Burke's Ballads

• Main Author: Burke, Johnny, 1851-1930
• Other Authors: White, John, 1930-
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: St. John's?, Newfoundland 1960
• Subjects: Ballads; English > Newfoundland and Labrador > Texts; Songs; Newfoundland and Labrador > Songs and music > Texts; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/39605

A selection of songs by Newfoundlander Johnny Burke. Born in St. John's, Burke was well-known in his time for his songs and plays based on local people and events. Also included are two other songs, one each by Dan Carroll and Irish entertainer Johnnie Quigley, as well as a text about Mr. Brewin of the St. John's Regatta. (Genevieve Lehr, "Burke, Johnny," Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 1, 295) Old Brown's daughter -- Mrs. Brookin's cat -- Who put the herring on the booze? -- The July fire -- Vote for Bride McGinnis -- Why don't the men propose? -- Ann Eliza Jones -- The great newsboys strike -- The little bunch of whiskers -- Lines written on Michael Power, the blind minstrel -- Not burnt out -- Since Murphy broke the pledge -- I am dying -- The sealers gained the strike -- Cotton's [Main?] patch -- Cotton's patch -- The luck went with the sealers since brave Colloway led the strike -- The teapots at the fire -- When your old woman takes a cramp in her craw give her cod liver oil -- If your wife is run down give her cod liver oil -- The wedding in Renews -- Mary Ann Hooligan takes in the circus -- How Tapper lost the race -- Bring your blueberries to Job's store -- Casey taking the census -- The Kelligrews' Soiree -- No short skirts to their knees -- The eleven brave Irish boys -- Mrs. Dempsey -- A brave Newfoundlander -- Are you coming Mrs. Doolin -- FitzSimmons beat Corbett -- Mary Joe's mash -- Full loads to the sealers -- The race boat Iris -- Brush up your beaver -- While I was on the jury -- The girl on the bike -- The landfall of Cabot -- Bring me back to my home -- The Terra Nova Regatta -- Playing for the boneen -- The sly jackeen sailor -- The trouting liar -- Fight in Halifax -- The Trinity Cake -- Water Street disturbance -- McGinnis at the rink -- We'll have to splice to get a flask -- Terrible disaster on the South West Coast -- The girl I met from Fogo -- Mary Joe slip on your bloomers -- Who shipped the moonshine to St. John's -- Three bottles a week -- "Dear Lord, they say the ...