This is a list of songwriters in the Geordie dialect of English, spoken in Tyneside.

Poets and songwriters

Pre-20th century NameWorksBiographyJ. Aldridge Jnr of NewcastleAccording to John Bell in his Rhymes of Northern Bards, Aldridge set "Nanny of the Tyne" to musicComposerJames AndersonRobert AndersonThomas “Tommy” ArmstrongWilliam “Willie” ArmstrongJ. B.Writer of "The Misfortunes of Roger and His Wife" which appears on page 172 of Fordyce's The Tyne Songster and coincidentally page 172 of John Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical.An alias. Otherwise very little information is available.W. B. of Gateshead The writer of "The Bluebell of Gateshead" which appears on page 61 of John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards. An alias. Otherwise nothing much known.Joshua L. BagnallBaileyPossibly used the alias J. N. (see below).C. W. BarnesSongwriter/poet and publisher/printer.Samuel BarrasHe wrote an Epitaph on William Bell, late a resident of Gateshead Fell, according to John Bell in his Rhymes of Northern BardsOtherwise very little information is available.Alexander BarrassGeorge Charleton BarronThomas BedingfeldMichael BensonJohn Roland BibbyThomas BinneyBlackGeordy Black - character played by and see Rowland Harrison.Ralph BlackettBlind WillyThe nickname of and see William Purvis.Bobby Cure (The) One of the stage names of/characters played by and see George "Geordie" RidleyBothwell Writer of "Stanzas - Addressed to Northumbria" and dated "January 2nd 1807" published on page 171 of John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards.Otherwise very little information available.Richard Brathwaite of BurnisheadWilliam BrockieSongwriter/poet and publisher/printerD.C. Writer of "The Skipper's Voyage to the Museum" which appears on page 524 of France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne (see index on page 15)An alias. Otherwise nothing much known.J.C. Writer of "Song - by J.C. and dated 5 July 1810" which appears on page 236 of John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards.An alias. Otherwise nothing much known.George CameronJohn CarrWilliam Carstairs Schoolmaster/songwriter/poet who had a famous wager with Thomas WhittleCharles Ernest Catcheside-WarringtonCat Gut/Catgut JimA Character played by and see Edward Corvan.James Catnach Songwriter/poet and publisher/printerR. CharltonWilliam Andrew ChattoUsed the pseudonym of Stephen Oliver (Jr)Edward ChickenClarindaWriter of "The Patriot Volunteers (or Loyalty Display'd)" which appears on page 310 of John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards. An alias. Otherwise nothing much known.John C. Clemintson of JarrorWrote "The Black leggin'-pollis" which won third prize in Chater's competition of 1872, and appeared on page 92 of John W. Chater's Canny Newcassel Diary and Remembrancer for 1872.Songwriter/poetJohn Luke ClennellAccording to Thomas Allan on page 176 & 7 of his Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings, Clennell wrote lines on Robert Gilchrist's death.A songwriter/poet.James Thomas ClephanThomas ClerkeEdward CorvanJames CosgroveUsed stage name of J C Scatter.John CraggsMarshall CresswellB CrowJohn CunninghamBobby Cure (The)One of the stage names of/characters played by and see George "Geordie" RidleyD ---Writer of several songs including: "Sweet Tibbie Dunbar" - page 443 France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne "Young Mary, Queen of Hearts" - page 451 in France's book "My Canny Wife" - page 465 in France's book "Willy Wier" - page 303 in France's book "Canny Wife's reply" - page 505 in France's book "The Half-Drowned Skipper" - page 153 Thomas Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings - a comment adds that it "first appeared (signed D.) in the Tyneside Minstrel, 1824". The song appears in many other books, but without any accreditation of authorship.An alias. Otherwise nothing much known.James DavidsonT. F. Davidson Writer of "My home in early years", a song which appeared on page 421 of France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne, and of which, the author Joseph Philip Robson, wrote a glowing comment. The work is signed simply "Quayside, Newcastle", but the index attributes the work to T. F. DavidsonA songwriter/poet.A. J. W. DawsonWilliam Henderson DawsonJohn Jack DentWrote "Lines to Joe Wilson", on seeing Joe Wilson's portrait in Mr. France's window. The work was printed on page 283 of Thomas Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings, together with a short bio of his later life. He also published a volume of his own songs in or around 1870.A songwriter/poet.Thomas DoubledayRalph DoweyMatthew DrydenWilliam DunbarWilliam EldertonEdward ElliottRobert Elliott of ChoppingtonRobert EmeryA. F. of Lead GateSee A. Frazer.Duncan FrasierA bard from c.1270 AD.A. FrazerWriter of "Wylam Geordy (signed A. F. of Leadgate) and "The New Keviling* Monday" (signed A. Frazer), no doubt, according to Allen, the same person; both appear on page 170 of Thomas Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings. An alias. Otherwise nothing much known.P. G. See P. Galloway.P. Galloway Wrote: "The praise of Corinth and the local Corinthians" given on 29 August 1827, "A Lament on the death of Alexander Donkin, a young man of twenty-four, died on February 12th, 1825" and "To the Memory of Richard Young, who died November 4th, 1831".

