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GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador:
http://www.gestsongs.com/35/charlie.htm
Charlie Horse was recorded by Omar Blondahl on his c.1959 Songs Of Sea And Shore, trk#3, from Arc Sound Ltd, Toronto, ON. It was first published on pp.18-19 of Newfoundlanders, Sing!: A Collection Of Favorite Newfoundland Folk Songs compiled by Omar Blondahl and published in 1962 for Robin Hood Flour Mills by E J Bonnell Associates, St John's, NL. This variant was recorded by Dick Nolan on his 1968 Be True Newfoundlanders LP 33-1/3", trk#4, from Arc Sound Ltd ACS-5024, Toronto, ON, recorded at Bay Studios, Toronto, directed by Ben Weatherby, and re-released in 2008 on Nolan's Newfoundland Songbook, Vol 6 CD, trk#4, from Unidisk Music, Inc. Pointe-Claire, QC.