Add to ORKGCaptain of a Halifax boat moors in Forteau Bay and courts young Nelly. He promises her marriage and they make love. He deserts her and the song ends with a warning to other Newfoundland girls.Mercer: Peacock, p. 192
Smallpox breaks out on a ship bound from New York to Newfoundland. Only two out of eight youths retu...
Explanation of how the Placentia merchant keeps the fisherman poor with high prices in the store. Ch...
The narrator was sent to jail for attempting to elope with Mary Neal. While he was out on bail, they...
Recitation: James, a sailor, tells his lover Flora he must go to sea. She decides to accompany him, ...
Stormy weather on George's Banks causes many ships to sink. A ship's crew head back to Newfoundland ...
Sea captain is attracted to girl on shore and brings her on board his ship. She sings he and his men...
Sailors speak of their loved ones at home - a Newfoundlander will never return as his sweetheart is ...
Crew sailing from Grand Bank to Fogo are driven into Belleoram. Next day they are driven into Chambe...
A song about fishermen dealing with merchants and having to depend on them for so much
Fragment of a song about a young girl who is married off to an elderly husband.Laforte, "CCFF" II ch...
A Newfoundland sailor wants to bring a girl to Newfoundland. She says no, but has his child "out of ...
Caught in a storm, the "Annie" hope the "Senlac" will reach her and help her to shore. It doesn't wo...
A young girl complains to her mother that she needs a lover but her mother wants to put her in a con...
All but one man of a bait skiff crew drown when their boat overturns in a gale.Mercer: Bennett, 1973...
Ship leaves New York for Newfoundland. Young captain becomes sick, leaves ship to mate.Laws, NAB, D ...
Smallpox breaks out on a ship bound from New York to Newfoundland. Only two out of eight youths retu...
Explanation of how the Placentia merchant keeps the fisherman poor with high prices in the store. Ch...
The narrator was sent to jail for attempting to elope with Mary Neal. While he was out on bail, they...
Recitation: James, a sailor, tells his lover Flora he must go to sea. She decides to accompany him, ...
Stormy weather on George's Banks causes many ships to sink. A ship's crew head back to Newfoundland ...
Sea captain is attracted to girl on shore and brings her on board his ship. She sings he and his men...
Sailors speak of their loved ones at home - a Newfoundlander will never return as his sweetheart is ...
Crew sailing from Grand Bank to Fogo are driven into Belleoram. Next day they are driven into Chambe...
A song about fishermen dealing with merchants and having to depend on them for so much
Fragment of a song about a young girl who is married off to an elderly husband.Laforte, "CCFF" II ch...
A Newfoundland sailor wants to bring a girl to Newfoundland. She says no, but has his child "out of ...
Caught in a storm, the "Annie" hope the "Senlac" will reach her and help her to shore. It doesn't wo...
A young girl complains to her mother that she needs a lover but her mother wants to put her in a con...
All but one man of a bait skiff crew drown when their boat overturns in a gale.Mercer: Bennett, 1973...
Ship leaves New York for Newfoundland. Young captain becomes sick, leaves ship to mate.Laws, NAB, D ...
Smallpox breaks out on a ship bound from New York to Newfoundland. Only two out of eight youths retu...
Explanation of how the Placentia merchant keeps the fisherman poor with high prices in the store. Ch...
The narrator was sent to jail for attempting to elope with Mary Neal. While he was out on bail, they...