Songs about Leaving Home
The Government Game. Pat Byrne gives us Al Pittman's song about having to leave St. Kieran's and the evils of the government's centralization policy. Pat and Joe Byrne with Baxter Wareham. From Towards the Sunset. Pigeon Inlet Productions, 1983.

If Only. Darrell Duke's heartfelt song about Red Island and resettlement. From Safe From the Storm. Balsom Street Studios. 2015.

The Leaving of Merasheen. Helen and Cyril Whelan's version of this lament about leaving home written by Ernie Wilson.

Little Paradise. Taking a trip back to a resettled community. From Brian Lannon and Percy Cutler's Slapped Together Little Paradise album.. Churchill Sounds. 2004.

Resettlement. Rick McCue remembers the place he once called home. From Keeper of the Tide. Denmar Music. 2005.

Resettled Outports. A song for everyone who left the bay to work in Churchill Falls or anywhere else. From Brian Lannon and Percy Cutler's Slapped Together Little Paradise album.. Churchill Sounds. 2004.

Seaman, Sailor, Fisherman. Corey and Trina give us her brother Don Fulford's song about the heartbreak of being resettled. From the album Newfoundland. Simm's Studio. 2006

Tragedy of Resettlement. Baxter Wareham gives us Sam Butler's truly sad song. From Double Buffett. Pigeon Inlet Productions. 1989.

West Moon. Pat Byrne's haunting song about an abandoned community. Pat and Joe Byrne with Baxter Wareham. From Towards the Sunset. Pigeon Inlet Productions, 1983.