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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Main Author: Lambert, Thomas
Other Authors: Avery, Mabel (Mrs.), Halley, M.
Language:unknown
Published: 1987
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Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3493
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:munfla_list/3493 2023-12-31T10:19:11+01:00 The Old Sewing Machine There's a sewing machine in my me'mry Lambert, Thomas Avery, Mabel (Mrs.) Halley, M. Grates Cove Trinity Bay 05/07/1987 3 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3493 unknown Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index 74-208 C2004 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3493 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 1987 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z 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. Other/Unknown Material Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description 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.
author2 Avery, Mabel (Mrs.)
Halley, M.
author Lambert, Thomas
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The Old Sewing Machine
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title The Old Sewing Machine
title_short The Old Sewing Machine
title_full The Old Sewing Machine
title_fullStr The Old Sewing Machine
title_full_unstemmed The Old Sewing Machine
title_sort old sewing machine
publishDate 1987
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op_coverage Grates Cove
Trinity Bay
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.
Department of Folklore
op_relation Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index
74-208
C2004
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3493
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