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Thread #140943   Message #3242830
Posted By: meself
21-Oct-11 - 11:03 PM
Thread Name: Traditional Cape Breton songs
Subject: RE: Traditional Cape Breton songs
Interesting the difference in the verses about the "Newfoundlander" - in the Edith Fowke version (Penguin), the Newfoundlander is clearly the object of hostility (presumably associated with strike-breaking, as well as accepting lower wages); I wonder if Charlie MacKinnon's version is a response to the other, written by Charlie or some predecessor?

The version recorded by Diane Oxner has a final verse about going to "Joe Dowey" (sp.?), and all getting "rowdy-dowdy, on the road to Margaree".