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The Newcastle song book, or, Tyne-side songster : Being a collection of comic and satirical songs, descriptive of eccentric characters, and the manners and customs of a portion of the labouring population of Newcastle and the neighborhood : Chiefly in the Newcastle dialect
1842
Without the music; some tunes indicated by title.
A new canting dictionary: comprehending all the terms, antient and modern, used in the several tribes of gypsies, beggars, shoplifters, highwaymen, foot-pads, and all other clans of cheats and villains [...] Being a complete collection of all that has been publish'd of that kind. With very large additions of words never before made publick [...] With a preface, giving an account of the original [...] of the canting crew; and recommending methods for diminishing these varlets, by better employment of the poor. To which is added a complete collection of songs in the canting dialect
1725
Based upon "A new dictionary of the terms antient and modern of the canting crew", London, 1699 (ESTC).
The Penguin new writing
Lehmann, John (1907-1987)
no.33 (1948) Includes (pp. 9-21): Percy Howard Newby, 'Crowning glory', a story with Gypsy references Edited by John Lehmann.