Land of Fish and Seals, The

DESCRIPTION: "Let Sunny India her wealth proclaim... We envy not her gaudy show." The singer contrasts "the land of fish and seals" with foreign nations: though "No great immortal names are ours," they can boast of freedom and "our living brave."
AUTHOR: "Mrs. Peace" ?
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (Murphy, Songs Sung By Old Time Sealers of Many Years Ago)
KEYWORDS: nonballad patriotic Canada fishing recitation
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Ryan/Small-HaulinRopeAndGaff, p. 25, "The Land of Fish and Seals" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: James Murphy, editor, _Songs Sung by Old-TIme Sealers of Many Years Ago_, James Murphy Publishing, 1925 (PDF available from Memorial University of Newfoundland web site), p. 19, "The Land of Fish and Seals" (1 text)
Roud #V44606
NOTES [34 words]: A poem not a song, and probably not traditional -- but seemingly widely printed in Newfoundland. Murphy reports that the author, "Mrs. Peace," was from Scotland but lived in St. John's in the 1850s. - RBW
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