Mentioned in song : song traditions of the loggers of Newfoundland and Labrador / Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media & Place ; School of Music, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
TITLE:
Mentioned in song : song traditions of the loggers of Newfoundland and Labrador / Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media & Place ; School of Music, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Alternate Title:
Song traditions of the loggers of Newfoundland and Labrador
Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
St. John's, N.L. : Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media & Place, School of Music, Memorial University of Newfoundland,
Physical Description:
87 p. : ill., maps., + CD.
Additional Contributors:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-87 of booklet).
Contents:
Gambo way / Cut that timber down / Indian Bay Song / Birch rind Pete / Bert Chaffey's Camp / Badger drive / LumberJack breakdown / Shearstown woods song / Labrador star / Foresters' song / Sandy Harbour town / Brophy's Mill / Billy the lumberjack / Slaughter Cove Pond / Wedding at the bottom of the bay / Business of makin' the paper / Johnny Payne / North Twin Lake / Peelwood song / Stand up for Jesus / Chanson de bÒucherons / IWA song / Ballad of Constable Moss / Forest fires of '61 / Will there be any bucksaws in heaven / When the roll is called up yonder / Auld lang syne
Summary:
The production includes a CD of restored and new arrangements of a wide selection of the logging song repertoire and a booklet that contains a written and pictorial account of the place of song in logging culture in Newfoundland and Labrador, notes on the song composers, performers and collectors, a historical timeline of logging, a logging lexicon, and song lyrics.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780889014640
General Note:
"New and archival recordings"
Not all copies included CD.
