower amang them Song III18New Song, in praise of Stockton, for 1764 – (A)William SuttonSong IV20Stockton's Commendation (number two) or New way of Stockton's Commendation – (The)Benjamin Pye L.L.D. Archdeacon of Durhamto the old tunesee Archdeacon of DurhamSong V23Stockton's Commendation, A New songSong VI26Hare-skin – (The)Geo. Knight, ShoemakerHave you heard of a frolicsome dittySong VII30LimboGeo. Knight, ShoemakerOn a time I was great, now little I'm grownSong VIII33Launching of the Strickland – (The)Geo. Knight, ShoemakerRobin Hood and the TannerSong IX35Hark to Winchester A new song called) or The Yorkshire Volunteer's farewell to the good folks of StocktonPush about the JorumSong X35note of Herbert StockhoreHerbert Stockhore, the pretend author39Sedgefield Frolic – (The)Song XI43Pleasures of Sunderland – (The)Song XII45Frolicsome olds Women of Sunderland – (The), or the disappointed young maidensThey'll marry, tho' threescore and tenSong XIII47New Song made on Alice Marley – (A)an alewife at ******, near ChesterSong IV (numbered incorrectly) 47She had been called Elsie in the original editionAlice Marley(meaning Picktree, Chester-le-Street)49New Song in praise of the Durham Militia – (A)The Lillies of FranceSong XV52Lass of Cockerton – (The)Low down in the BroomSong XVI54Rookhope RydeA Durham border song, composed 1569 – this song not in the 1st editionSong XVII54comment on Rookhope Burn54Northumberland betrayed by Douglasa ballad55comment on Thirwall or Thirlitwall, near Bewcastle-dale56Dinner time usually 11:00 in those daysshort comment57comment on The two earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland58this continuedThe two earls and the battle of 157058some dialectshort comment58date of St Nicholas' dayshort comment59comment on Eastgate59comment on Dry-Rig, Smale-Burns or Hanging-Well59the warrior's clothingshort comment61a missing lineshort comment64Lamentation on the death of Sir Robert de Nevill, Lord of Raby, in 1282this song not in the 1st editionSong XVIII64comment on Robert de Nevill64FINIS
See also Geordie dialect words Joseph Ritson Ritson's Northern Garlands 1810<br/ > Ritson's Yorkshire Garland 1809 Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 Ritson's North-Country Chorister 1809
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External links
Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings – page 512 Google e-book Northern Garland Google e-book