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