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Narrative on Songs and Fishing Life in Lunenburg - 4​:​27

from The Helen Creighton Folklore Society Presents: Songs of the Sea by Varouos tradition bearers and informants

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Sailor Paul Myra recalling sailing under Captain Angus Walters, Captain of the original Bluenose,. Recorded at Lunenburg, Nova scotia, June of 1954.

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Narrative: Paul Myra, on songs and life fishing from Lunenburg including:
- rope & fibres & rigging the Bluenose
- measurements for rigging
- rigging the Bluenose
- recollections of Captain Angus Walters
Bluenose Song (Blow My Bully Boys Blow) [4:27]
AC: 2346 - MF NO: 289.582

Recorded: Lunenburg, June, 1954.

She’s a Yankee ship and a Newfoundland master,
Blow, boys blow,
She’s a Yankee ship and Newfoundland master,
And a-blow my bully boys, blow.

Oh blow today and blow tomorrow,
Blow, boys blow,

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Helen Creighton Folklore Society Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Honoring folklorist Helen Creighton (1899-1989), who collected and published traditional music and lore of Maritime Canada. The mandate of the Helen Creighton Folklore Society is to encourage and promote work that reflects the diverse folk culture of the Maritimes as exemplified by the work begun by Dr. Creighton. For more information visit our website at: www.helencreighton.org. ... more

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