Old Newfoundland
DESCRIPTION: The singer is in California remembering "friends I loved and youthful memories." "Take me back ... [to] the dear old hills of Newfoundland."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA/Leach)
KEYWORDS: homesickness emigration home separation nonballad friend
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #26492
RECORDINGS:
F. Sutton, "Youthful Memories" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
Jack Swain, "Old Newfoundland" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Flatrock Hills" (theme: Home sickness for the hills around St John's, Newfoundland)
cf. "Towering Heights of Newfoundland" (theme: Home sickness for the hills around St John's, Newfoundland)
File: RcOlNewf
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