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Item Reference Digital
Lincoln Was A Mason performed by Nathan Hatt at Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: Lincoln was a mason — May 1952
Audio Reel: 5446
Recording number: 2026
notes: Mf289-422
Rambler from Clare, The performed by Angelo Dornan at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: I first gained her favour — July 1955
Audio Reel: 5770
Recording number: 2878
notes: Mf289-612
Murder Song performed by W.E. Ireland at Elgin, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: Young men and tender maidens attend to what I say, — July 1955
Audio Reel: 5770
Recording number: 2880
notes: Mf289-612
John Sullivan performed by Mrs. Harvey H. Power at Little Harbour
first line of lyric: Ireland is my native home — August 1955
Audio Reel: 5775
Recording number: 2933
notes: Mf289-622
Fair Fanny Moore performed by Frank Horne at Moose River, Halifax County, Nova Scotia — September 1955 Audio Reel: 5805
Recording number: 2983
notes: Mf289-632
Donald Munro performed by Charlie Weeks at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: Brave sons of North Britain where inclined for to roam — July 1956
Audio Reel: 5843
Recording number: 3183
notes: Mf289-670
Lovely Willie performed by Lillian Crewe Walsh at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia — 1957 Audio Reel: 5876
Recording number: 3411
notes: Mf289-717
Ann O'Brien (James McDonald) performed by Wilmot MacDonald and Miramichi Folk Song Festival at Miramichi, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: Both young and old I now make bold, — September 1958
Audio Reel: 5959
Recording number: 3677
notes: Mf289-785
Murdered Soldier Song (La Complainte du Soldat) performed by Allan Kelly and Miramichi Folk Song Festival at Miramichi, New Brunswick — September 1958 Audio Reel: 5959
Recording number: 3678
notes: Mf289-785
Sweet Florella performed by Mrs. Edmund Robichaud and Miramichi Folk Song Festival at Miramichi, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: Down by a drooping willow — September 1958
Audio Reel: 5962
Recording number: 3688
notes: Mf289-791
Pretty Polly performed by Edward Collicott at Canaan, Kings County, Nova Scotia
first line of lyric: It was early one morning before it was day — May 1960
Audio Reel: 5973
Recording number: 3754
notes: Mf289-813
Wexford Lass, The performed by Wilmot MacDonald and Miramichi Folk Song Festival at Miramichi, New Brunswick — 1961 Audio Reel: 5999
Recording number: 3975
notes: Mf289-857
Dungarvon Whooper, The performed by Nicholas Underhill and Miramichi Folk Song Festival at Miramichi, New Brunswick
first line of lyric: Far within the forest scene where the trees forever green — 1961
Audio Reel: 6001
Recording number: 4004
notes: Mf289-861
               

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