Music - New Brunswick shanties : [1924]. 1924 Aug. 4 - Sept. 15.

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Webster, John Clarence, 1863-1950. Music - New Brunswick shanties : [1924].

Music - New Brunswick shanties : [1924]. 1924 Aug. 4 - Sept. 15.

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This file contains the lyrics to several Canadian folk songs, four of which relate to the Miramichi region: "The Miramichi Fire", "In the Days of Duffy Gillis", "The Man Behind the Boathook" and "The Breaking of the South West Boom in 1881". It also contains references to folk songs of the Atlantic Provinces, the Prairies, Quebec, Ontario and Maine published in various collections as well as a copy of Chapter 9 "Native Songs and Traditions" (pertaining to Atlantic Canada) from W. Roy MacKenzie's, "The Quest of the Ballad".

Correspondence : 13 (41 leaves)

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library