Church Cove Song

DESCRIPTION: Some say Captain Kidd buried gold "galore" at Church Cove on the Southern Shore, which was guarded by "the ghost of a darkie." "A crew from Burin" found the gold but "got turned inside out from the fright." A witness's whiskers, once white, "turned foxy"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA/Leach)
KEYWORDS: gold ghost pirate hair
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #18203
RECORDINGS:
Vince Ledwell, "Church Cove Song" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
File: RcChCove

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