The emigrant from Newfoundland
Gerald Campbell
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ExploreThe emigrant from Newfoundland, song (Dear Newfoundland, have I got to leave you …) This song may have been composed by JT Kinsella when he emigrated from Newfoundland to settle in Boston, Massachusetts. It laments the necessity of leaving Newfoundland to seek work on the mainland, in this case Boston. The song offers commentary on Confederation with Canada and includes reminiscences of favourite events and places in the St John’s area. The song was published as early as 1904 in St John’s under the title “The Newfoundland exile” in James Murphy’s Old Colony Song Book. Details about the history of this song are available from the GEST song index. Variants have been published by Kenneth Peacock in the Songs of the Newfoundland Outports 2 (1965:360–61) and by MacEdward Leach.
| ITMA Reference | 54122 |
| Creator | Campbell, Gerald, singing in English |
| Contributor | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | [1975] |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Song in English |
| Language | English |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Sound |
| Extent | 00:04:52 |
| Copyright | Performer and Aidan O'Hara |
| Roud Number | 26347 |
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The girl who slighted me, song (And I'll go down to yonder valley …) This song tells of an unhappy courtship. After being slighted by his sweetheart, the (male) protagonist of the song curses the girl in question and leaves Ireland for America. One of the more common variants of this song is known as “Courting is a pleasure,” and Kenneth Peacock published another version in Songs of the Newfoundland Outports 2 under the title “In courtship there lies pleasure” (1965:465–466).
| ITMA Reference | 54046 |
| Creator | Campbell, Gerald, singing in English |
| Contributor | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 4-5 October 1975 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Song in English |
| Language | English |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Sound |
| Extent | 00:02:21 |
| Copyright | Performer and Aidan O'Hara |
| Roud Number | 454 |
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This is east, song (This east and this west; soon I’ll learn to say the rest …) This short children’s song is told from the perspective of a ten-year-old, bragging about all of the things he’s learned. Frankie Nash learned this song for a school concert when he was only ten years old. He claimed that Aidan O’Hara was the first person outside of Branch to hear it.
| ITMA Reference | 54050 |
| Creator | Nash, Frankie, singing in English |
| Contributor | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 18 October 1975 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Song in English ; Children's song |
| Language | English |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Sound |
| Extent | 00:02:25 |
| Copyright | Performer and Aidan O'Hara |
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The hills of Glenswilly, song (Attention fellow countrymen come hear my native news …) A typed transcript based on Aidan O'Hara's field recording, with annotations and corrections by the collector.
| Creator | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 17 April 1976 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Singing in English |
| Language | English |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Text |
| Extent | 2 p. |
| Copyright | Aidan O'Hara |
| Roud Number | 5087 |
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Dermot Roche watches a dance in his kitchen. This image appears in the opening scene of Radharc's 1981 documentary The Forgotten Irish.
| Creator | Wylde, Donal, camera ; McCarthy, Dermod, director |
| Date | [August 1980] |
| Publisher | The Radharc Trust Film Archive |
| Location | Roche house, Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Singing in English |
| Collection | The Radharc Trust Film Archive |
| Type | Image |
| Extent | 1 digital image |
| Copyright | The Radharc Trust Film Archive |
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