Metcalf Ross

Metcalf Ross (c. 1754 – 2 January 1858)[1] was an English master printer and sometime poet/songwriter in Tyneside.[2][3] He was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.[4]

There are two noted works by Ross.

The first, a song, is given different titles in the different chapbooks. It is entitled "A New Year's Carol (A) (For the Fishwives of Newcastle)" - by Fordyce on page 138 of The Tyne Songster of 1840,[5] and "The Fishwives Carol" – by France on page 180 of Songs of the Bards of the Tyne of 1850.[6]

The second work, a poem, entitled "Address to Robert Emery" – allegedly written as a tribute on the death of Emery in 1870 – and given on page 290 of Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings of 1891.

See also

References
  1. "Deaths". Newcastle Courant. 8 January 1858. p. 8. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. "Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings". Newcastle-upon-Tyne, T. & G. Allan. 1891.
  3. Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings with lives, portraits and autographs of the writers, and notes on the songs. Revised Edition. Thomas & Gorge Allan, 18 Blackett Street, and 34 Collingwood Street, (Newcastle upon Tyne) – Sold by W. Allan, 80 Grainqer Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, B. Allan, North Shields and Walter Scott. London. 1891.
  4. 1851 England Census
  5. Songster, Tyne (1840). "The Tyne Songster".
  6. River, Tyne (1850). Songs of the Bards of the Tyne.



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