SONGS ABOUT THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION
December 6, 1917: an enormous explosion shatters Halifax, Nova Scotia. Songs about it include:

• HALIFAX (written and performed by Chuck Hall) Video Thread
• REMEMBER ME (written and performed by Dan McKinnon) Video Lyrics
• THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION (anonymous, collected by Helen Creighton) Digital Tradition
• NIGHT TRAIN by Bob Quinn, recorded by the author on Coast of Difference (1993) and by John Gracie on Nova Scotia Lullabye (1997)
• THE SIXTH DAY OF DECEMBER by Penny MacAuley, recorded by her on Memories (1976)
• Her Own War: The Halifax Explosion Project is a 2005 album of songs written by David Stone. A Mudcat thread lists the titles of the tracks; there are live videos of two of the songs.
  • NORTH FERRY Video (sung by Tony Mombourquette)
  • I WONDER, I WONDER Video (sung by Tarah Sawler)
  • "December 6"
  • "Black Rain"
  • "West Street Firemen"
  • "Prairie Sailors"
  • "Silver Moon"
  • "Ghosts of Richmond"
  • "And They're Gone"
  • "I Heard the Soldiers Calling"
  • "Smoke and Cinders"
  • "Ash Pan Anny"
  • "Take Her Away"
  • "Vince's Song"
  • "The Halifax Explosion"



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WIKIPEDIA: The Halifax_Explosion     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
The Halifax Explosion Song Written by Daniel MacIntyre    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqFT0bWbqew

FIRE AND FLAME
Fire & Flame - The Longest Johns     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_5PHU7vQu4
MUDCAT : Folk songs about the Halifax Explosion    /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=149281

David Stone "Sacrifice", Songs-of-the-Halifax-Explosion hear tracks on Bandcamphttps://davidstone2.bandcamp.com/album/sacrifice-songs-of-the-halifax-explosion