Girls of Newfoundland, The

DESCRIPTION: The singer sailed from "a hot and sunny clime" for Harbour Grace thinking about "those girls from Newfoundland." Now the crew are home and "drink a health to all seamen bold" and enjoy the girls.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (Peacock)
KEYWORDS: homesickness sex sea ship drink sailor
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peacock, pp. 875-876, "The Girls of Newfoundland" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #9804
RECORDINGS:
Arthur Nicolle, "The Girls of Newfoundland" (on PeacockCDROM) [one verse only]
NOTES [34 words]: The first line of this in Peacock is given as "We weighed our anchors in Harley Buck," which is all the sense he can make of the town name. I would suggest that this is a mis-hearing of "Corner Brook." - RBW
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File: Pea875

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