For this edition of The Broadside, we're performing a literary "reprise" by reprinting two tunes collected from Frank Maher to mark the occasion of Frank's first-ever and already-cherished recording.
In the 1950s, Frank learned the waltz called Why did I leave South Boston from Jack White on Signal Hill. A friend of Jack's had composed the tune after moving back to Newfoundland, having lived and worked in South Boston for most of his adult life.
Frank learned Tom Lakes from his mother. Tom Lake's is not the original name of the tune, but was so called by Frank because Tom Lake used to play it.
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