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I once did know a charming lad his name was Harry Dunne
No full textBoy leaves home to work in lumberwoods, dreams of something wrong at home, is crushed by falling limb.Laws, NAB, C14; Mercer: Greanleaf, p. 329; Peacock, p. 763; Dibblee, "Folksongs from PEI", p. 36; Ives, "Joe Scott", p. 121
The Cocoa and Oatmeal [Uncle Ob Glover's Song]
No full textSong composed during the 'Depression' days when the poor families of Braggs Island could hardly subsist on six cents a day. Obtaning the 'dole' meant rowing to 'pond' eighteen miles down the bay.No transcript; tape apparently very poor quality and could not be indexed
Now Jack was a sailor and going down to town
No full textSailor buys a basket from a girl thinking that it contains whisky; finds that it contains a babyMercer, p.198; Peacock, 1965:895; Hugill (1961), 211
. . . While the other lies rolling, while the other lies rolling
No full textLaws, ABBB, N35; Mercer: Greenleaf, p. 81; Karpeles, p. 184; Peacock, p. 513; Manny, p. 230; Fowke, "Ontario", p. 30; [for additional references, see annotation file]
The shells were flying out on the battlefield
No full textSoldier dies in order to save the flag. General comes to commend bravery and finds it is his own son. Soldier asks that the news be "broken" to his mother and that she be told he loves her.CFMJ, 7 (1979): FH Index - 6/10/26; Greenleaf: "While the Boys in Blue Were Fighting" - p. 363; ref - Fowke, "Midwest Folklore", p. 37 (gives publ. Charles K. Harris - 18970
Come all ye sons of Heart's Delight and harken unto me
No full textStory of how a Bully (fishing boat used on the Labrador) was burned on the beach one bonfire night, as a result of rivalry between neighbouring communities as to who would have the best fire