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Johnny Burke (Newfoundland songwriter)

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Name
  
Johnny Burke


Role
  
Musical Artist

Johnny Burke (Newfoundland songwriter)

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Johnny Burke (1851–1930) was a Newfoundland songwriter and musician from St. John's, where he lived all his life. He was nicknamed the 'Bard of Prescott Street', and wrote many popular songs that artists in the 1930s and 1940s released.

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Popular songs by Burke include:

  • The Night Paddy Murphy Died
  • Cod Liver Oil
  • Murphy Broke The Pledge
  • Who Shipped The Moonshine To St. John's
  • The Spring Maurice Crotty Fought The Old Dog-hood
  • The Kelligrews Soiree
  • The Trinity Cake
  • Never Been There Before
  • Betsy Brennan's Blue Hen
  • Excursion Around The Bay
  • Little Boneen
  • The Flemings Of Torbay
  • The Hat My Father Wore
  • The Landfall Of Cabot
  • The Sealers Gained The Strike
  • The Valley Of Kilbride

    • Some contend that he also wrote I's the B'y

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    References

    Johnny Burke (Newfoundland songwriter) Wikipedia
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