Hero of '48 (Mercer)
Anti-confederation song. Son leaving to fish on the Labrador tells his mother that she should vote against Joey Smallwood and confederation, that Terra Nova can survive on her own and does not need French Canadian influences. Mercer: "St. John's Evening Telegram", March 28, 1969, p. 2...
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| Summary: | Anti-confederation song. Son leaving to fish on the Labrador tells his mother that she should vote against Joey Smallwood and confederation, that Terra Nova can survive on her own and does not need French Canadian influences. Mercer: "St. John's Evening Telegram", March 28, 1969, p. 28; PD1117 - Xerox of broadside entitled "The Hero of '48" (Sung to the air of "A Mother's Love"); Smallwood, "The Book of Newfoundland", (1967), p. 467. Composed by Tom Cahill for "As Loved Our Fathers". |
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