Mark Walker (songwriter)

Mark Walker (1846–1924) was a fisherman and songwriter from Tickle Cove, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador). He is best remembered for writing the song "Tickle Cove Pond".

Mark Walker
Background information
Born1846
Tickle Cove, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
Died1924 (aged 77–78)
Occupation(s)Fisherman, songwriter

Mark Walker was born in Tickle Cove, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador in 1846. He married Mary Downey of Coachman's Cove on August 30, 1873, and moved to Sweet Bay, Bonavista Bay around 1875. There he worked as a fisherman, a boat builder, and the first postmaster of Sweet Bay.

Some of the songs written by Mark Walker include:

  • "Tickle Cove Pond"
  • "The Antis of Plate Cove"[1]
  • "Fanny's Harbour Bawn"[2]
  • "Girls From Sweet Bay"
  • "Nellie Neil"
  • "My Little Kettle"
  • "Down By Jim Long's Stage"

Some of Mark Walker's relatives have asserted that Walker also wrote "The Star of Logy Bay," and that the song was originally called "Love's Lamentations."

It is believed that Mark Walker wrote all of his songs before he moved to Boston in 1906.

References
  1. Smallwood, Joseph Roberts (1937). The book of Newfoundland, Volume 1. Newfoundland Book Publishers. p. 479. Retrieved March 10, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. Lehr, Genevieve (1985). Come and I Will Sing You: A Newfoundland Songbook. University of Toronto Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 9780802065865. Retrieved March 10, 2020 – via Google Books.


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