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Thread #149660   Message #3482904
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
23-Feb-13 - 12:01 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Dark eyed sailor-Luboff
Subject: RE: Origins: Dark eyed sailor-Luboff
"The Dark-eyed Sailor," in Kenneth Peacock, "Songs of the Newfoundland Outports," vol. 2, p. 51-514, with musical score.

Rekarks at end of entry: "All of the Newfoundland variants of this English broadside song are similar. It is also well-known in the Maritimes and in the United States where it was printed in many song books during the nineteenth century."