Victor Best was was born in Merasheen and died in Placentia. He was the son of Albert and Wilhelmina Best. Victor was part of the large Best brothers inshore fishing enterprise out of Merasheen before resettlement. He was a fine singer. And always a bachelor.
Victor Best's Song
Aunt Margaret's Dick. A comic song about a man who borrows a rooter, loses it and finds it again.
Collected by Eric West in 1978.
Hear whole songs at: www.mun.ca/voicesofplacentiabay
Hear whole songs at: www.mun.ca/voicesofplacentiabay