The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #16113   Message #148494
Posted By: Willie-O
12-Dec-99 - 11:05 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Bachelor's Hall - clarification needed
Subject: RE: Bachelor's Hall - clarificaiton needed
That figures. I think my parents still have the album so I'll check next time I visit.

There were a lot of recordings of Maritime and particularly Newfoundland songs from the fifties--by Ed McCurdy, Alan Mills, Omar Blondahl, Tom Kines and so on. Looking back in them now, there are a lot of songs currently being sung by us now middle-aged folkies in pretty much the same versions as on these records--but also some great songs such as Bachelor's Hall that have fallen out of currency. (Every time I think I find a forgotten gem though, Ian Robb puts it on his next recording..)

Bill