Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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Eugene Dunphy explores the history of a ballad that had its origins in Newfoundland.

0:00 King’s Cove, Newfoundland
0:35 J. M. Devine, ballad writer
02:20 Devine and the McNulty Family
02:58 The Big Six Show on VOCM
03:17 McNulty recording
03:43 Theodotos Demetriades
04:06 Letter from Devine to McNultys
04:50 McNultys tour Newfoundland
05:16 Release of ballad
05:38 Death of Devine
05:58 Aidan and Joyce O’Hara
07:15 Recordings of ballad
07:35 Pat Murphy’s Meadow (song)