A Fishy Story

Song regarding a government scheme to cover the losses in gear fishermen sustained during a late ice-floe. Many claimed payment for gear they never possessed - seven million dollars was paid out by the government. Those who told lies may now have to pay. Written by the informant, Calvin Whalen, duri...

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Main Author: Saunders, Kevin
Other Authors: Whalen, Calvin, Bold, Valentina
Language:unknown
Published: 1989
Subjects:
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1429
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:munfla_list/1429 2023-12-31T10:19:09+01:00 A Fishy Story Come listen all fishermen on Newfoundland shore Saunders, Kevin Whalen, Calvin Bold, Valentina Flower's Cove Great Northern Peninsula 03/29/1989 10 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1429 unknown Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index 78-168 C3488(A); F4044 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1429 All Rights Reserved 4 volume paper index of song recordings held in the MUNFLA Archives. The index was compiled by the Memorial University Folklore Archives; and the digital database created by the Research Centre for Music, Media and Place. Department of Folklore 1989 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z Song regarding a government scheme to cover the losses in gear fishermen sustained during a late ice-floe. Many claimed payment for gear they never possessed - seven million dollars was paid out by the government. Those who told lies may now have to pay. Written by the informant, Calvin Whalen, during the postal strike of 1975. Calvin Whalen is post-master in Flower's Cove. The song was submitted to a postal workers newsletter. Other/Unknown Material Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description Song regarding a government scheme to cover the losses in gear fishermen sustained during a late ice-floe. Many claimed payment for gear they never possessed - seven million dollars was paid out by the government. Those who told lies may now have to pay. Written by the informant, Calvin Whalen, during the postal strike of 1975. Calvin Whalen is post-master in Flower's Cove. The song was submitted to a postal workers newsletter.
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Bold, Valentina
author Saunders, Kevin
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A Fishy Story
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publishDate 1989
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op_coverage Flower's Cove
Great Northern Peninsula
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source 4 volume paper index of song recordings held in the MUNFLA Archives. The index was compiled by the Memorial University Folklore Archives; and the digital database created by the Research Centre for Music, Media and Place.
Department of Folklore
op_relation Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index
78-168
C3488(A); F4044
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1429
op_rights All Rights Reserved
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