The Hero of '48 (Mercer)

Political song - "don't vote for confederation". Frenchmen will take over; Newfoundland has all she needs. Mercer: "St. John's Evening Telegram", March 28, 1969, p. 28; Smallwood, "The Book of Newfoundland", (1967), p. 467. This song is a parody of "A Mot...

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Main Author: Stoker, Marjorie (Mrs.)
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:munfla_list/1919 2023-12-31T10:14:52+01:00 The Hero of '48 (Mercer) A fisher boy was leaving and going to Labrador Stoker, Marjorie (Mrs.) St. John's St. John's Region 10+chorus http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1919 unknown Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index 66-17 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1919 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z Political song - "don't vote for confederation". Frenchmen will take over; Newfoundland has all she needs. Mercer: "St. John's Evening Telegram", March 28, 1969, p. 28; Smallwood, "The Book of Newfoundland", (1967), p. 467. This song is a parody of "A Mother's Love is a Blessing", PD1117 - Xerox of broadside entitled "The Hero of '48" (Sung to the air of "A Mother's Love"). Other/Unknown Material Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description Political song - "don't vote for confederation". Frenchmen will take over; Newfoundland has all she needs. Mercer: "St. John's Evening Telegram", March 28, 1969, p. 28; Smallwood, "The Book of Newfoundland", (1967), p. 467. This song is a parody of "A Mother's Love is a Blessing", PD1117 - Xerox of broadside entitled "The Hero of '48" (Sung to the air of "A Mother's Love").
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title The Hero of '48 (Mercer)
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url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1919
op_coverage St. John's
St. John's Region
genre Newfoundland
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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.
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