Uploaded February 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador:
gestsongs.com/35/silver.htm
The song is a cover performance of Sydney Carter's 1964 original performed live in 1981 by Frank Taylor at the Fifth Annual Newfoundland Folk Festival in St John's, NL.