Monday, April 30, 2012

A few more song videos just for fun

Peter Amberly: This is an English song from New Brunswick song, with mention of a few other provinces as well. The singer does a good job introducing the song.

Lukey's Boat: This song is listed in the book, Folksongs of Canada, as being sung in both Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. The only mention of a specific place in the song is "Labrador" (as in Newfoundland and Labrador) which might indicate it is of Newfoundland origin. However, the song is included in Songs and Ballads of Nova Scotia and Helen Creighton says that the singers she collected it from told her it is about a fisherman from Lunenburg, NS and his boat.

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