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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Main Author: Coffin, Joan Lorraine
Other Authors: McCarthy, Justin
Language:unknown
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Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1920
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:munfla_list/1920 2023-12-31T10:19:11+01:00 Hero of '48 (Mercer) The Hero of '48 A fisher boy was leaving and going to Labrador Coffin, Joan Lorraine McCarthy, Justin Harbour Grace Conception Bay 12+chorus http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1920 unknown Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index 76-305 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1920 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 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". Other/Unknown Material Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description 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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author Coffin, Joan Lorraine
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Hero of '48 (Mercer)
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title Hero of '48 (Mercer)
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title_full Hero of '48 (Mercer)
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title_sort hero of '48 (mercer)
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1920
op_coverage Harbour Grace
Conception Bay
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
76-305
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1920
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