The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30051 Message #383675
Posted By: Willie-O
27-Jan-01 - 12:33 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Out from St. Leonards (O'Driscoll)^^
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 1)Go to sea no more; 2)Out from St.
The evacuation of hundreds of little outports was part of Premier Joey Smallwood's grand plan for modernizing Newfoundland after he brought it into Confederation with Canada in 1949. I've never heard the song though.