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Description: | One of a number of songs about keelmen who have lost their way. In this song the keelmen are lost in a storm, at the end of which they believe are the cliffs of Virginia. The cliffs infact turn out to be Tynemouth Castle. The song was published in the 'Shields song book', 1826.Similar to the cheap press of today these poorly printed books and broadsides catered for popular tastes, being sold by chapmen in the country and booksellers in the town. Usually sold for no more than a penny, the production of these little books and broadsides were extremely profitable for most printers. Sold in bulk the material required little proof-reading, was widely plagiarised, and badly printed.Newcastle was the second largest producer of chapbooks in the country at the time of this book's publication. 'Songs of the Tyne' were a short series of chapbooks printed by, J. Ross of the Royal Arcade. This book forms no.10 of the 'Songs of the Tyne' series and was printed some time between 1847 and 1852. A number of the songs however, can be dated to the early nineteenth century, some such as 'The pitman's courtship' appearing as early as 1816. The 'Songs of the Tyne' series were reprinted by J. Walker of the Royal Arcade, sometime between 1857-66.The book contains some of the region's best known traditional songs. From 'The skipper's dream' to 'maw wonderful wife', the book has offerings from well known Tyneside composers such as Robert Nunn and would have been extremely popular among the local population. ; Popular Tyneside songs published in chapbook form. | Publisher: | J. Ross Royal Arcade, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | keelmen & mining & storms industry and occupation | Temporal: | start=1841;end=1860; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N2302302 | Go to resource |
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