The bulk of this thread has dealt with the Peacock collection, but there has been mention of a few other collections from that part of the world. At the risk of thread drift (not to mention stating what the contributors to this thread already know) I have added a list of some other books that focus on folk songs from maritime Canada.

Creighton, Helen (1961): Maritime Folk Songs. Ryerson Press, Toronto. 214 pages.(lib cong 62-11386)

Creighton, Helen (1971): Folksongs From Southern New Brunswick. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa. 238 pages.

Creighton,Helen (Ed.) (1966): Songs And Ballads From Nova Scotia. Dover, New York. 334 pages. (Lib Cong. 66-26823)

Karppeles, Maud (1970): Folk Songs from Newfoundland. Archon Books, Hamden, CT. 338 pages.    (isbn 0 208 01142)

Greenleaf, Elisabeth Bristol; Mansfield, Grace Yarrow (Eds.) (1933 (reprint 1968)): Ballads And Sea Songs Of Newfoundland. Harvard Univ Press (reprint Folklore Associates), Cambridge, MA (Hatboro, PA). 395 pages.

Doyle, Gerald S (1966): Old-Time Songs and Poetry of Newfoundland, 4th edition. Gerald S. Doyle Limited, St John's, Newfoundland. 68 pages.

Drake, Lyle (2000): We'll Rant and We'll Roar, More All Time Favorite Songs of Newfoundland, Vol. 2. Tilt Hill Publishing, Torbay, Newfoundland, Canada. 46 pages.    (isbn 0-96873-0-1)

Fowke, Edith (Ed.) (1981): Sea Songs and Ballads from Nineteenth-Century Nova Scotia. The William H. Smith and Fenwick Hatt Manuscripts. Folklorica, New York. 118 pages. (isbn 0-939544-04-0)

The Doyle and Drake books are song books in the truest sense. They have lyrics and tunes for singing but no background information. Drake also has guitar chords (And a Vol. 1 also).

The Fowke book (Smith & Hatt)is a little interesting bit of arcana that would make a nice footnote as it were to someone's collection of the more serious texts. The copy I have is paperback, so it should be cheap, although maybe hard to find. For that reason I have listed both the index and the recording list from the book.


Sea Songs and Ballads from Nineteenth-Century Nova Scotia. The William H. Smith and Fenwick Hatt Manuscripts
INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES

Aint a-looking to de right 32
AROUND THE WORLD AND HOME AGAIN 41
ARRIVING BACK AT LIVERPOOL 13
As I walked down fair London Street 20
As I went walking one evening of late 67
THE BANKS OF BRANDY WINE 64
THE BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND 18; 56
Before I work for a dollar a day 45
Before I'll be cowed down by you 46
THE BIG FIVE GALLON JAR 16
TIlE BLIND SAILOR 76
Blow me right up and blow me right down 21
BLOW THE MAN DOWN 21
BOLD JACK DONAHOE 104
Both high and low attention give .61
BOUND TO RIO 20
THE BOUNTY JUMPER 92
THE BRAES OF BALQUIDDER 84
THE BRAES OF BILLQUITHER 84
BRIGANTINE SOROCCO 15
THE CABIN BOY 83
THE CITY OF BALTIMORE 46
Come all ye bold heighweyman 104
Come all ye jolly semen bold 76
Oome all you nice young fellows 92
Come all you policemen of Halifax 74
THE CUMBERLAND'S CREW 102
THE DESOLATE WIDDOW 89
Down by the seaside 89
Farewell you girls of this cold countree 23
FIRE IN THE FORETOP 39
THE FROZEN GIRL 51
THE GHOSTLY SAILORS 96
Go round the Horn to California 37
GOODBYE FARE YE WELL 34
HANGMAN JOHNNIE 26
HARBOUR GRACE 35
Harbour Grace is a pretty place 35
Haul away on de Alabamy bo'line 33
HAUL THE ALABAMA BOWLINE 33
I am a rambling Irish man 86
I hope you'll lend an ear 96
I shipped in the Mary, belonging to Starr 14
ISLE OF FUGI 29
It was a cold day in last November 42
It was April on the fourteenth day 72
It's watch her and twig her 15
I've sailed among the Yankees 41
LAY OUT, TAKE SHEETS AND HAUL 42
LIVERPOOL PACKET 19
THE MARY 14
[MIND HOW YOU TRIFLE WITH A GUN] 72
Now we are a sailing down the wild Irish sea 19
Now we are coming round the Black Rock 13
Oh fire in the foretop, and don't you go 39
Oh, I'll cut up my petticoats 18
Oh Mexico, fine rosies grow 27
Oh Shiloh had a baby 22
Oh shipmates come gather and join in my dity 102
Oh the pail moon was raising 100
Oh they call me Hangman Johnnie 26
Oh willie dear willie says she 83
OLD ENGLAND'S GAINED THE DAY 31
OLD HOSS 44
Old hoss, old hoss, how came you here? 44
OLD MOTHER HEAD'S 11
ON THE BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND 56
ON THE BANKS OF THE SACREMENTO 37
ON THE PLAINS OF MEXICO 27
One evening in august 79
One evening of late when our labours was o'er 59
One morn for recreation as I strayed by the seaside 70
One morning very early 64
Our bark was out, far, far from land 47
OUR FIFER BOY 94
Our vessel belonging to Lunenburg 12
THE PRIDE OF GLENCO(E) 67
THE RAMBLING IRISH MAN 86
ROLLING HOME TO'MERRY ENGLAND 40
Rolling home to merry England 40
THE ROSE OF BRITAIN'S ISLE 61
THE ROSE OF BRITON'S ISLE 61
THE ROSE OF TRALEE 100
SAILOR'S BURIAL AT SEA 47
SAUER KRAUT 12
SAY OLD MAN 25
Say old man, your horse is going to die 25
SCREWING IN SONG 45
Sebastapol is taken 31
SHENADORE 24
Shenadore, I love your daughter 24
SHILOH BROWN 22
THE SHIP LADY SHERBROOKE 79
THE SHIP LADY SHEREBROOK 79
[THE SHOOTING STAR] 74
SWEET JINNY ON THE MOR 70
The first time I came to Liverpool 16
Then I'm bound for the Isle of Fugi 29
THEN TURN OUT YOU JOLLY TARS 38
Then turn out you jolly tars 38
To a boardinghouse across the street 11
To me way-hey, hey-hip-hey 28
WALKING IN DE MIDDLE OF DE ROAD 32
WAY DOWN IN TENNESSEE 23
WE'LL PAY PADDY ,DOYLE FOR HIS BOOTS 28
We're homeward bound and I love that sound 34
WHAT YOU GOING TO DO WITH A DRUNKEN SAILOR? 86
What you goin' to do with a drunken sailor? 36
While the battle hot was raging 94
WHISKEY FOR MY JOHNNIE 30
Whiskey gave me a broken nose 30
Will you go lassie go to the brase of billquither 84
THE WORN OUT SAILOR 59
Ye landsmen all on you I call 56
Young Charlotte lived by the mountain side 51


