The Tyneside Songster (or to give it its full title – "The Tyneside Songster containing a splendid collection of Local Songs by popular Authors, in the Northumbrian Dialect Printed by J W Swanston, 67 & 69 St Andrews Street, Newcastle and may be had at all Booksellers, Newsagents, &c" is a chapbook of Geordie folk song consisting of 39 songs, crammed into its meagre 16 pages, and published in the 1880s by J. W. Swanston, a Newcastle printer and publisher.
[1] A set of the original documents is retained by the Tyne & Wear Archives and Museum Service.
A splendid collection of Local Songs by popular Authors, in the Northumbrian Dialect – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
Printed by J W SWANSTON, 67 & 69 St Andrews Street and may be had at all Booksellers, Newsagents, &c – - – - – - – - – - – - One, two, or three copies of this Song Book may be had direct from the Printer, for the published price, with an additional halfpenny for postage, and will be sent to any address in the United Kingdom.
On the top right, above the title, is printed the price, “One Penny” are as below :- Due to the only copy of the book available being damaged, it was not able to ascertain the page numbers of many of the songs.