Songs of This Place and Its People
Changing Times
Long Gone Are the Days. Kevin Collins looks back fondly on outport life. From Long Gone Are The Days/The Collection/From An Island To An Island DVD Volume 1.

Mother's Salt Beef. Darrell Duke laments leaving Freshwater to make his way in Alberta. From Safe From the Storm. Balsom Street Studios. 2015.

No Boats in the Harbour Anymore. Rick McCue tells us things can never be they way they were before. From Seagulls. Denmar Music. 2011.

The Seagulls Still Follow on Freedom. Joe Byrne sings his brother Pat's song of an old man explaining to a young woman from Toronto how the sea is in our blood. Pat and Joe Byrne with Baxter Wareham. From Towards the Sunset. Pigeon Inlet Productions, 1983.

Will They Lie There Evermore. Kevin Collins gives us John Phippard's song about the collapse of the fishery and people having to leave home to work. From Long Gone Are The Days/From An Island To An Island DVD Volume 2.

Woman of the Sea Man. Pat Byrne gives us his song of a woman wondering what will happen to her husband when he gives up the fishery. Pat and Joe Byrne with Baxter Wareham. From Towards the Sunset. Pigeon Inlet Productions, 1983.

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