The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland: To Which Are Added Dialect and Other Poems; With Biographical Sketches, Notes, and Glossary (Classic Reprint)

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Cumberland, beginning with Relph of Sebergham - the first writer in the dialect - and endeavouring to gather up everything worthy of note down to the present time. The want of such a collection has been long felt and acknowledged by many. That it has not been supplied before must occasion surprise to all who are acquainted with the abundant stores of lyrical poetry possessed by this county.

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