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Come and I will sing you : a Newfoundland songbook / edited by Genevieve Lehr ; songs collected by Genevieve Lehr and Anita Best.

Other author/creatorLehr, Genevieve, 1956-
Other author/creatorBest, Anita.
Format Musical Score and Print
Publication InfoToronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1985.
Descriptionxiv, 210 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents The wreck of the Annie Roberts -- The Annie Young -- Arthur -- Aspell and Carter -- The August gale -- The banks of sweet Dundee -- Betsy beauty -- The blow below the belt -- The blue wave -- Bold hawke -- Bold Larkin -- Bonny blue-eyed Jane -- Brave Martin -- The Brule boys -- The buck goat song -- Caroline from Edinboro (Edinburgh) town -- Carroll Bán -- The champion of Court Hill -- Charming blue-eyed Mary -- Charming Sally Ann -- Chrissey's Dick -- The wreck of the Christabel -- Come and I will sing you -- Common sailors -- Constant farmer's son -- The wreck of the Danny Goodwin -- The dark-eyed sailor -- Dark-eyed Susan -- The steamship Deane -- The dole song -- The drunken captain -- The Ella M. Rudolph -- The Elsie M. Hart -- The Excel -- False Limkin -- Fanny's harbour bawn -- Fishing on the Labrador -- The Florizel -- The gallant brigantine -- The General Rawlinson -- George Alfred Beckett -- The gigantic -- The glen alone -- The Glenora -- Grá gel mo chroí -- The grand falls tragedy -- The green mossy banks of the Lea -- Gull cove -- Heave away! -- The herring -- The hoban boys -- The hole in the wall -- The huntingdown shore -- Hush-oh-bye baby -- In memoriam -- Jack the sailor -- The jam on Gary's rock -- Jerry Ryan -- Le jeune militaire -- Jim Harris -- Jimmy Whelan -- John Barbour -- Jolly Jack Tar -- The Kate from branch -- The leaving of Merasheen -- The Liverpool pilot -- Lonely Waterloo -- Lord Bateman -- Lovely Katie-o -- The Maggie -- The maid of Newfoundland -- The schooner Marion Rogers -- The schooner Mary Ann -- Maurice Crotty -- Maurice Hogan's song -- The McClure -- Me old ragadoo -- The merchants -- The moonshine informer -- Mr. Costler -- Murphy in the cupboard -- My dear, I'm bound for Canaday -- My good-looking man -- O'Reilly the fisherman -- The old smite -- The penny fair -- The petty harbour bait skiff -- Pretty Caroline -- Pretty Polly -- The prison of Newfoundland -- The quiet village tilting -- The Ravenal -- The red rocks of Bell Isle -- A wreck of the Riseover -- A sailor courted -- Siúl a Ghrá -- Skipper Dan -- The loss of the Snorre -- Soup supper in Clattice harbour -- South Carolina state -- The southern cross -- The Spanish captain -- The Susan -- The sweet town of Anthony -- Taking gear in the night -- They locked me up in Bonavist' jail -- Thomas and Nancy -- The Thomas J. Hodder -- The tobacco song -- Tobias Murphy and Tom Hann -- Trois navires de blé -- The wreck of the Union -- The valley of Kilbride -- Le vingt-cinq de Juillet -- The virgin on the strand -- The water witch -- The waterford strike -- Wave over wave -- We left the port of Sydney -- Why don't father's ship come in?
General noteFolk-songs.
General noteUnacc. melodies ; words printed as text.
General noteIllustrations by Elly Cohen ; musical transcriptions by Pamela Morgan ; music copied by Robin Charles.
General noteIncludes index.
ISBN0802025676 (cloth)
ISBN0802065864 (pbk.)

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks M1678 .C65 1985 ✔ Available Place Hold