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Oh the batchers start in batching, the first day of the month.
No full textConcerns batcher's or miner's arrangements for lodgings and food. Names kinds of foods eaten, prices, overdue store bills. Concludes with wish to return to the fishery.Locally composed song dating to c. 50yrs earlier. Batcher = man who lives on his own, rather than becoming a boarder [bachelor
On the eighteenth of April being the date of the year
No full textAbout going to Bell Island and doing shift work in the mines. References to some of the people who worked there and some of the equipment used.Annotation: no references available
You may smile if you're a mind to
No full textNarrator talks of general sea experience and then recalls how one night he saw dripping, ghostly sailors slip on board the ship, rake up their stations and proceed to go about their tasks. Ghosts do not return to sea until land and the lighthouse are in sight. Narrator has alwaysbelieved in spirits since this time.Laws, NAB, D16; Mercer: Greenleaf, p. 227; Leach, p. 244; Peacock, p. 873
Come all you people from far and near
No full textHumourous song concerning the events surrounding the raffling of an old grey mare at Kennedy's on the West End of Bell Island. Written by Mr. Quigley.No references
When Mr. Blaze want to get married, He cries, "What shall I do?"
No full textBlaze decides to marry and settle down. Admits that he already has children, but lies about his age. A woman loves him and preparations are made for the wedding - Blaze has his hair cut. [Many words missing in text.]cf. "Old Joe" in Fancy [sp?] E___ "M___y of Maine" as refrenced by Laws NAB (appendix II p. 274). (The "idea of the song comes close to this one if they are not related otherwise.) Indexer's handwriting illegible in places
Home comes the old man, home comes he
No full textHusband comes home and finds another man in his bed. His wife tries to make out that he is a fool and says it is a baby, not a man. Husband, in all his travels, has never seen whiskers on a baby before.Child no. 274 "Our Goodman"; Coffin p. 143; Cray p. 6, p. 189; Hammer p. 24; Smith, C.A. "Ballads Surviving in the United States" p. 16
I was took to be christened before I could speak
No full textParents, fond of practical joking, give child "all the names they could find", aproximately 27, including "Kiss the Cat's Ass".No ref
Convocation, 2025, Spring, 27 May, afternoon session
No full textVideo recordings of Memorial University of Newfoundland convocations. The matching booklets are linked to below.Frequency: semiannual, 1987?-present. Audio and video quality vary. Date from booklet, where needed