The Old Sewing Machine
Poem (intended to be sung) describing author's memories of her mother singing as she sewed for the family. Authorship attributed to informant. On tape, poem is recited, but author comments that it can be sung to the tune of "Lamplighting Time in the Valley". Avery, "Poems from a...
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1987
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3493 |
| Summary: | Poem (intended to be sung) describing author's memories of her mother singing as she sewed for the family. Authorship attributed to informant. On tape, poem is recited, but author comments that it can be sung to the tune of "Lamplighting Time in the Valley". Avery, "Poems from a Newfoundland Village", p. 38. In taped interview all three verses are recited but interspersed with comments about the decline of Sunday as a "holy day" to a mere "holiday" and the fact that children seldom have "Sunday clothes" anymore. |
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