Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809

 Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale, Edited and published by Joseph Ritson, is a revised edition of a book on Northumberland music, published in 1809.

Details
 Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809  (or to give its full title – "The Northumberland Garland; or Newcastle Nightingale: A matchless collection of famous songs [As originally edited by the late Joseph Ritson, Esq.] Old Tyne shall listen to my tale, and echo, down the bordering vale, The liquid melody prolong.          Akenside  Newcastle  MDCCXCIII Printed by and for Hall and Elliot. Licensed and entered according to Order  London: Reprinted for Robert Triphook, 37, St. Jame's Street, by Harding and Wright, St John's Square  1809”) is a book of Geordie folk song consisting of approximately 96 pages with 16 works, first published in 1793 and reprinted (this version) in 1809.

Other books in Ritson's Garland series were Bishopric Garland, The Yorkshire 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 NORTHUMBERLAND GARLAND;  OR NEWCASTLE NIGHTINGALE:  A MATCHLESS COLLECTION OF FAMOUS SONGS [AS ORIGINALLY EDITED BY THE LATE JOSEPH RITSON, ESQ.]  – - – - – - - OLD TYNE SHALL LISTEN TO MY TALE,  AND ECHO, DOWN THE BORDERING VALE,  THE LIQUID MELODY PROLONG. AKENSIDE – - – - – - - NEWCASTLE PRINTED BY AND FOR HALLL AND ELLIOT. <br/ > MDCCXCIII<br/ > Licensed and entered according to Order<br/ > – - – - – - -<br/ > LONDON: <br/ > REPRINTED FOR ROBERT TRIPHOOK, 37, ST. JAME'S STREET. <br/ > By Harding and Wright, St. John's-square. <br/ > – - – - – - -<br/ > 1809

Contents
are as below :-<br/ >