Come and I Will Sing You: A Newfoundland Songbook
Reprinted with a new preface
Edited by Genevieve Lehr. Introduction by Anita Best and Genevieve Lehr.

Paper: Nov 3 2003 World Rights 220pp /12 illustration Price: CDN$29.95 Qty:

Book Description Newfoundlanders have long and lustily sung their folksongs, and the tradition remains strong today. Despite modern influences, the old songs persist, mixed with new songs that are composed to record the events of our time. This is the first major collection of Newfoundland folksongs compiled and edited by native Newfoundlanders. It concentrates on songs of local composition largely ignored by earlier collectors and presents a significant number of songs never before published. For most of the last decade Lehr and Best have been travelling around the island recording the voices and favourite songs of anyone, young and old, who would perform. Recordings took place in family kitchens, on stage heads, and in trap stores while the singer knitted twine or repaired lobster pots, aboard ships at anchor or en route to some small deserted harbour. Humming engines, blowing oilstoves, or clattering supper dishes provided accompaniment. The 120 songs collected here by Lehr and Best have been transcribed by Pamela Morgan and illustrated by Elly Cohen. Some recall the distant past of a long and rich seafaring tradition; others tell of such recent tragedies as the displacement of outport people and the sinking of the Ocean Ranger. The selection represents the state of the folk-song in Newfoundland today; in some part it documents what is lost and forgotten, but it also celebrates what has survived, and thrives. Genevieve Lehr is a teacher and writer living in Halifax. 'It's great to have Come and I Will Sing You back in print. This was the first book of Newfoundland folksongs that was created not by visiting scholars but by young Newfoundlanders who set out to discover and document the musical culture of their homeland. Their unique artistic collection is filled with songs-many of them locally composed-that convey the history, aspirations, and values of plain working Newfoundlanders in eloquent verse and music.' -Neil V. Rosenberg, Professor of Folklore, Memorial University of Newfoundland- Song List 1 The Wreck of the Annie Roberts 3 2 The Annie Young 4 3 Arthur 6 4 Aspell and Cartet 7 5 The August Gale (A and Bl 9 6 The Banks of Sweet Dundee 12 7 Betsy Beauty 13 8 The Blow below the Belt 15 9 The Blue Wave 17 10 Bold Hawke 18 11 Bold Larkin 19 12 Bonny Blue-eyed Jane 21 13 Brave Marin 22 14 The Brule Boys 23 15 The Buck Goat Song 26 16 Caroline from Edinboro (Edinburgh) Town 27 17 Carroll Ban 30 18 The Champion of Court Hill 31 19 Charming Blue-eyed Mary 32 20 Charming Sally Ann 33 21 Chrissey's Dick 36 ZZ The Wreck of the Christabel 37 23 Come and I Will Sing You 39 24 Common Sailors 41 25 Constant Farmer's Son 42 26 The Wreck of the Danny Goodwin 44 27 The Dark-eyed Sailor 46 28 Dark-eyed Susan 47 29 The Steamship Deane 49 30 The Dole Song 51 31 The Drunken Captain 52 32 The Ella M. Rudolph 55 33 The Elsie M. Hart 57 34 The Excel lA and B) 58 35 False Limkin 61 36 Fanny's Harbour BawD 62 37 Fishing on the Labrador 61 38 The Florizel 66 39 The Gallant Brigantine 40 The General Rawlinson 69 41 George Alfred Beckdt 71 42 The Gigantic 73 43 The Glen Alone 76 44 The Glenora 78 45 Gra Geal Mo Chroi 79 46 The Grand Falls Tragedy 81 47 The Green Mossy Banks of the Lea 61 48 Gull Cove 84 49 Heave Away! 86 50 The Herring 87 51 The Hoban Boys 89 52 The Hole in the wan 1l1 53 The Huntingdown Shore 95 54 Hush-oh-bye Baby 97 55 In Memoriam 99 56 Jack the Sailor 101 57 The Jam on Gary's Rock 102 58 Jerry Ryan 103 59 Le Jeune Militaire 105 60 Jim Harris 106 61 Jimmy Whelan 107 62 John Barbour 109 63 Jolly Jack Tar 111 64 The Kate from Bmndl 112 65 The Leaving of Merasheen 114 66 The Liverpool Pilot 115 67 Lonely Waterloo 117 68 Lord Bateman (A and B) 118 69 Lovely Katie-o 121 70 The Maggie 122 71 The Maid of Newfoundland 123 72 The Schooner Marion Rogers 125 73 The Schooner Mary Ann 126 74 Maurice Crotty (A and B) 127 75 Maurice Hogan's Song 131 76 The McClure 133 77 Me Old Ragadoo 135 78 The Merchants 136 79 The Moonshine Informer 80 Mr Costler 140 81 Murphy in the Cupboard 143 82 My Dear, I'm Bound for Canaday (A and B) 145 83 My Good-looking Man 147 84 O'Reilly the Fisherman 149 85 The Old Smite 150 86 The Penny Fair 151 87 The Petty Harbour Bait Skiff 153 88 Pretty Caroline 155 89 Pretty Polly 156 go The Prison of Newfoundland 158 91 The Quiet Village Tilting 159 92 The Ravenal 160 93 The Red Rocks of Bell Isle 161 94 The Wreck of the Riseover 163 95 A Sailor Courted 164 96 SiÚl a Ghràa 165 97 Skipper Dan 168 98 The Loss of the Snorre 170 99 Soup Supper in Clattice Harbour 172 100 South Carolina State 174 101 The Southern Cross 175 102 The Spanish Captain 176 103 The Susan 178 104 The Sweet Town of Anthony 179 105 Taking Gear in the Night 180 106 They Locked Me Up in Bonavista Jail 182 107 Thomas and Nancy 183 108 The Thomas J. Hodder 184 109 The Tobacco Song 186 110 Tobias Murphy and Tom Hann 187 111 Trois Navires de Blè 189 112 The Wreck of the Union (A and B) 190 113 The Valley of Kilbride 193 114 Le Vmgt-cinq de Juillet 195 115 The Virgin on the Strand 196 116 The Water Witch 197 117 The Waterford Strike 199 118 Wave over Wave 200 119 We Left the Port of Sydney 201 120 Why Don't Father's Ship Come In? 203