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This awful dreadful, storm my song it do begin.
No full textAccount of the men & boats that went down in the gale on August 24thLehr, 1985, 9; also see "Annie Roberts" in STI and in Halley thesi
On March the 6th our ship sailed north
No full textSealing vessel, the "Newfoundlander", holed by ice and eventually sinks. Men go overboard onto ice and manage to walk back to the land in safety. Ends with a prayer for God's protection over sealers
Don't be angry with me dad
No full textBoy asks for forgiveness & another chance.CFMJ, 7, 1979: FH Index (5 printings); Spaeth, "Weep No More", 173-174; Creighton, CCFCS, Nat. Mus. Coll., CR-B-188-2181 (Nova Scotia, 1958); Commercial Recordings: Stonewall Jackson, Columbia LP CL1391/CS8186; Ferlin Huskey, Capitol, 4278, 195
It being on a Sunday evening in the month of July
No full textAccount of what happened at Williams' dance and how the "strangers" were made to feel unwanted
In the year of nineteen sixty-two they lit St. Mary's Bay
No full textAccount of the introduction of electricity to the community, the aggrevation of those "left in darkness", and how a call to the Liberal member gets lights for them too.No ref
The New Year's bells are ringing
No full textSong requests that aunts and uncles join in celebrating Nanny's birthday.No references
At the Riverhead launching on Jubilee Day
No full textDescription of the launching of a boat at Riverhead. Names people who attended, names shanty songs sung to haul boat into water; rum broken over bow; concludes with wishes for its long life and success.Mercer p. 172 Peacock, 1965: 882