Taking Apart "Tickle Cove Pond"
The song “tickle Cove Pond” was written by Bonavista Bay songmaker Mark Walker in the nineteenth century but achieved its greatest popularity in the twentieth, given momentum in the mid-century by Gerald S. Doyle’s songbooks, and later by popular culture exposure. Nowadays, the song has certain mean...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Canadian Society for Traditional Music / La Société canadienne pour les traditions musicales
2002
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/view/21623 |
| Summary: | The song “tickle Cove Pond” was written by Bonavista Bay songmaker Mark Walker in the nineteenth century but achieved its greatest popularity in the twentieth, given momentum in the mid-century by Gerald S. Doyle’s songbooks, and later by popular culture exposure. Nowadays, the song has certain meanings for listeners. This paper suggests they reflect contemporary beliefs and “imaginings’’ about Newfoundland’s past. In an analysis situated in the song’s history and Mark Walker’s life, possible meanings are suggested. |
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