RECORD LIST

Clark Records LCS 109. Canadian Folk Sound with LaRena. Sung by LaRena Clark.

Folk Legacy FSC 10. Tom Brandon of Peterborough, Ontario.
Folkways 3809. Fine Times at Our House. Collected by Pat Dunford and Art Rosenbaum. .
Folkways 4001. Wolf River Songs. Collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell.
Folkways 4006. Folk Music from Nova Scotia. Collected by Helen Creighton.

Folkways 4018. Songs of the Great Lakes. Collected by Edith Fowke.

Folkways 4051. Irish and British Songs from the Ottawa Valley. Sung by O. J. Abbott.

Folkways 4075. Songsfrom the Outports of Newfoundland. Collected by MacEdward Leach.

Folkways 4307. Maritime Folk Songs. Collected by Helen Creighton.

Folkways 8782. Traditional Music of Ireland, Vol. 2. Recorded by Samuel B. Charters.

Folkways 8872. As I Roved Out (Field Trip-Ireland). Collected by Jean Ritchie.

Library of Congress L14. Anglo-American Songs and Ballads. Edited by Duncan Emrich.
Library of Congress L26. American Sea Songs and Shanties. Edited by Duncan Emrich.

Library of Congress L27. American Sea Songs and Shanties. Edited QY Duncan Emrich.

Library of Congress L29. Songs and Ballads of American History. Edited by Duncan Emrich.

New World NW 239. Brave Boys. Edited by Sandy Paton.

Philo 1002. Ted Ashlaw, Adirondack Woods Singer. Recorded by Robert D. Bethke.

Prestige/International 13018. McPeake Family of Belfast.

School of Scottish Studies AO03/4. Gaelic and Scots Folk Songs. Edited by Hamish Henderson.

Topic 12T84. The Roving Journeyman. Sung by the Willett Family..

Topic 12T85. Princess of the Thistle: Lizzie Higgins.

Topic 12TS260. Up and Awa' wi' the Laverock. Lizzie Higgins.

Topic 12TS263. The Singing Molecatcher of Morayshire. Sung by John Macdonald.

Topic 12TS324. Round Rye Bay for More. Sung by Johnny Doughty..

Vanguard VRS 9158. Songs and Ballads of the Ozarks. Sung by Almeda Riddle.

Wattle Archives Series 1. Australian Traditional Singers and Musicians. Collected by John Meredith and Members of the Australian Folklore Society.

Wattle Archives Series 2. Australian Traditional Singers and Musicians in Victoria. Collected by Members of the Folklore Society of Victoria.        .