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GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador: http://www.gestsongs.com/01/wildcolonial2.htm
This song is an Irish variant of a ballad written by Irish convict Frank \"The Poet\" MacNamara's verse, Bold Jack Donohue, c.1832. The video features a recording by the Newfoundland Showband on their 1973 Memories Of Home album, trk#9, from Marathon Music, Toronto, ON, and Newfoundland Showband, 20 Hits!, from Heritage Music, Condor HCD 4445. Performers included: Ray McLean, Winston Saunders, Bill Chipman, Dave Noseworthy, and Bill Whelan.
