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One evening for pleasure I rambled, to a _?_ fair field all alone,
No full textStrolling on Belle Isle the narrator meets a beautiful young woman. He asks for permission to court her - she has already promised herself to another, a man who has gone away. He reveals that he is her sweetheart, he came in disguise. He thought of her through all his hardships. She is his Blooming bright star from Belle Isle. They marry, may God give them a long and happy life together
Click clack and away she goes, I'll whistle and I'll sing
No full textThe happy life of a "double-teamster lad" - he sings and dances until 9 o'clock. Incomplete version
O I'll go to the ice and I'll kill a seal
No full textGob music. The singer will kill a seal and return home to the girl he loves. 1 stanza of narration, 1 of gob music
Oh Mary bought a pig and she bought him in Kilkenny
No full textGob music. First stanza is repeated and followed by 1 stanza of gob music
She's a bonny fresh packet, a packet of fame
No full textSong about a ship leaving for Boston. A m__er is made, the crew say good-bye to their women, and they leave for Cape Cod
As I was sitting by my window and a brisk young sailor was passing by
No full textA stranger woos a girl. She has waited for her lover for a long time: seven years they courted, seven years she's waited while he was at sea. She will wait seven more years for him. The stranger asks, "What if he's sick, married or dead?" If so, she wishes him health, joy, or to be in heaven, respectively. Impressed by her loyalty, the stranger reveals the love token she gave to him seven years before - he is her lover returned
O it was late up in May and the timing advanced
No full textIn May, the narrator went to Bonay for work. On the Barberry River he was employed in the lumber industry; fishing supplemented his income. There were other men there from Bell Isle, Brigus, and Topsail. There were girls from Pouch Cove, St. John's, and Salmonier to court, back home.Mercer, 109
Oh there's meat in the cupboard and bread on the shelf
No full textChin music.Mercer, 169; Peacock, 91 ("Pork in the Cupboard")
O did you ever go into an Irishman's shanty
No full textGob music; one stanza regarding an irishman's shanty.Mercer, 136; Greenleaf (1968): 218
Good people all, both great and small, I hope you will attend
No full textSong about a summer squall in which a boat from Petty Harbour was caught. John French was commander, Mick Sullivan the second hand. Six men were lost. When they arrived back in St. John'sthere was crying and lamenting up and down the streets. The song ends with the advice to trust in Providence, and God will guard you on sea and land
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