Cod Liver Oil Song
Humorous song. The doctor recommended cod liver oil as a cure for the singer's sickly wife; his wife became stout and strong. She is so fond of cod liver oil now the house is like "a big doctor's shop", and the singer fears for his life. Greenleaf & Mansfield, "Ballads a...
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1988
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/4744 |
| Summary: | Humorous song. The doctor recommended cod liver oil as a cure for the singer's sickly wife; his wife became stout and strong. She is so fond of cod liver oil now the house is like "a big doctor's shop", and the singer fears for his life. Greenleaf & Mansfield, "Ballads and Sea Songs of Newfoundland", p. 316; Blondahl, Omar "Newfoundlander's Sing, p. 28; "Burke's Ballads", p. 18; Peacock, "Songs of the Newfoundland Outports", p. 48. |
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