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Piece of Baloney is a traditional Newfoundland song, about some fishermen who become lost while on vacation and are down to one piece of baloney.

History

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Variant of a 19th-century British broadside ballad, Paddy Magee's Dream published by W S Fortey (London) sometime between 1858 and 1885[1], itself having origins in a tale from the 13th century, in the Disciplina clericalis.[2][3] It was later recorded and performed by Dick Nolan.

References

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  1. ^ "Paddy Magee's Dream - Folklorist". www.folklorist.org.
  2. ^ Fontes, Manuel da Costa (1 January 2000). Folklore and Literature: Studies in the Portuguese, Brazilian, Sephardic, and Hispanic Oral Traditions. State University of New York Press. pp. 11–14. ISBN 978-0-7914-9300-7.
  3. ^ "The Three Pilgrims to Mecca and the Loaf" . Disciplina Clericalis/Tale 15  – via Wikisource.
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