The Songs of the Tyne by Walker
The Songs of the Tyne (or to give it its full title "The Songs of the Tyne being a collection of Popular Local Songs Number 1 – published by William R Walker, Printer &c., Royal Arcade, Newcastle)" is a Chapbook of Geordie folk song consisting of three small volumes, published between 1857 and 1866. (There is a slight difference on the cover of Volumes 2 & 3 which are "by W R Walker, Printer and Publisher"). This is the second of the series, a first series of ten chapbooks was published around 1850 by John  Ross. The publication. William R Walker edited the three volumes of "The Songs of the Tyne", a series of booklets containing "local" songs by local Tyneside composers, some well known at the time, others not. A set of the original documents were kept in the archives of Newcastle University. They are published by the William R Walker, Printer and Publisher, Royal Arcade, Newcastle. Contents. The volumes and their contents are below :-