Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland

Musical prodigy and formally trained pianist, Kenneth Peacock (1922–2000) always considered singing to be one of his private vices. In 1951, he conducted research at the archives of the National Museum of Canada for West Coast Indian poetry that might serve as a libretto for a cantata. During subsequent visits, under the influence of Marius Barbeau, one of Canada’s leading folklorists, Peacock became interested in the music collections. He subsequently traveled across Canada collecting and recording folk songs and Native music. Turning his vice to virtue, Peacock sings unaccompanied on this album of Newfoundland songs and ballads, which he recorded in 1956.

Liner notes include biographical and musical notes as well as song lyrics.

Track Listing

101	Who is at My Window Weeping?	Kenneth Peacock	03:17
102	Bonnie Banks of the Virgie-O	Kenneth Peacock	03:25
103	Lots of Fish in Bonavist' Harbor	Kenneth Peacock	01:27
104	Bill Wiseman	Kenneth Peacock	01:53
105	Hard Times	Kenneth Peacock	02:50
106	The Loss of the Eliza	Kenneth Peacock	05:51
201	Woman of Dover - Woman from Dover	Kenneth Peacock	01:21
202	Brown Flour 1926	Kenneth Peacock	02:42
203	Green Shores of Fogo	Kenneth Peacock	02:39
204	Lonely Waterloo	Kenneth Peacock	04:30
205	Drill, Ye Heroes, Drill! - Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill!	Kenneth Peacock	02:06
206	Jimmy Whalen	Kenneth Peacock	04:27
207	Seventeen Come Sunday	Kenneth Peacock	01:36