RHYMES OF Northern Bards:
Reading edition
BEING A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF OLD AND NEW SONGS AND POEMS,
Peculiar to the Counties of NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND DURHAM.
EDITED BY JOHN BELL, JUN.
“NORTHUMBRIA’S SONS STAND FORTH, BY ALL CONFEST, THE FIRST AND FIRMEST OF FAIR FREEDOM’S TRAIN; EACH BRAVE NORTHUMBRIAN NURSES IN HIS BREAST THE SACRED SPARK, UNSULLIED BY A STAIN.”
Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed for John Bell, by M. Angus & Son, and sold by them, and other Booksellers in Town.
MDCCCXII.