The Newcastle Songster, by John Marshall is a volume of six chapbooks, giving the lyrics of local, now historical songs, but virtually no other information.
[2] The books were published and printed by John Marshall, one of the most prominent chapbook printers in Newcastle during the early nineteenth century.
The first volumes appeared around the same time as John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards, published in 1812,.
It is, as the title suggests, a collection of songs which would have been popular, or topical, at the date of publication (or some time before).
And the Neighbourhood – - – - – - – - – - No pompous strains, nor labour'd lines are here, But genuine wit and sportive mirth appear: Northumbria's genius in her simple rhymes, Shall live an emblem to succeeding times.