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GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador:
http://www.gestsongs.com/19/blackgold.htm
This ballad about oil rig workers in the North Sea pursuing black gold was written by Pete St. John (real name Peter Mooney) - a native of Dublin, IE, folk singer and prolific composer of widely sung modern ballads. The song was recorded by D'Arcy Broderick of Bay de Verde, NL, as track #8 on his 2006 album By Request recorded, mixed and mastered at Source 4 Sound Productions, of Torbay, NL.