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
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Who is at My Window Weeping? | Kenneth Peacock | 3:17 | |
102
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Bonnie Banks of the Virgie-O | Kenneth Peacock | 3:25 | |
103
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Lots of Fish in Bonavist' Harbor | Kenneth Peacock | 1:27 | |
104
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Bill Wiseman | Kenneth Peacock | 1:53 | |
105
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Hard Times | Kenneth Peacock | 2:50 | |
106
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The Loss of the Eliza | Kenneth Peacock | 5:51 | |
201
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Woman of Dover - Woman from Dover | Kenneth Peacock | 1:21 | |
202
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Brown Flour 1926 | Kenneth Peacock | 2:42 | |
203
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Green Shores of Fogo | Kenneth Peacock | 2:39 | |
204
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Lonely Waterloo | Kenneth Peacock | 4:30 | |
205
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Drill, Ye Heroes, Drill! - Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill! | Kenneth Peacock | 2:06 | |
206
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Jimmy Whalen | Kenneth Peacock | 4:27 | |
207
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Seventeen Come Sunday | Kenneth Peacock | 1:36 |