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10. Sweet Forget Me Not
First published in 1877, this tender tune by Bobby Newcomb was the first single, and a vinyl hit on the mainland as well, for Cape Shore's Eddie Coffey and his Coffey Mates:...
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9. Seven Old Ladies
A bawdy song which musically plumbs a 1700s nursery rhyme, ("Johnny's So Long at the Fair") - and a tune also recorded by the great Joan Morrissey: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtps18FaauI
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8. The Mobile Goat Song
Composed by Tom Cahill, of St. John's, NL, frequent collaborator with "Newfoundland's First Lady of Song", Joan Morrissey, who released this fun romp on her 1973 LP "Home Brew":...
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7. Tiny Red Light
A traditional Newfoundland song revitalized in the vinyl era by The Dorymen (popular east-coast combo founded by John Drake and Tom Rose - a pair of lads out of Fortune Bay communities Belleoram and...
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6. Sonny's Dream
Newfoundland's "Man of 1000 Songs", Ron Hynes, created this anthem of the heart and home: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KD7eUfIgCk
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5. Skipper Billy's Wake
Ellis Coles' jaunty mix of moonshine, Screech and more was well popularized by Dick Nolan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxFMBGT-UmE
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4. Cliffs of Baccalieu
Jack Withers sea-faring song has previously been sailed by such distinct voices as Anita Best, Louise Morrissey and Stan Rogers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd2zX9RZeXg
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3. Men Who Die for a Living
Songwriter and producer Gary O'Driscoll wrote this elegiac tribute "for the miners here and gone”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcQVd3_Kk6E
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2. Easy
Song penned by Terry Skinner and originally made a classic radio hit by country star Eddie Eastman: www.youtube.com/watch?v=olGo-vmXRh4
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1. Black Velvet Band
“My favorite Irish song, beautifully covered for you today: Black Velvet Band ~ Allison Crowe,” declares Brian Ibbott, Mayor of Coverville on this - St. Patrick’s - Day. (Coverville, geographically...
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