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Thread #2304   Message #10294
Posted By: John Nolan
12-Aug-97 - 09:54 PM
Thread Name: Irish Newfoundland lyrics
Subject: RE: Irish Newfoundland lyrics
Gerald S. Doyle Ltd., purveyors of castor oil and other essentials, published Old Time Songs and Poetry of Newfoundland in 1927, and by 1978 it had gone into its fifth edition. Perhaps this is the book Tim is referring to. The edition I have ('78) has 31 songs and half a dozen ballads. Included are such as Ticklecove Pond, Hard Hard Times, Homeward and Harbor Le Cou, all recorded by Ed McCurdy on an album in the late 50s. Songs like The Old Flat Rock Hills and Tiny Red Light are rarer, but are still sung in parlours around St. Mary's Bay, at least. They can be heard at the annual Rampike Folk Festival in Mt. Carmel, S.M.B., in the beer tent, if not on stage. If you are desperate for the OFRH and TRL words, write to my cousin, Mary Nolan, Box 200, Mt. Carmel, SMB, Newfoundland. Another great live singing source is her brother-in-law, Harold Power, Box 245, Admiral's Beach, S.M.B., Nwfd.