Johnny Burke

by George Dance Johnny Burke (1851 - Aug. 9, 1930) was a songwriter, printer, and poet from Newfoundland. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography calls him the "most famous of Newfoundland's song makers."

Songs
Popular songs by Burke include:
 * 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
 * Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore
 * Never Been There Before
 * Betsy Brennan's Blue Hen
 * Excursion Around The Bay
 * Little Boneen
 * Old Brown's Daughter
 * The Flemings Of Torbay
 * The Hat My Father Wore
 * The Landfall Of Cabot
 * The Sealers Gained The Strike
 * The Valley Of Kilbride

Publications

 * St. John's Advertiser and Fishermen's Guide: A Racy Little Song and Joke Book. 1894.
 * The Ballads of Johnny Burke: A Short Anthology. Newfoundland Historical Society Pamphlet 1. Ed. Paul Mercer. St. John's: Newfoundland Historical Society, 1974.
 * John White's Collection of the Songs of Johnny Burke. Ed. William J. Kirwin. St. John's, Newfoundland: Harry Cuff, 1982.