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Burke, Johnny (1851 - 1930)
Index to poems
  1. If Your Wife Is Run Down, Give Her Cod Liver Oil
  2. Loss of the S.S. Regulus
  3. Oh, My Goodie Gracious
  4. The Kelligrews Soiree
  5. The Trinity Cake
  6. Why didn't Ya Say so Before
Biography
  • Burke, Johnny. The Ballads of Johnny Burke: A Short Anthology. Newfoundland Historical Society Pamphlet 1. Ed. Paul Mercer. St. John's: Newfoundland Historical Society, 1974.
  • --. St. John's Advertiser and Fishermen's Guide: A Racy Little Song and Joke Book. 1894.
  • Hiscock, Philip. "Burke, John." Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Vol. XV, 1921-1930. University of Toronto / Université Laval, 2000.
  • John White's Collection of the Songs of Johnny Burke. Ed. William J. Kirwin. St. John's, Newfoundland: Harry Cuff, 1982.
  • St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. "De-Burking Johnny Burke, an Excluded Canadian Troubadour." Canadian Poetry 36 (Spring/Summer 1995).
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