The East Coast
Song Book Index
Version 6.0D - 125 Songs, Revised Nov 2007


Welcome to The Songbook Index, location for lyrics to songs which are part of Eastern Canadian folk music (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland). Many songs were brought to this region through three centuries of colonial growth, while others were written yesterday. The traditional music in Eastern Canada reflects the areas strong roots and descendants from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. Many illustrate the area's connection to the sea, through sailing and fishing shantys. Other songs offer a glimps into the life of the people, with romance ballads and drinking tunes.
Some traditional songs contain several versions. It should be noted that because some songs are very traditional, original versions may have been altered through time. Versions used within the index, are not necessarily the historic or original version. Also, because many of these songs are drinking and sailing songs, proper english and grammar is not always used....

Banks of Newfoundland
Barrett's Privateers
Ballad of St. Anne's Reel
Bay of Fundy
Big Bow Wow
Billy Peddle
Black Ball Line
Black Velvet Band
Blarney Roses
Blood Red Roses
Bluenose
The Bluenose
Boys of Killybeggs
Bud The Spud
By Peter Kerrivan
Cape St. Mary's
Chanty
Clean Up After The Time
Coal By The Sea
Cod Liver Oil
The Crawl
Danny Boy
Dirty Old Town
Donald MacGillavry
Drunken Sailor
Excursion Around The Bay
Farewell Nova Scotia
Finnegan's Wake
Fisherman's Lament
Fisherman's Wharf
Fisherman's Wife
Feller From Fortune
The Ferryman
Flower of Scotland
Flower of Sweet Strabane
Fogarty's Cove
Foggy Dew
Foggy Shores of Home
Follow Me Up To Carlow
Fox on the Run
Galway Bay
Galway Races
General Taylor
Goodbye Mrs. Durkin
Haul Away Joe
Halifax Explosion
Heave Away
If I Was A Blackbird
The Islander
Ireland
Irish Rover
I's The B'y
I Had A Hat
Joe
Jolly Roving Tar
Jolly Tinker
John A. Monroe
Last Shanty
Lark in the Morning
Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary's
Lukey's Boat
Mairi's Wedding
Make and Break Harbour
The McGarrigles
Maple Leaf Forever
Mattie Groves
Marching Inland
Mary Ellen Carter
Mary Mack
May Morning Dew
The Mermaid
Mrs. Durkin
Muirshin Durkin
Nancy Whiskey
New Brunswick By The Sea
The Night Paddy Murphy Died
Northern Lights of Labrador
Northwest Passage
Nova Scotia To Me
O'Brien
Oceanside Again
Oh No Not I
Old Black Rum
Old Lobby Washed Down
Out On The Mira
Paddy When You Die
Parting Glass
Peters Street
Peter Amberlay
The Ploughboy
Portland Town
Raggle Taggy Gypsy
Ramblin' Rover
Rant and Roar
The Rattlin' Bog
Rocky Road To Dublin
The Ryans and the Pittmans
Sailor's Rest
Sally MacLennane
Sam Hall
Sarah
Scotland The Brave
Shoals of Herring
Seven Drunken Nights
Sonny's Dream
South Australia
Spancil Hill
Star of the County Down
Three Score and Ten
Theresa Maria
This Land Is Your Land
Tell Me Ma
Two Fishermen Missing
Unicorn Song
Queen of Argyll
Quare Bungle Rye
Walk in the Irish Rain
Waltzing Matilda
War Like Lad Of Russia
Wave Over Wave
Whaler's Tale
Whiskey in the Jar
Wild Rover
Wild Colonial Boy
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald



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Background: The Songbook Index was first created in early 1999 by Jason Gaudet. Much of the Index was created in 2000 with updates throughout 2002, 2004 and 2008.

Thanks: A special thanks to those that helped build the songbook... Fred Jergenson, Wil Penney, Victor Tilley, Tom Lewis, Bob Develin, Mike Doyle, Dave Andrews, Hugh Scott, Paul Brooks, Frank White & Chris Kane, Matthew Oliver, Fox Leap, Fergus O'Bryne, Don Walsh, Jim Payne, Hugh Gallant, Adele Stansfield, Micheal Dixon, Arthur O'Brien, Corey Forman, RP Hannah, everyone at Mudcat Cafe, Dolan's Irish Pub, Andy M. Stewart, and Russell Sawler.

Dedicated to a great Canadian song writer, Stan Rogers.

Disclaimer: I make every effort to give the proper credit to the original songwriter(s). All songs are property of their author(s), except where labeled "traditional". Misspellings may occur. This website receives unscheduled updated . Question, Submissions, Errors and Inquires? Please contact us if you come across a problem or error: (Send An Email)

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