Ode to Newfoundland

Song attacking the "marvelous plan" of Parzival Copes to save Newfoundland by sending half the population to Mainland Canada. The narrator, given the choice, would rather stay poor at home than "be boxed off like codfish to some foreign land". If he sees Parzival he'll shoot...

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Main Author: McCarthy, Maryanne
Other Authors: Byrne, Pat, Bold, Valentina
Language:unknown
Published: 1989
Subjects:
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3411
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:munfla_list/3411 2023-12-31T10:14:10+01:00 Ode to Newfoundland Here's to Professor Parzival Copes McCarthy, Maryanne Byrne, Pat Bold, Valentina St. John's St. John's Region 03/15/1989 11 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3411 unknown Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index 78-150 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3411 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 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z Song attacking the "marvelous plan" of Parzival Copes to save Newfoundland by sending half the population to Mainland Canada. The narrator, given the choice, would rather stay poor at home than "be boxed off like codfish to some foreign land". If he sees Parzival he'll shoot him - and when the narrator reaches heaven, having shot Parzival - "Satan's brother" - will earn his board. Other/Unknown Material Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description Song attacking the "marvelous plan" of Parzival Copes to save Newfoundland by sending half the population to Mainland Canada. The narrator, given the choice, would rather stay poor at home than "be boxed off like codfish to some foreign land". If he sees Parzival he'll shoot him - and when the narrator reaches heaven, having shot Parzival - "Satan's brother" - will earn his board.
author2 Byrne, Pat
Bold, Valentina
author McCarthy, Maryanne
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Ode to Newfoundland
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author_sort McCarthy, Maryanne
title Ode to Newfoundland
title_short Ode to Newfoundland
title_full Ode to Newfoundland
title_fullStr Ode to Newfoundland
title_full_unstemmed Ode to Newfoundland
title_sort ode to newfoundland
publishDate 1989
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op_coverage St. John's
St. John's Region
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
78-150
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