Out-Ports Newfoundland / Var: Out-Ports Newfoundland / Various

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Out-Ports Newfoundland / Various

Artist:

Various Artists

Label:

Folkways Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

093070407527

Genre:

International

Release Date:

2012-05-30

Number of Discs:

1

Most of the songs on this record are from the out-ports of the Avalon peninsula of Newfoundland, settled by Irish immigrants during the Great Famine. Folklorist MacEdward Leach describes this record as a sampling of what one would hear sitting in an out-port kitchen after supper was cleared away. The neighbors would drift in, ease themselves on the benches around the walls, get pipes going, discuss all the events of the day - the state of the weather, the luck with the fish. a few of the songs, sung a cappella, may be familiar to modern audiences, such as The Farmyard, a forerunner to the children's classic, Old MacDonald Has a Farm. Liner notes include song lyrics and notes on songs.

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