All these appear on pages 230 to 232 in Thomas Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings. They were originally signed with initials "P.G.".Also uses alias P. G. A songwriter/poet who appeared to be a member of the local Corinthian Society (a group of businessmen who regularly met in the local ale-houses to talk business and friendship). Otherwise little information available.Isaac GarnerWrote "Epitaph on John Simpson, Hamsterley, Woolcomber", which appears on page 292 of John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards. A songwriter/poet. Otherwise very little information available.Geddes Wrote "Ikeybo - or The Wonder of Guano", which appears on page 314 of France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne. The work is sung to the tune of Barbara Bell and is ascribed to Geddes in the index.A songwriter/poet. Otherwise little information is available.Geordie Wrote "Shipley's Drop frae the Cloods " which appears on page 575 of Thomas Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings. The song was originally printed in the Shields Gazette. Pseudonym, otherwise nothing much known.Geordy BlackCharacter played by and see Rowland Harrison.John GibsonRobert GilchristJohn Brodie GilroyJohn Woodcock GravesWilliam GreigGeorge GuthrieH. F. H.Wrote and sang the song "A Song at the opening of Jarrow Colliery (Opened on 26 Sept 1803)" which appears on page 304 of John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards. An alias, otherwise nothing much known.D.H. (possibly D. Hobkirk)See David Hobkirk.Harry Haldane Pseudonym of Richard Oliver Heslop.John HarbottleRowland HarrisonM HarveyWrote "Lines on the Death of John, Lord Delaval", which appears on page 100 of John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards. A songwriter/poet. Very little else is known of him or his works.Thomas HaswellMusic composer,Havadab of ShieldfieldWrote "Gone" and "Ma Singin' Freend" which appear on page 573 of Thomas Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings. Both songs had appeared previously in the Weekly Chronicle. An alias, otherwise nothing much known.Alexander HayRichard Oliver HeslopDavid HobkirkPhill “Primrose” HodgsonJames HorsleyThomas HoustonJ. H.See John HowardJohn HowardA short item can be found on page 35 of Thomas Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings. Also used J. H. A songwriter/poet, he had a public argument in the press with Thomas Thompson (writing anonymously) about plagiarism and in which Howard (using the initials "J.H.") confessed to "borrowing a line". Little else is known of him or his works.J. IngoHenry JacksonCommemorated "The Free Education Act" (of 1891) in a song on page 576 of Thomas Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings. A songwriter/poet, little else is known of him or of any of his works.J JacksonWrote "(He's such a) Nice Old Gill", quite a long song, which appears on page 402 of France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne. The name is given as "J. Jackson" in the index.A songwriter/poet, otherwise little information available.T. JacksonMatthew C. James of WalkerJohnny Luik up One of the stage names of/characters played by George "Geordie" Ridley.Ben JonsonHe may have written "A Riddle of St Nicholas'" according to the comment on page 329 of Thomas Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings.K. Writer of "Picking of lillies the other day, I saw a ship sailing on the main (actual title unknown)" which appears on page 65 of (Sir) Cuthbert Sharpe's Bishoprick Garland. The old (lost) song was dictated from memory to the author by a Mr. George Wood, Bridge Street, Bishopwearmouth. An alias.T. KennedyThomas KerrGeorge Knight, ShoemakerWrote the following: “The Hare-Skin” sung to the tune of “Have you heard of a frolicsome ditty” which appears on page 258 of John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards and on page 26 of Joseph Ritson's Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel “Limbo” sung to the tune of “On a time I was great, now little I'm grown” which appears on page 261 of John Bell's book and on page 30 of Joseph Ritson's book “The Launching of the Strickland“ sung to the tune of “Robin Hood and the Tanner” which appears on page 33 of Joseph Ritson's book.A songwriter/poet who in both Bell's and Ritson's books is described as "a shoemaker", but no other details are given.L --- of East RaintonWriter of "A New Song on the Opening of Jarrow Colliery" which according to the index is called "Of Temple and King, my friends, let us sing" and written for the Opening of Jarrow Colliery 1803 (and not to be confused by the song of a similar name by "H. F. H."), appears on page 321 of John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards.An alias, otherwise nothing much known.J. L. Writer of "The Tyne" (first line - O lovely Tyne, Thy beauty's seen) appears on page 322 of John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards. An alias.Robert Lambe (or Lamb)Wrote An exact and circumstantial history of the Battle of Flodden, in verse: written about the time of Queen Elizabeth 1774 by Robert Lambe; The history of Chess, together with short plain instructions, by which any one may easily play at it without the help of a teacher; The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heugh (ballad)Vicar of Norham, poet and author.John LeonardClarence M. LeumaneDavid Ross LietchJohnny Luik up - One of the stage names of/characters played by and see George "Geordie" RidleyDavid MalletThomas MarshallJoseph McGillWriter of several songs including: "In memory of Joseph Philip Robson" - page 347 in Thomas Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings