Mark Walker (songwriter) explained

Mark Walker
Background:non_performing_personnel
Birth Date:1846
Birth Place:Tickle Cove, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
Occupation:Fisherman, 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". 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:

Some of 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 Walker wrote all of his songs before he moved to Boston in 1906.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Smallwood, Joseph Roberts . The book of Newfoundland, Volume 1 . Joey Smallwood . Newfoundland Book Publishers . 479 . 1937 . 9780920508008 . 2020-03-10 . Google Books.
  2. Book: Lehr, Genevieve . Come and I Will Sing You: A Newfoundland Songbook . . 9780802065865 . 62–63 . 1985 . 2020-03-10 . Google Books.