Fifteen Folk-songs from Newfoundland

• Main Author: Karpeles, Maud
• Other Authors: Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1934
• Subjects: Folk songs; English > Newfoundland and Labrador; Ballads; Folk music > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/105815

Selections from Karpeles' larger volume Folk Songs from Newfoundland (London, 1934), with piano accompaniments. The songs were collected during her 1929 and 1930 trips to the island, of which she states that "in Newfoundland the 'old' songs were fast going out of fashion" (Introduction). Sweet William's ghost -- The cruel mother -- The gypsy laddie -- The bloody gardener -- The bonny banks of Virgie-o -- Earl Brand -- Lord Akeman -- The lover's ghost -- She's like the swallow -- The maiden's lament -- Proud Nancy -- The morning dew -- The winter's gone and past -- The cuckoo -- Young Floro. Includes bibliographical references and notes.