Blood Stained Soil [Leach] (Mercer: The Dying Soldier III)
A young Newfoundlander is dying on a French battlefield. A Red Cross nurse cares for him. He asks her to deliver his last letter to Newfoundland. He bids farewell to his mother who often appeared to him like an angel, in his dreams. He (?) says farewell to his lover. They often rambled together, and...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:munfla_list/3610 2023-12-31T10:16:19+01:00 Blood Stained Soil [Leach] (Mercer: The Dying Soldier III) The Newfoundland Soldier A youth lay on a battlefield near France's bloodstained soil Burke, Anne Gibbons, Jose Bold, Valentina St. Mary's St. Mary's Bay 04/25/1990 5 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3610 unknown Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index 78-279 C4369(A) http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3610 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 1990 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z A young Newfoundlander is dying on a French battlefield. A Red Cross nurse cares for him. He asks her to deliver his last letter to Newfoundland. He bids farewell to his mother who often appeared to him like an angel, in his dreams. He (?) says farewell to his lover. They often rambled together, and she had agreed to marry him. His voice falters, and the soldier dies. Doyle, 1955, 65; Leach, 1965, 220, "The Newfoundlander", 9:3, Aug, 1946, 17 Other/Unknown Material Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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A young Newfoundlander is dying on a French battlefield. A Red Cross nurse cares for him. He asks her to deliver his last letter to Newfoundland. He bids farewell to his mother who often appeared to him like an angel, in his dreams. He (?) says farewell to his lover. They often rambled together, and she had agreed to marry him. His voice falters, and the soldier dies. Doyle, 1955, 65; Leach, 1965, 220, "The Newfoundlander", 9:3, Aug, 1946, 17 |
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Gibbons, Jose Bold, Valentina |
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Burke, Anne Blood Stained Soil [Leach] (Mercer: The Dying Soldier III) |
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Blood Stained Soil [Leach] (Mercer: The Dying Soldier III) |
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Blood Stained Soil [Leach] (Mercer: The Dying Soldier III) |
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Blood Stained Soil [Leach] (Mercer: The Dying Soldier III) |
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Blood Stained Soil [Leach] (Mercer: The Dying Soldier III) |
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Blood Stained Soil [Leach] (Mercer: The Dying Soldier III) |
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blood stained soil [leach] (mercer: the dying soldier iii) |
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St. Mary's St. Mary's Bay |
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Newfoundland |
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Newfoundland |
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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 |
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Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index 78-279 C4369(A) http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3610 |
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