Burke, Johnny

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).
Given Name
Johnny
Family Name
Burke
Pseudonym(s)
Bard of Prescott Street,
Birth Date
0, 1851
Death Date
August 9, 1930
Nationality
Canadian
Education
Religion
Honours
Occupations
  • grocer



  • Music-hall singer



  • Theatre Manager



Literary Period
Victorian
Literary Movement
Unknown
Illness
First RPO Edition
2011