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"Good morning Mr. Fisherman, good morning sir," said he
No full textMan puts crabfish in toilet. When his wife sits on the toilet, the crabfish grabs her and she calls her husband for help. A struggle ensues in which the crabfish grabs the husband as well.Cray, "The Erotic Muse", p. 2; Legman, "The Hornfield", discussion of song p. 188 and elsewhere
Come all you Newfoundlanders and listen to my song
No full textA song about fishermen dealing with merchants and having to depend on them for so much
Come all ye Newfoundlanders and listen to my song
No full textSong describes how Bonavista Bay merchants have cheated the fishermen
Come all ye Newfoundlanders, I'll sing to ye a song
No full textExplanation of how the Placentia merchant keeps the fisherman poor with high prices in the store. Cheats the fisherman all week and then devoutly goes to church on Sunday. However, he will meet his rightful end on Judgement Day.Annotation: no references available
Dear Newfoundland, have I got to leave you
No full textAn emigrant recalls Newfoundland - the rocky mountains, hills and meadows, the happy summers - Regatta Days with the greasy pole and Wheel of Fortune. He prays other Newfoundlanders will escape the poverty caused by the "cruel taxation" and be able to remain in Newfoundland.see Peacock 1965: Vol 2: 360-61
The furnace door was open, I saw the fiery stream
No full textLast two lines of song. Dreamer sees inside of hell's furnace and awakens.No references found; see notes in annotation file for song background
Good Christian men rejoice, with heart and soul and voice
No full textChristmas hymn.Routley, "University Carol Book", (Brighton, 1961), p. 179
It was _______ Sunday, eighth [sic] day of August this great gale arose
No full textSong describes destruction & lives lost in the August galeLehr, 1985, 9; also see "Annie Roberts" (Loss of/wreck of) in STI and in Halley thesis
About the boys from Cormanville who almost went to jail
No full textSong acc. by accordionD. Nolan CAS-257
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